CyrilVladisla
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If Prince Harry and Meghan were to do engagements for King Charles III, could Charles completely trust them?
Within the American social class system, Anderson Cooper is definitely placed in the highest tier. He is a son of Gloria Vanderbilt and a Yale graduate. I don't know, however, his views on the United Kingdom and on the British monarchy. So, I am not sure what to expect from his interview with Harry. Hopefully he will be more neutral/ impartial than Oprah for example.
His perspective could be very interesting. Hopefully challenging and get some specifics. I just so hope it doesn't turn into a puff piece.
Anderson Cooper’s life has some elements in it which may give him a different perspective on the disfunction in Harry’s family.
His (Anderson’s) father died when Anderson was only 10. And when Anderson was 20, his 23 year old brother took his own life by suicide.
When you’ve lost members of your own nuclear family*, it makes it difficult to comprehend any reason that you would choose never to see them again. Charles (and William) would show themselves to be stronger men by finding a way to reconcile with Harry.
After all, Harry has made a mighty effort for many years to forgive and forget what his father did to their family.
*and this is something I know from my own life
It will be a puff piece. For sure. Maybe with pensive faces from Anderson and some pretensions of being serious, but nonetheless, I cannot imagine it being a hard hitting interview.
Charles (and William) would show themselves to be stronger men by finding a way to reconcile with Harry.
After all, Harry has made a mighty effort for many years to forgive and forget what his father did to their family.
I agree. Anderson may be a serious journalist but just because a journalist has the ability to do a hard hitting interview doesn’t mean they always will. This will have the style of a serious interview, not the substance. It won’t impact Anderson’s reputation because Harry isn’t important in the way a politician or a CEO or similar would be - his decisions don’t have any serious ramifications for the American public.
Harry will get a few mildly uncomfortable sounding questions, which he will be prepared for, and there won’t be any follow up that actually challenges him, or requires him to think on his feet.
That’s a good point. Anderson and 60 Minutes are both serious. However, Harry most certainly is not important from an American perspective.
I would like to see the interview you just described. I know Anderson can do it- but I don’t really expect him to go for the jugular. But I think this will be better than Oprah and Netflix. That’s an absurdly low bar though.
I hope you’re being sarcastic or joking, William and especially Charles have offered an olive branch and they (Sussexes) have repeatedly snubbed that and have constantly thrown digs and insinuations without evidence. What has Charles done to his family? Charles wasn’t paid 100s of millions of dollars to denigrate his family to the world.Anderson Cooper’s life has some elements in it which may give him a different perspective on the disfunction in Harry’s family.
His (Anderson’s) father died when Anderson was only 10. And when Anderson was 20, his 23 year old brother took his own life by suicide.
When you’ve lost members of your own nuclear family*, it makes it difficult to comprehend any reason that you would choose never to see them again. Charles (and William) would show themselves to be stronger men by finding a way to reconcile with Harry.
After all, Harry has made a mighty effort for many years to forgive and forget what his father did to their family.
*and this is something I know from my own life
I think that the topics / questions may have been agreed upon and Harry may be willing to address the questions because he is trying to promote his book and also continue on his ongoing quest to share his "truth".
The question is will the interviewers ask follow up questions regarding the "theys" that the Sussexes refer to, and also to provide specific incidents to support allegations being made, which Harry may be prepared to do because these may be things that he wrote about in his book.
From there it will be how will the public accept Harry's responses, and that could be further segmented into the UK public, the US public, the commonwealth, and the ROW (rest of the world).
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I suspect that the interviewers will ask follow up questions and for supporting details but I doubt that they will "grill" Harry and I don't even know if that is necessary. Maybe others have a different perspective, but of the portions that I saw of the interview that Prince Andrew did a few years ago, I don't think he was grilled, rather he was asked questions, he responded and things unfolded from there.
Anderson Cooper is a real journalist. He has to be better than Oprah. And 60 Minutes is….well 60 Minutes.
I don’t know exactly what to expect, but he’s covered a lot of major news stories over the years.
This is absolutely perfect and good sum up.ladongas,
Can you explain how Harry has made a MIGHTY EFFORT for many years to forgive and forget what his Father did to their family ?
Its not like Charles walked away and abandoned his kids after Diana died in a tragic car accident. I unfortunately know of Parents that post divorce or tough times HAVE. Emotional, physical abandonment or both.
Yes, he had an affair. MANY families, in public and private roles deal with that all the time. Look at JFK and Jackie. She never let his indiscrete womanizing IN THE WHITE HOUSE NO LESS, and later reputation, post assassination, EVER impact his standing as her children's wonderful father.
And how can Charles and William "reconcile" with Harry (and Meghan) when it seems monthly there is a new, serious and damaging allegation made about them in the Media ?
Nobody, themselves included, seem to know what the Sussex's want exactly. Lately, as of last week, its an apology and "sit down" summit supposedly.
Its beyond tiresome and at this point the constant barrage of complaints and ridiculous grievances are frankly boring. Harry said just this month that at the Sandringham Summit "it was TERRIFYING, my brother was screaming and shouting at me"...... sorry that's laughable. Just laughable.
You were seeking to upend a working model in place to benefit yourself and wife for BIG BUCKS and a sky high public 'international' profile that your family knew WOULD never work. HI-HO. You brother called you out on it. I'd be emotional too.
AND your father sat there and said things that "simply weren't true" to you....well WHAT did Charles say ? Maybe they were true, you just couldn't or wouldn't accept that.
Both William and Charles have made overtures to Harry so I don't know what the basis is for stating that either has chosen "never to see [Harry] again".Anderson Cooper’s life has some elements in it which may give him a different perspective on the disfunction in Harry’s family.
His (Anderson’s) father died when Anderson was only 10. And when Anderson was 20, his 23 year old brother took his own life by suicide.
When you’ve lost members of your own nuclear family*, it makes it difficult to comprehend any reason that you would choose never to see them again. Charles (and William) would show themselves to be stronger men by finding a way to reconcile with Harry.
After all, Harry has made a mighty effort for many years to forgive and forget what his father did to their family.
*and this is something I know from my own life
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P.S.
I suspect that the interviewers will ask follow up questions and for supporting details but I doubt that they will "grill" Harry and I don't even know if that is necessary. Maybe others have a different perspective, but of the portions that I saw of the interview that Prince Andrew did a few years ago, I don't think he was grilled, rather he was asked questions, he responded and things unfolded from there.
I agree with Queen Claude's assessment.
The interesting or dangerous part for Harry in this interview is that he simply isn't all that smart. He is also hampered by his delusional belief that The Institution is and was out to sideline and demean The Sussex's. Sorry, I don't buy any of that.
Very much like Andrew, who thought he was smarter and could easily handle the Emily Maitlis Interview, and finally put his controversial friendship with Epstein to rest. Move forward from it, AND boy did that blow up spectacularly. (...)
I agree, they won't be "grilled" but I think Anderson is savvy enough to ask questions that lead to Harry giving answers that unknowingly show him in a bad light.
I have to admit, I’m rather dreading the book, though I will read it and review it here. This is getting self-destructive on a level that’s difficult to watch. Forget Meghan, Harry is making it clear that he is a deeply entitled man who doesn’t think logically and clearly. For all his anger at having his own privacy invaded, he is now choosing to invade his family’s privacy in ways that tabloid media could only dream of.
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- It's like watching a Greek tragedy, you know it will end bad, but you can only sit and watch until the end with very mixed emotions.
The important thing is that AC likely has a much more nuanced and sophisticated view of British royalty than Gayle King, Oprah Winfrey and the Netflix producers.
Which isn't saying much, because 99% of the posters here at TRF are probably more knowledgeable than they are.
What would interest me most in 'Spare' and the promotion interviews is a detailed breakdown of specific grievances. For example, "this lie about me/Meghan was printed in this newspaper on this date saying this. The truth, however, is this but BP/KP refused to comment or permit me to deny it. Meanwhile, this falsehood about William/Kate/Charles was printed and BP/KP refuted it." I want to see multiple examples of this alleged different treatment rather than the vague generalisations that have been given so far. Unless Harry divulges specific, relevant information with names and dates, his interviews and book will just be an extension of his endless, over-privileged whinge.
Anderson Coopers interview is the one I expect to go pretty softly, Cooper knows less about the RF and the way it works than a UK journalist might so won't necessarily be able to challenge some of the usual vague claims Harry makes.