Posted on 01/14/2005 10:25:49 PM PST by kattracks
LONDON — Prince Charles thinks that his son, Prince Harry, is being unfairly attacked for wearing a Nazi uniform to a costume party, an act he regards as an ill-considered schoolboy stunt.
Prince Charles told his advisers that he will not stand for his son being "hung out to dry," according to a report in the London Evening Standard yesterday.
One official said: "As far as the prince is concerned, Harry has apologized for his mistake. He has said 'sorry' and that is the end of the matter."It was further decided, the official said, that there will be no gesture such as a public trip by Prince Harry to the former Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz in Poland.
Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, also yesterday rejected demands he make further apologies for having dressed as a Nazi, after photographs of him sparked an international outcry.
However, the prince is considering offers by groups to learn more about the horrors of World War II and the Holocaust, a royal family spokesman said yesterday.
Michael Howard, leader of Britain's main opposition Conservative Party and a Jew, was among several prominent people at home and abroad to demand that Prince Harry go beyond his written statement and appear in person to apologize for the costume.
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This whole thing was blown up out of proportion, imo.
Wearing a Nazi badge is a "mistake"? This is more than a mistake. This is encouragement of radical ideology. Not even a sick minded freak would wear a Nazi badge as some kind of a joke costume, much less a so-called 'Prince'.
The British Monarchy is an absolute Joke and a product of commerical entertainment.
Seems to me, Ax murderer works okay. Nazi uniform just don't cut it.
My elderly British neighbor, a WWII survivor whose husband spent six years fighting the Germans on the continent, was appalled. The British are not what they were.
A friend of mine who served in Iraq dressed up as UBL for a costume party a couple months ago, does that mean he supports UBL beliefs? Does that mean he looks up to Bin Laden? Should people be offended that someone dressed up as a symbol of evil at a costume party?
I really don't think so.
Just because it isn't politically correct does not mean a person has to apologize for it. When did the liberals and media draft up this need to apologize for those things that they consider wrong? Does the media ever apologize for their mistakes? Oh yeah, the Dan Rather fiasco. If you can consider that an apology. I want to see them on the air, in person and also standing in front of the White House apologizing. Otherwise, according to their standards, it is not a bonafide apology.
It was a vile act, and the bell can't be unrung. That said, a great benefit results: further exposure of the nastiness of the "royal" gaggle. Time to end the recognition of them, and get their hands out of decent British people's pockets...
Go check out the costume shops near your local state university...I'll willing to bet you a bag of dunkin donuts that they carry the same uniform, and rent it at least five times a year. I'm not saying its right...but folks want something weird for costume parties...and someone is always willing to get rich off stupid things.
Harry is just a regular kind of 18-year old, and compares to the same kids in Mississippi state...drinks, parties, does stupid things...except they don't have their picture on front page of some British rag...they just wake up in the front yard...straighten their clothing...and walk back home after the party.
Lighten up.
The point is that Harry is a jerk-off little idiot and he's in direct line for the throne. The Monarchy is not experiencing the best of times. This long-running act could get cancelled when EII bites it.
If it does get cancelled it won't be because of this.
Charles is a clod. Whatever happened to the proverbial British stiff upper lip? If Harry took his licks and did so without whining by him or by his family on his behalf, then in a few days, the press would move on to something else -- provided that his father were not so stupid as to stir the controversy by adding something new.
Wearing a Nazi costume is in bad taste. No sympathy here.
The fact that he's in line for the throne means what to you or to me or to anyone else in the world?
Nada....
This certainly contributes though. If someone with grace, and wit, and charisma were poised to take the throne, only the perennial malcontents would be crying for an end to the monarchy. The prospect of someone stupid and vulgar on the throne just doesn't have much sex appeal.
The facts are :1)there really are a massive amount of "STUPID" genes in the Winsor family,as well as in Diana's 2)Harry's maternal great grandparents were staunch anti-Nazis and were in residence,along with his grandmother,when the Nazis bombed Buckingham Palace 3)his great grand Uncle (the Duke of Winsor)was not only a pro-Nazi,but liked Hitler.Hitler was going to place him back on England's throne,had Hitler won,as his regent/figure head 4)Harry's paternal great grandmother risked life and limb hiding Greek Jews from the Nazis,during WW II 5)that "apology" was too little and without any comprehension of what he had done.
It is hardly "hypercritical" to take offense at Harry's peculiar choice of a costume,which BTW,had NOTHING at all to do with the requested costume theme of the birthday party he wore it to.Many people,his grandmother included,are still very much alive,who suffered at the hands of the Nazis.
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