I was under the impression that this photo was from a costume party. Harry was in no way endorsing Naziism.
It was a poor choice of costume, nothing more.
Harry already apologized for this costume and made amends back when this happened. Don’t know why it is relevant now.
I was under the impression that this photo was from a costume party. Harry was in no way endorsing Naziism. It was a poor choice of costume, nothing more.
Exactly Haiku Guy. I would hardly call Harry a Nazi lover. He was an immature 20-year-old and quite rebellious frat boy at the time attending a costume party. Certainly it was in poor taste but thank God there weren’t any cell phone cameras around to document any of my stupidly at that age.
And FWIW, Harry’s time in service in the military, undertaking two tours of duty in the front lines Afghanistan as co-pilot and gunner on an Apache helicopter pilot seemed to do a lot to mature him.
In 2006 it was announced that Harry's unit was scheduled to be deployed in Iraq the following year and a public debate ensued as to whether he should serve there. Defence Secretary John Reid said that he should be allowed to serve on the front line of battle zones. Harry agreed saying, "If they said 'no, you can't go front line' then I wouldn't drag my sorry ass through Sandhurst and I wouldn't be where I am now".[23] The Ministry of Defence and Clarence House made a joint announcement on 22 February 2007 that Harry would be deployed with his regiment to Iraq, as part of the 1st Mechanised Brigade of the 3rd Mechanised Division – a move supported by Harry, who had stated that he would leave the army if he was told to remain in safety while his regiment went to war.[24] He said: "There's no way I'm going to put myself through Sandhurst and then sit on my arse back home while my boys are out fighting for their country."[25] The head of the British army at the time, General Sir Richard Dannatt, said on 30 April 2007 that he had personally decided that Harry would serve with his unit in Iraq,[26]and Harry was scheduled for deployment in May or June 2007, to patrol the Maysan Governorate.[27] By 16 May, however, Dannatt announced that Harry would not serve in Iraq;[28] concerns included Harry being a high-value target (as several threats by various groups had already been made against him) and the dangers the soldiers around him would face should any attempt be made on his life or if he was captured. Clarence House made public Harry's disappointment with the decision, though he said he would abide by it.[29]
It was reported in early June 2007 that Harry had arrived in Canada to train alongside soldiers of the Canadian Forces and British Army, at CFB Suffield, near Medicine Hat, Alberta. It was said that this was in preparation for a tour of duty in Afghanistan, where Canadian and British forces were participating in the NATO-led Afghan War.[30] This was confirmed in February the following year, when the British Ministry of Defence revealed that Harry had been secretly deployed as a Forward Air Controller to Helmand Provincein Afghanistan for the previous ten weeks.[31][32] The revelation came after the media – notably, German newspaper Bild and Australian magazine New Idea[33][34] – breached the blackout placed over the information by the Canadian and British authorities.[35]It was later reported that, while in Afghanistan, Harry helped Gurkha troops repel an attack from Taliban insurgents,[36] and performed patrol duty in hostile areas.[37][38][39][40] His tour made Harry the first member of the Royal Family to serve in a war zone since his uncle, Prince Andrew, flew helicopters during the Falklands War. For his service, Harry was presented with an Operational Service Medal for Afghanistan by his aunt, Princess Anne, at the Combermere Barracks in May 2008.[41]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Harry#Military_career
Actually it was a brilliant choice of costume for a bad taste party theme (as were held before the invention of triggering) - of "African Natives and Colonists"
Any other choice would be worse.