Lilibet

what did Edward say? he went on This Morning?

trisher How many of us can say we didn’t make mistakes when we were young? What’s important is to learn from them, not keep repeating the same errors of judgment again and again, and in Edward’s case it appears that has happened. His interview is on BBC news online this morning, and he was very diplomatic in his responses, supportive but not gushing.

Aveline

By the time Harry is Edward's age I suspect he'll look back on this stage of his life and cringe - as well he might.

I think Harry’s children will look back at all this Aveline and they probably won’t like what they see. Harry is obviously an ungrateful son to his father, I suspect Harry’s children will be no different than he is or most teenagers/young people are and they’ll dislike the awful attention that this will undoubtedly bring to them. My opinion only.

Anyone want to take a bet on how long it will be before Andrew is trotted out again and deemed to be sensible (or perhaps in his case gives good relationship advice)?

That ship has sailed trisher. I don’t think Andrew will ever be ‘trotted out again.’

I agree with the poster who said they should just go away and keep quiet but that’s not their plan.
I find the choice of names “creepy”.

Edward never launched verbal attacks on his family and my reference to him being a sensible man was made after listening
to his interview this morning.

Wish more publicly was given to the work he and Sophie does
and not Haz and Meg doing sod all except hurting their families and wallowing in self pity.

Exactly Annie. I didn't hear Edward this morning as we don't listen to daytime TV, but reading what he said was clearly tactful and eminently sensible. There may well be a lot of children in America with this particular name, but none of them have this particular G.Grandmother or relations. This fact will be borne by this little girl in particular for her whole life. No privacy or unobtrusive life for her with that name. I'm sure Harry mentioned it to the Queen, but I'm guessing that using her nickname was not made clear and that she assumed it would be one of her birth names. Like Archwell, I expect it will have commercial value, so true to form it will be exploited no matter what the Queen thinks. Using a 95 year old and a new born baby! beyond belief . Today would have been Prince Philips 100th birthday, but hey,who cares about that when there's money to be made.

Totally agree Annie and Jabberwok.

Edward never launched verbal attacks on his family No he just tried to use his royal connections to make money and further his sad attempt to make TV programmes. And he didn't succeed in that. He had to be bailed out. Still he's a nice chap and the queen likes him, so who cares if he's just a financial liability.

Edward was in an interview about his father's work and death just before his 100th birthday........of course, he was asked about the rift and all he said was ........."It's difficult for everyone but that's families for you," he says. and he wished them happiness.

surprised people reply to posts without checking it out

lemsip I know what Edward has said today. It just amuses me that he behaved so badly but has been accepted back just because he became another sponging member of the RF. I suppose if it all goes wrong in the US for Meghan and Harry people will be perfectly. happy and forgive them everything.

Yes Trisher he really caused a mess for William after the press agreed to leave him alone in exchange for token photocalls. Then Uncle Edward stormed up there cashing in on his nephew.

I did enjoy the episode of The Crown where The Queen is puzzled that Phillip insinuates she has a favourite.

trisher you accuse Edward of trying to make money by using his royal connections yet defend Harry for doing much worse,

maddyone

That ship has sailed trisher. I don’t think Andrew will ever be ‘trotted out again.’

Give it 5 years.
People have short memories

Annie I'm not accusing anyone. The evidence is there -he did it. Has Harry been making films about his family members?

Whatdayisit

Yes Trisher he really caused a mess for William after the press agreed to leave him alone in exchange for token photocalls. Then Uncle Edward stormed up there cashing in on his nephew.

I did enjoy the episode of The Crown where The Queen is puzzled that Phillip insinuates she has a favourite.

What a fascinating world we live in when it’s deemed completely normal to allow the press to blackmail people into routine photo calls in exchange for leaving them alone. It’s so strange to me that people defend this as some thing that’s completely normal

trisher

lemsip I know what Edward has said today. It just amuses me that he behaved so badly but has been accepted back just because he became another sponging member of the RF. I suppose if it all goes wrong in the US for Meghan and Harry people will be perfectly. happy and forgive them everything.

So many misconceptions on here.

spongeing? In what way?
Should members of the RF not be paid expenses for carrying out duties on behalf of the Head of State?

Would you carry out your work without pay or expenses?

The Crown ? explains much

As someone who has never bought a tabloid newspaper i am not invested in the way they behave. That was what they did but they obviously feel they have to play the game to keep their position. Even after they exit.
There is a trough and they all have their faces in it to different degrees.

Anniebach

The Crown ? explains much

Excuse me?

I wonder if there will be lots of little girls called Lilibet soon.

H&M threatened the BBC for saying the Queen had not agreed to the name. Now the Queen has come out and backed the BBC if what I have read is true. If so it suggests, to me anyway, that the Queen is not happy about having her pet name used. It is after all only 2 months since the last person to call her that passed away. I think I would find it disrespectful if someone in the family used my pet name especially without asking.

There's no comparison with Edward's past behaviour to Harry's.

Smacks of desperation to criticise a mature, intelligent and sensitive interview while defending H & M not just for that pathetic excuse for an interview with Oprah, but H's relentless attacks on his family.

There may well be 1000's of girls called Lilibet in the US but none of them are the GGD of our Queen who was given that name by her father, a name used by her husband of 70 years who has only recently died, and is now being used by the GS who has trashed her and the rest of her family.

There's no evidence that Edward is today a financial liability, but plenty of evidence of the supportive role both he and his wife Sophie in particular, are to the Queen.

Many families are blessed with family members coming together to offer support, others are less fortunate with family members sticking the knife in. Bad enough when it happens in private; beyond cruel when it's done on the world stage for 'fame' and fortune.

That's interesting Avalon, so if the Queen has backed the BBC, I wonder if H will sue her too.

Well said Smileless , a couple who left the country, wanted privacy, didn’t want the life of being a royal yet use their family
for publicity to make money, even using The Queen , how can
anyone defend this .