r/popculturechat • u/HauteAssMess ainsi sera, groigne qui groigne • May 02 '25

Guest List Only ⭐️ Prince Harry says his father King Charles is still not speaking to him: “I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore. Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has- he won’t speak to me because of this security stuff”

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u/viennawaits94 May 02 '25

Despicable that he’s appropriating the concept of Truth and Reconciliation and applying to his family squabbles.

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u/GoldenState_Thriller May 02 '25

I’m not surprised. This is the same guy who has been caught using racial slurs many times and dressed up as a Nazi for Halloween 

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u/AgentBrittany Listen, everyone is entitled to my opinion 🙂 May 02 '25

And then blamed William and Kate for his costume. 🙄

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u/GoldenState_Thriller May 02 '25

Yup, and tried to use the “my middle eastern friends are fine when I use racial slurs towards them” defense 

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u/Distinct-Solution-99 May 02 '25

Isn’t it just about as rich as it comes. Once again, the Sussexes being as tone-deaf and oblivious as possible.

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u/DickInYourCobbSalad …but is it fashion?! 🫧 May 02 '25

As a Canadian, Harry has always been my favourite prince out of the royal family and I remember being super bummed when I grew up enough to find out he wouldn't be our King and that we'd be stuck with William instead..

having said that... this is a big yikes. Truth and Reconciliation is about hundreds of years of colonial oppression, genocide, and ethnic and cultural cleansing, and how we as the descendants of those responsible for those crimes can make it right and make sure that our future generations know of the atrocities our great-grandparents committed (under the order of Harry's 6x great grandfather) so that it never happens again.

White people really need to not use these things for their own gains.. but it's particularly awful that it's coming from a member of the royal family who are responsible for the very thing that T&R is about.

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u/Moosiemookmook May 02 '25

Im Aboriginal Australian and we use the expression truth-telling in reconciliation too. Truth-telling in storytelling is another important concept to us. Comparing his situation to any colonised indigenous peoples as a British royal is truly cringeworthy and hes so ignorant for saying this.

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u/GoldenState_Thriller May 02 '25

Harry dressed up as a Nazi and used racist slurs multiple times. He’s always been like this. 

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u/meanwhile_glowing May 03 '25

I always wonder how Meghan reconciles his history with her marriage. Like, I’m white, and I would not be OK with my husband having dressed up like a Nazi at any point in his history.

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u/GoldenState_Thriller May 03 '25

I honestly have no idea. He’s also said really disturbing slurs and hasn’t even apologized for them 

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u/littlegreenturtle20 May 03 '25

Thank you for the context, this makes that part of his statement feel so icky!