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Airing grievances is their prerogative, but the Dukeās onslaughts of petty vitriol have left their charity āmissionā dead in the water
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But now that all is said and done ā please God let that be all ā you have one very important duty left to do before you get on with your day and your life as a free spirit, and thatās to shut down Archewell. With immediate effect.
Drop the charade, cut the pretence and, if you have even a shred of conscience left, close down the non-profit charity you and your wife set up in 2020; the one whose ācore purpose, is to uplift and unite communities ā local and global, online and offline ā one act of compassion at a timeā.
Iād say Harryās made a mockery of ācompassionā, but that would necessitate understanding the meaning of the word ā something he cannot possibly grasp. Not when heās thrown everyone under the bus, from his father (who was ānever quite ready for parenthoodā),
stepmother, brother and sister-in-law, to the military colleagues the former army captain has imperilled by bragging about
his ākillsā in Afghanistan.
Iād refer Harry to a piece on the Archewell site ā āWhat is compassion?ā ā if I thought it would make a dent. āWe believe that compassion is at the core of all culture and connection in this world.ā So true.
But the sermonising doesnāt stop there. āTo us, compassion means more than the dictionary definition. It means listening with open ears to the suffering and celebrations of communities and people beyond ourselves.ā Ha! āIt means taking the time to understand their perspectives, experiences and needs based on what they say, rather than assuming what they need.ā
Worse than laughable, these words have been rendered empty by the charityās founders ā and Archewell to all extents and purposes defunct.
You cannot head a vegan fashion convention dressed from head to toe in the hide of an endangered species, or host an AA meeting while drunk. For that reason, preaching compassion, trading on it, is now impossible for the Sussexes ā their supposed āmissionā dead in the water.
This wonāt be a great loss. After all, last year American tax returns revealed that Archewell raised less than $50,000 in its first year ā less than their charities spent on legal fees. Less than the Ty-Nant Cat Sanctuary near Port Talbot in South Wales did that same year. Less than Devon schoolboy Max Woosey raised for his local hospice by sleeping in a tent in his back garden night after night between 2020 and 2021. Less than the Surrey and Hampshire Canal Society and the French Porcelain Society, according to the Charity Commissionās records. On the plus side, maybe ditching the Emperorās New Clothes of charities alongside every lofty moral purpose it claims to uphold will liberate the Prince still further? Leave him free to be his true self. But what does that self now look like? Harryās cashed in every resentment, aired every ātruthā. All he really wants now, he told Bradby, is a āreconciliationā. He wants his āfather backā, his ābrother backā, and he āgenuinely believesā that achieving that may āhave a ripple effect across the entire worldā.
āMaybe thatās naive,ā he concedes. I donāt think it is. I think itās delusional, pompous and narcissistic to a chilling degree ā and proof that compassion isnāt an emotion heās currently capable of feeling, let alone selling.
I've got to do a test on Wednesday and if I pass that I get an interview. I'm worrying about the test.