When I read the raindrops speech, I was immediately reminded of Sarah, Duchess of York, and her words in March.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/royal...n-powerful-message-coronavirus-mother-nature/
That's what she wrote on Instagram:
"Mother Nature has sent us to our rooms… Like the spoilt children we are. She gave us time and she gave us warnings. She was so patient with us. She gave us fire and floods, she tried to warn us but in the end she took back control. She has sent us to our rooms and when she is finished clearing up our mess. She will let us out to play again. How will we use this time? Xxxx."
I didn't like the anthropomorphic imagery and even the cutesy factor of "Mother Nature" then and still don't like it. We humans have caused damage to nature and the environment, yes, it's true. All of us have used energy, wasted resources etc.
I'm really allergic to people like Harry preaching to others now. Just look at the huge house they're living in. What a waste of energy.
And nature was not created for humans to feel good in.
This speech is simply full of silly metaphors. He really has no idea what he's talking about. His only message is "I care, Meghan cares, why don't you?" Well, a lot of people care.
What Harry is missing is a good education at university where they could have taught him to research facts, become knowledgeable about a topic, form an opinion of his own and change it when necessary. Too many people talk about climate change but don't know anything about it.
Reading a speech like that is really intellectually painful. A whole bouquet of cliches. He doesn't sound like himself.
I don't want to compare him to others who speak competently about such matters, or initiate projects to change something. He certainly believes that this is him speaking from his heart. But it's hollow.
And I'm sorry to sound a bit cynical - if a PR counselor told him to go for the topic that most people will agree with him, they'd probably hit on a) compassion and b) the environment.
I can't express myself well enough in English but I'm very ambivalent about this new "enlightened" Prince Harry.