Cry me a river, Prince Harry
SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images The Australian magazine that was the first to publish the news that Britain’s Prince Harry was fighting in Afghanistan has issued this oddly late apology: We regret this serious lapse of judgment. We sincerely apologise to all our readers, to the servicemen whose lives are at constant risk while serving at home ...
SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images
The Australian magazine that was the first to publish the news that Britain’s Prince Harry was fighting in Afghanistan has issued this oddly late apology:
We regret this serious lapse of judgment. We sincerely apologise to all our readers, to the servicemen whose lives are at constant risk while serving at home and abroad, and to their families and loved ones.”
Here’s a better idea: How about the British “royal” family abandon its ludicrous, anachronistic position and stop living off the largesse of British taxpayers? Then the press wouldn’t have such dilemmas to worry about, and Harry would be free to fight wherever and whomever he wants. And his father, Prince Charles, wouldn’t have to pretend that his Caribbean vacation is really a humanitarian mission.
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