HRH Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall buried her brother Mark Shand yesterday. The Prince of Wales joined his wife at the service. Camilla was said to be devastated by her brother’s sudden death in NYC last week, and I believe all of Camilla’s family came out for Shand’s funeral. And when I say “family,” I mean Camilla’s kids and her extended relations. Not her step-sons, Prince William and Prince Harry. Nope. They did not come to support Camilla. Instead, Harry flew to Miami ahead of Guy Pelly’s Memphis wedding this weekend. These photos were taken on Thursday as Harry left his hotel with his entourage. That’s how the photo agency describes it – “his entourage.” Who is the young woman in the white blouse? She looks like Cressida, doesn’t she? I would very much like to know that woman’s name.
Welcome to Miami, Prince Harry! Prince William’s newly single younger brother hit up the party circuit late Wednesday, April 30, in Miami, Fla., multiple sources confirm to Us Weekly. The 29-year-old royal arrived stateside ahead of good friend Guy Pelly’s wedding (to Holiday Inn heiress Lizzy Wilson), which will take place in Memphis, Tenn., this weekend. An insider tells Us that a group of Pelly’s best friends went out for the groom’s bachelor party Wednesday night, to local hotspots Hakkasan and LIV in Fontainebleau Miami Beach.
According to another source, Harry dined at Hakkasan with a group of 13 guests. They ordered dishes like the crispy duck salad, Dim Sum, Chilean sea bass, stir-fried Bahamian lobster, and charcoal grilled silver cod. The same insider adds the group “stayed after close” to enjoy cocktails, tea, and coffee. London nightclub owner Pelly, Harry, and the entourage then hit LIV nightclub.
Harry’s trip unfortunately coincided with another engagement back in the U.K. Neither he nor his brother, Prince William, attended the funeral of their stepmother Duchess Camilla’s brother, Mark Shand, who died last Wednesday after suffering a head injury in NYC.
Harry’s latest night out comes hot on the heels of his breakup from Cressida Bonas. An insider told Us of their split: “It just felt right for both of them to end it. They’re at different places in their lives right now.” According to the source, the breakup was a mutual choice. “It was a really tough decision to make, but they made it together.
Both William and Harry will be ushers at the wedding Saturday, May 3. Bonas was originally expected to attend the wedding with her former flame, but a source tells Us that plans shifted last week. According to the insider, Harry said he and William were making a “brothers catch-up thing out of it.”
Well, when put in context, it really seems like Harry’s split from Cressida came at exactly the right moment for him to thoroughly enjoy the bachelor party activities in Miami, and then I’m assuming he’ll be knee-deep in bridesmaid booty at the wedding. The Ginger Prince: leaving a trail of half-royal ginger heirs from Vegas to Miami to Memphis. God, I really hope there will be at least ONE game of strip billiards this weekend. PLEASE.
Oh, and guess what? Someone already sold some photos of Harry nuzzling a mystery brunette inside LIV nightclub. Cressida who? Most of the reports are pretty mundane though – no drunken billiards. Harry’s been drinking white wine, eating pizza and laying by the pool.
As for the wedding trip to Memphis – sources say Harry is going to try to do some sightseeing. He wants to go to Graceland! Bless him. There’s also some speculation that Chelsy Davy will be at the wedding. And maybe Jecca Craig too. It’s a good thing Duchess Kate isn’t going?
Last thing – check out how one Memphis establishment is welcoming a prince to town.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet.
I volunteer to mix drinks and snap pictures of the aforementioned Ginger Spare Booty.
*dodges slutshanks*
I’ll hand you the liquors and utensils 🙂
And I’ll be happy to serve them!
and i volunteer to film it!
Yay, Harry stateside. Hope he keeps his pants on (not really) while cameras are around.
Me, too (not really).
I said it thr other day. Harry dumped her so he can be solo for this weekend of debauchery.
Well played, PHD…
Perfect timing for party prince Hal.
It may be that I’m old, or just not a serious drinker, but these three day long wedding benders (in multiple cities) sound exhausting, not fun, to me.
Me too- I was in a wedding once that almost didn’t happen, because the groom and his friends got so trashed the night before. He and the bride had a huge fight about it and for a few hours called the wedding off. I can’t deal with that kind of drama and nonsense!
I hear things like that all the time. I cannot imagine getting utterly inebriated the night before my wedding, or even two nights before. And you always hear about hookups that people regret, fights, car crashes.
That said, people seem to love it – the whole three/four day shebang. Bachelor parties, followed by booze-fueled golf outings, followed by the ceremony and reception, all capped off with a mimosa-filled breakfast the morning after.
I’d be sick for weeks.
I guess you have to alcohol train for these events!
I know – if you MUST do it, go out a week or two ahead of time so you have time to recover, not the night before!
LOL right there with you *shuffles off to drink club soda*
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Love ya, Suze!
I make no secret of my boringness ; ).
His shirt screams “Party Animal”.
I really hope he couldn´t cancel and it was ok for Camilla, otherwise he´s a selfish ass.
I know. It’s one thing to miss because of a royal engagement or military thing but to skip the funeral for a bachelor party? Very bad form.
Aren’t they in the wedding as ushers? I wouldn’t cancel one of the biggest days in my best friend’s life to attend the funeral of someone I wasn’t close to. William and Harry are probably not close to Camilla’s brother. Truth be told, I don’t even think they are close to Camila either, but since they are on record as saying they do, I will reluctantly believe them. Lol.
But yeah, as someone already mentioned, I’m sure they paid there respects before leaving on this trip.
I don’t know – how could he not cancel? They have a ton of money for changing flights, reimbursing the others groomsmen for lost $$, etc. He still could have made the weekend’s wedding. This doesn’t look good and it’s the first thing (in a long time) that sours me on Harry…William looks like a big jerk, too.
The travel plans had been in place for months. The logistics and security for two princes is extensive and it’s no small thing to make last minute changes.
I’m sure the princes paid their respects to Camilla and family already, since he died a week ago.
This trip isn’t an official royal trip where every last detail is planned. Royals jet off on recreational trips like this all the time, and change their plans like any other traveler could. More easily than other travelers since they have more resources.
Harry took off to ski on short notice just a couple of months ago.
Whether or not Camilla cares is another matter – she may have been perfectly fine with them not being there.
Apart from the fact that Will and Harry are loaded and can (and do) change their plans at a whim, a death in the family takes precedence over partying. But maybe that’s just me being bourgeois.
They could have shown respect and support for Camilla, their stepmother. They didn’t. And yet people adore these two selfish, entitled hedonists. SMH
BTW, how’s Harry’s military career going? Seems he gets an inordinate amount of time off.
Harry and William must not be as close to Camilla as we are lead to believe, its not like it was the same day as the actual wedding.
But then maybe they are totally used to doing whatever they want. William went to Jecca Craig’s brother’s wedding in Africa instead of Peter Philips and they grew up together etc. Zara is George’s Godmother.
I think there’s a thing about royalty and funerals…can’t remember the exact rules, but they’re limited when it comes to attending the funerals of commoners. For example, it’s not like the whole family rallied when Diana’s father or Sophie’s mother died. It’s just not their way. I’m sure whatever was done privately, Camilla is not offended. I agree, however, with those who think the optics of Harry clubbing and poolside are perhaps not the best.
William went to the Craig wedding because he was invited as the guest of honor before Peter’s wedding was announced.
AM,
The boys don’t mind ignoring the rules when it benefits them. Aren’t they supposed to be “modern” or something? So sometimes they are, and sometimes they’re not?
Exactly right, bluhare. That’s exactly how they want it 😉
I’m not going to shade either of them for not going. I see Kate wasn’t there either. She has no excuse as she was home. She’s family too, right? And she could have gone as their proxy.
Why do they get a pass, bluhare?
I think going to funerals is a personal decision. This wasn’t a state affair, and the only people who should care (IMO) are Charles and Camilla.
The wedding’s been planned for a long time, and they probably did not know Mr. Shand well. Camilla may have not wanted more of a circus than it already was, either.
Also, practically, this a very good friend’s wedding that has been planned for months. Camilla is their step mother and my guess is they were not close to her brother. I would not have changed my wedding plans to go to my stepmother’s brother’s funeral, especially if I were in the wedding party which they both are.
I completely cosign bluhare on this: Its a personal decision. Both of these events are private, personal events and everyone has individual free will to chose what private personal events we will or will not partake in. Plus, canceling on a close friend’s wedding (when you are in the wedding party no less!) is quite heartless.
I do, however, think that the Princes probably are not as close with Camilla as the courtiers would have the public think. I agree they probably did not know Mr. Shand well, certainly not as well as they know Earl Spencer, and they’ve skipped his events too.
Why? What makes you think he likes her? That woman gave hell to Diana, their mother. Why pretend?
And the woman in question is who exactly ??? A stepmother because of whom the princes have most probably seen and heard things very unhealthy for children. It seems many people here prwfer to forget the princes pastwords which clearly showed their True feelings for this woman. The rest is a facade not only for the public but to p, ease Charles as well. No, they have nothing to do at her brother’s funeral!!!
http://theblogtini.tumblr.com/post/84477176779/on-the-female-side-of-harrys-miami-entourage-we-have#notes-container
The girl in the white blouse is Katie Cassidy, CW actress. She’s been in Miami with Harry’s boys who got there a few days before he did. Daily Mail has pictures of them saying their goodbyes to Harry’s friend in the bright shorts, Arthur Landon(the one from the facebook leaks of Harry passed out in the sand at Necker Island and that other one of a bong inside a suitcase IIRC….)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2618244/After-night-partying-exclusive-Miami-club-newly-single-Prince-Harry-appears-carefree-boards-private-jet-fly-Memphis.html
That doesn’t look like Katie at all (to me).
It’s her. Check the links.
I checked the links and I don’t think it’s her either.
It’s not Katie Cassidy. Incorrect facial features and hair color. The chin area is noticeably different. Katie’s chin is slightly more prominent as she had a chin implant. You can tell by looking at the last few pics in the DM article where this mystery blonde has her mouth closed. Not Katie’s chin. Katie’s face is also slightly “longer”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2616450/Arrow-star-Katie-Cassidy-showed-target-beach-body-Miami.html
@HH, I didn’t want to mention the chin implant because her fans go a bit bonkers when it’s pointed out, but yeah…that was the key thing that was missing from that woman’s face. No implant. No scar on her chin.
Why would she want a bigger chin? I thought women were more likely to get their chins shaved down- and men get implants to appear more masculine featured.
@What? Good question. It made jaw look unhinged in certain scenes. Very distracting and disconcerting.
http://instagram.com/p/nedFqilSwQ/
She’s was there with her girlfriends. You can also see them on the pool pictures… She + the girls and Harry’s crew are all following each other and interacting all over Twitter and IG now… Some of them stayed behind (Arabella Musgrave, Amanda Sheppard, etc…) and are heading to Memphis today.
@A – She was there. I was just clarifying that the blonde check above wasn’t her.
http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/377070/Cressida-who-Prince-Harry-parties-with-rock-offspring-and-Wills-on-stag-do
Oh man, Hot Harry in the middle of the States. Wonder how much trouble he’ll get into.
It sounds really inappropriate to me being papped having fun around the pool while on the other side of the pond your stepmother is burying her brother.
I’m not saying he had to fly back, but at least show some respect, just for that one day. It’s not like this is his only chance of a deserved holiday after many weeks of work like every other human being. Plus the media can’t wait to find a reason to pick you apart and you serve them a chance on a silver platter. Idiot.
Yeah, at least Wills had the grace to lay low during the day of the funeral itself.
@Paola
I have to agree….Hot Ginge getting papped partying at a bachelor party in Miami while his stepmother’s brother is being buried the same exact day is kind of gross
I agree, paola. It seems very insensitive. I think he should have cancelled his part in the Miami party and gone to the funeral, then made it to the wedding. I’m not a Camilla fan and never will be, but this is a devastating loss for her and she is his stepmother. I don’t see any excuse for him to be so disrespectful, even if she said it was ok.
I totally agree, GoodNames. He should have shown some respect for Camilla’s loss.
Was she sensitive to his mother’s feelings? William was probably with Harry but the press is only interested in Harry because of the big break-up.
Doesn’t matter – it’s about how Harry is perceived, not about going tit for tat for events that happened seventeen years ago.
William managed to stay off the radar on the funeral day himself, and he is also his mother’s son. In this case, he looks better and more mature than Harry.
+1,000. The truth is the truth.
Why would he? She’s been dead for 17 years and Diana and Charles were not together at the time of her death. He went to Charles wedding and that would have proved his point if he didn’t. I think he’s just a dick with no consideration for his actions and consequences.
Remember that time he went to a costume party sporting a nazi costume?
Also i believe that when someone dies you put any kind of beef on a side..
No, William flew in separately. He was seen “having a quiet, dinner” at O’Hare Airport, between his connecting flight to Memphis.
Doesn’t mean that William is a better guy than Harry. He didn’t go to the funeral either. It’s all about perception and being smart enough to manage your image.
That’s how gossip works – it’s all how you are perceived.
I would say the greatest testament to your parentage would be behaving with compassion and dignity. Vengeful theatrics are somewhat less complimentary. Anyway, by all accounts Harry gets along with Camilla.
I generally have no opinion about Harry other than that he has very nice broad shoulders, but in this instance I think he is showing himself to be callous and immature. When someone dies in my family you be damn sure to get to the funeral and show respect. Whether you “like” the family member or were close to them is irrelevant. This is his step-uncle. The least he can do is attempt to not be seen celebrating while his father is watching his wife put a family member in the ground.
@ AYRE – “I generally have no opinion about Harry other than that he has very nice broad shoulders…” This made me chuckle for a few minutes. It’s the end of my work day and I’m getting slap happy.
@HH But he DOES have lovely shoulders, non? I had quite a week myself, and it’s irking me that our ‘lil Prince Harry can’t bear some gravitas on those lovely shoulders of his. 🙂
@AYRE – He DOES! And the view is better from the back. I only mean that in a *partially* dirty way 😉
I agree too- and with their resources he could have attended the funeral and then gone back to join his friends. I don’t understand neither of her stepchildren attending- even if there still bad blood or they don’t get along, going in support of the family is the right thing to do.
At the very least, don’t get papped partying on the day of the funeral.
+1
Harry’s clearly still got some growing up to do if he thinks this is any way OK.
He’s practically 30. When’s it going to happen?
I’s not about growing up. It’s about thinking about someone other than yourself.
I’m going against the grain on this one. I get the point about being papped having fun, I guess, although if Camilla and Charles were OK with him not going why should we get our knickers in a twist?
Even if they were OK with them going off for days of debauchery, the fact that they chose to go says everything about their character. Who asks for permission to go party rather than stay and be a support for a bereaved family member? It’s abdicating responsibility, because, yeah, Camilla and Charles said it was okay so therefore they are not culpable for that choice. Fact is, Wills and Harry have no sense of decency or occasion.
Well, I see your point. It doesn’t matter what we think, if the family had an agreement that the sons shouldn’t attend. It could be that Harry, Will and Kate spent the entire weekend holding Camilla’s hand. (Though doubtful, since that doesn’t leave much time to fight with Cressy – but we still don’t know!)
And we will simply never know how Camilla or Charles feel about this because they won’t comment publicly – nor should they.
However, I still find it dreadful PR for Harry. He needs guidance in that department I think – all of his PR missteps are public and they are never, ever forgotten – see comments in this thread about the Nazi uniform and the Vegas trip. The Daily Mail article is full of little digs at him.
This just adds to the perception that he has poor judgment, that his priorities are parties and good times. And I don’t think that’s true – but perception is reality, you know?
Like I said somewhere, at least Wills has enough savvy not to be seen publicly enjoying himself when a family member is grieving. (It may even be the Kate influence – I’ll give her a little shout out here. Who knows?)
Then you don’t think much of me, hmmm, as I didn’t go to my dad’s funeral. I stayed with his dying cousin. And I know that my dad would have been totally OK with that. THAT’s what matters. That your family understands.
Suze,
This is interesting. Waity gets pilloried for her upskirt reveals, which people argue have happened consistently enough to makes her suspiciously like an exhibitionist. And yet Harry (like his brother) consistently behaves like what he is, an unschooled playboy, and yet it’s not because he is an entitled, self-centred aristo, but someone who merely has poor judgment with regard to his image.
I’m with Suze. Even if he had Camilla’s blessing to go, it still looks insensitive since we can’t possibly know what Camilla and Charles’ actual wishes were.
It seemed like a rather small, private lowkey event. Is it possible Camilla wanted it kept to Mark’s family and friends only? To keep the focus on Mark and celebrating his life rather than overshadowed by the hoopla that comes with the BRF?
With the royal family comes additional security (to what she and Charles require), protocols and rules to follow and seating arrangements and inordinate amounts of press coverage and paparazzi, especially if the younger royals are present. It honestly looks like Charles is the only member of the BRF present at the funeral.
True, Hmmm. Harry does get a pass for a lot of things in my book. I’ll freely admit it. He champions causes that are close to my heart, and I do find that he is quite natural and charming during official events. So I let out a lot of rope for him.
I am not one of the up skirt counters, if that matters to you. In fact, my stance on Kate has softened (once again). In fact it cycles rather furiously, but right now I’m rather sympathetic to her.
But more to your point, yes, all of the Windsors (queen included!) are wealthy people who are probably quite spoiled in many ways, and are surrounded by people who never tell them upfront: hey, this looks bad. Don’t do it. Don’t flout your privilege in the faces of the masses, dummies!
I just take that as a given as a royal watcher, and watch their PR process with utter fascination.
Not saying it’s right – but its me.
@bluhare,
There’s a world of difference between understanding sitting with a dying cousin and understanding going off for a week of debauchery (because it would have killed them to miss a couple of days). Yours was a noble, compassionate act. The princelings’- meh, not so much. It’s really an unfair comparison.
Having said that, we will just have to continue to agree to disagree. 🙂
Suze,
I appreciate your forthrightness and the clarifying of your position. That helps a lot, even if we see things differently. 🙂
Yet you had to post after we’d already agreed to disagree. Whatever.
Those pics with the brunette are NOT of Harry, they are of his friend Tom Inskip. You can clearly see Toms face in clear pics. There are no pics of Harry at the bachelor party so who knows if he was even there.
As for missing the funeral…why not? They weren’t expected to attend and this wedding has been planned for months. Kate is still in London so she could have gone especially if she is as close to Camilla as the press says. Who knows if they were even invited?
This is what I was thinking… Harry was wearing a plaid shirt and the guy nuzzling the brunette is wearing a denim or solid shirt. That’s not him.
So does that mean Cressida’s apparent games backfired?
Did you see her expression the other day? kate never fell apart in public.
I wouldn’t say she fell apart. I found it quite interesting she was totally OK standing outside while looking glum and talking on her phone. She knew she was being photographed but didn’t appear to end the call or try to get away.
This article seems to be a bit hyped up there is an entirely less salacious first hand report in a Miami newspaper specifically mentioning his non-existent entourage.
http://blogs.herald.com/scene_in_the_tropics/2014/05/newly-single-prince-harry-parties-in-miami.html#storylink=cpy
The brothers enjoyed Rendezvous last night. That’s a barbecue place in downtown Memphis.
Right, they were both at the Rendezvous but they didn’t pose for pics
A local photog snapped Harry heading back to The Peabody
Harry in particular looked pretty annoyed at the photographers. Both Miami and Memphis.
Harry looked annoyed? He’s in the States, what did he expect from the paps? Reap what you sow, celebrity princeling.
I would love to see him or his brother try to muzzle the American press.
He can look annoyed if he wants to, hmmm. He has had quite a lot of scrutiny this week; perhaps he’s a bit sick of it.
I was in Memphis recently for a conference, and my group went to Rendezvous for dinner. I was … not impressed with the food. Then again, I’m a native Georgian, so maybe Memphis BBQ is just a different style.
Also, the Daily Mail’s headline kills me: “Prince heads out for barbeque food …”
Hahahahaha, I don’t know why that cracks me up so much but it does. It’s like saying, “The prince heads out for chicken sandwich food…”
I am eating some of that sandwich food as I read comments and I almost choked on it laughing.
Bucky
Let’s be besties!
Bucky, I just ate some cheese food on toast. It was delicious. Food.
Hey Bucky!
Yes I think there is quite a difference in BBQ/food tastes between Georgian cuisine and Memphis! For me the further south I go the better I like it! New Orleans and Texas food I have had seems a bit spicier with heat- which is my personal preference. Then again it really does depend on the restaurants too.
All this food talk is making me hungry. Yeah almost time for lunch and today’s menu is authentic jerk chicken! Yum!
Have a great weekend everyone! Hope my Derby horse wins!
I don’t think Harry or William owes anything to Camilla. They have done enough PR for her and frankly speaking have no connection to her brother (may he rest in peace). She could be blamed for a lot of misery that happened in his home and he have no relationship with her as in she never raised him or such like a lot of other step parents. She never gave him or his brother any consideration when she was fooling around with their father. He probably met the guy only a couple of times. If it were anyone close to his father i.e. a friend or cousin or anybody then that would’ve been a different story.
By that token, you can say that Charles never gave any consideration for HIS sons when he was fooling around with Camilla and countless others. And they’ve both said that their relationship is good. So what happened is water under the bridge.
I agree that it’s insensitive to be pap’d partying (or about to be partying) on the day of the funeral–but I also agree that it’s probably pretty difficult to change their schedule (security,etc) on short notice, and I doubt they’d be inclined to do so when it’s a relative that they might not’ve been particularly close to, or even met more than once or twice.
I agree, Angelic. I was feeling very lonely until I read your post!
Blu
I have no strong opinion either way on this one so I will keep you company. Just for sh*ts and giggles. Kay?
Thanks, Snarky. You can be shits and I’ll be giggles! 😀
Lol! Nearly did both!! Move your damnable designer handbag over so I can sit down, please.
OK. So, did you see they did Graceland today?
I’m with you on this. We don’t know how they live their lives or if they are very closed with their stepmother behind closed doors.
PinkyRinky
If Blu would kindly unclench her hand and release her riding crop there would be some more room for you to sit.
*pats bench, whispers*
Bluhare doesn’t actually own a horse, you know.
I love Elvis. That’s all for now.
I had a horse, Snarky, but he died. I’m so bereft I have not ridden since. I didn’t go to his funeral either. I do have his ashes.
(That is all 100% true, with a bit of embellishment for drama)
If my bag weren’t so gorgeous and plated with diamonds and gold, I’d clock you with it. 🙂
I’m torn. I have a stepmom, and she and my dad have been together for … 20 years? About that. I’ve known her since I was little, I love her and she’s wonderful and all that. I couldn’t imagine not supporting her in the instance of her sibling’s death. Then again, there was never any bad blood there, no cheating, no scandal, etc. etc. Coincidentally, I also had the misfortune of losing my mom far too young in a car accident, and I was lucky enough that my dad and stepmom were both huge supports during that time.
So, as someone with a stepmom, I would never skip her sibling’s funeral. BUT, the princes’ early years with their stepmom were probably much more fraught than mine, and much less focused on bonding. You can never know a family unless you’re in it, and even then, things can be hard as hell to figure out.
Bucky,
Your case is entirely different since your step mum raised you which is not the case with Harry and William.
Hmmmmm,
I do think they aren’t that fond of her as Charles PR tried to show. Mind you they did quite a bit of PR for her because of their dad and in general their acceptance of her has played a major role in normal joe public tolerating her. But I don’t think they have a relationship with them but rather they are civil to their father’s wife and I think both of them has done more then enough PR for both Chuck and Millia.
Now this would make an interesting spin: “Look world, it’s all been a lie. Wills and Harry in a grudge match to the death with that little w—– Camilla. Now you see the truth! They will hate her till she dies!” (I’m not being sarcastic, FYI.)
Which means we’ve been fed a pack of lies all these years, and they barely tolerate her. It could be true! Now, that would be really juicy. I wonder if any in the press will run with it?
I’m actually in your camp on this one. I don’t think they are that close to Camilla at all.
I wouldn’t be close to the woman who had broken up my family, and hurt my mother so deeply. Just isn’t human…perhaps the business of sainthood, but it would be very interesting to know what the real story is. Who would truly know about such a tale? Will we ever know?
Add me to the Angelic and bluhare train. All this talk about image faux pas needs to stop. No one knows how much (or how little) the princes reached out to Camilla. How much time they spent with her prior to leaving for the wedding, which imo is what matters most. No one even knows how close they truly are to Camilla. As far as I can see they are behaving like a lot of people would who have just lost a very distant, barely-relative they likely hardly knew.
Now Harry’s character is being questioned because he chose to take part in his friend’s happiness? From all reports the celebrations are described as being very laid-back and civilized. Every photograph I’ve seen of him he’s looked somber and subdued. This is not Vegas revisited in the wake of tragedy and people need to stop treating it as such. It’s a lot of harping on nothing, making an issue where there isn’t one.
So much true here. I’m mean Guy Pelly is actually one of his best friends and has been that since they were teenagers. So it is comprehensible that they would go to their pal wedding, someone who they very close.
Memme- ITA! I do not get all the nonsense ripping on Harry for attending his friend’s wedding/parties. It goes with the territory and life goes on!
I do not see any media questioning Watercress’ actions or behavior- she was at a bar this week and partying, on job leave to deal with break-up yet photos out on public sidewalk on phone? Who cares already! Memphis ain’t Vegas!
I did question earlier why he would not attend the funeral in a show of support for his dad, but that does not mean Harry could not go to his friend’s wedding imo.
Bluhare, I am with you and Angelic on this.
Thanks. By the way, I love your latest installments. I bet Harry smells *just* like you say he does. 🙂
We can not be entirely sure that William and Harry are emotionally in a place where they can be surrounded by grief and bereavement – much less being in that setting and feeling compelled to show decorum, solemnity and propriety. The feeligs a funeral could conjure up might be too painful and they might be forced to hold it all in while they publicly console the woman their late mother despised. Even if the boys respect and accept Camilla maybe a funeral – any funeral – is asking too much. I mean, I don’t believe Charles even made arrangements for Wills and Harry to see a therapist during those awful early years after Diana’s death. I call out diva moves if I see them but given the public respect the boys have shown Camilla in her rocky transition years, I vote they’ve earned a pass.
Interesting theory, Snarky. I think they’re OK with funerals though. I remember William cancelled a couple of engagements to go to one of his nanny’s funerals a year or two ago.
I don’t think Harry or William owes anything to Camilla. They have done enough PR for her and frankly speaking have no connection to her brother (may he rest in peace). She could be blamed for a lot of misery that happened in his home and he have no relationship with her as in she never raised him or such like a lot of other step parents. She never gave him or his brother any consideration when she was fooling around with their father. He probably met the guy only a couple of times. If it were anyone close to his father i.e. a friend or cousin or anybody then that would’ve been a different story. Also if they were supposed to lay off because of the funeral then why isn’t Kate being criticized for not attending the funeral even though she was in the same city? As I said no one between Harry, William and Kate owes anything to Millia or have any relation to her brother in order to stop what they have planed months before the awful tragedy.
They owe her nothing. And Harry especially has demonstrated his true feelings before. The circus with the “dearCamilla” is for Charles to enjoy.
Ronia
Oh! What did I miss?
How has Harry demonstrated his feelings toward Camilla? (Aside from the funeral)
Do the taxpayers pay for his entourages’ partying too?
No
Find an American girl, Harry. That would make the royal family a little more interesting.
And American press to go crazy. Hell he should look for an african american then press of both of our dear countries along with europe’s will go crazy nuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Twice divorced for extra drama ooh ah!
Sorry, Wallis Simpson wrecked it for any American woman to marry into the British Royal Family.
I think the Princes have a team of PR & Security People to make sure their trip doesn’t deteriorate into another bacchanal.
Let the games begin.
Once again it’s a case of bad optics. Same as when William went off shooting boars in Spain with Harry and Jecca days before he was to attend a huge conference on protecting endangered species. While Kate was off sunning in Mustique. And both were too busy vacationing and having fun to help out when England was drowning in floods. They didn’t do anything truly terrible per se, but the optics just look uncaring and disrespectful.
It may be a case of bad optics but that pales in comparison to it being a case of bad character, because they ARE being uncaring and disrespectful.
It APPEARS they are being uncaring. We have no idea what they said to or did for Camilla. Maybe they did nothing. Maybe she doesn’t want them to. I don’t know. But we certainly don’t know that they are uncaring.
I’m leaving disrespectful out of my argument. Not that I think they are; however, I will cave in that sometimes public appearances do count for something.
I subscribe to Occam’s razor on this point, and to the understanding that behaviour speaks for itself especially over time.
It appears we have radically different views on funerals. I am very happy agreeing to disagree on this one.
Sure, bluhare!
God, after reading this I’m realizing how awful it would be to be part of this set. They seem to be so incestuous.
It is a perfect word for them. Maybe they share the same penicillin prescription.
I wonder how much Camilla will hold her life if something happens to Diana’s siblings or will she go along her days doing what she planed all along.
Depends on how well she knows them, I know some folks are coffin chasers (just love a funeral) but I don’t think Camilla is one and frankly with the right support from her sisters Diana could have avoided marrying Charles in the first place . One dated Charles for years and opted out not giving her sister the low down on the Camilla/Charles situation (which she very well knew about) and the other told her it was too late to back out of the wedding because her face was already on the souvenir tea-towels. As for the disgusting Charles Spencer if I was a member of the family I’d go to his funeral just to spit in his grave.
It looks bad, but by all accounts it wasn’t the usual high jinks that Harry, Skippy and Landon get up to whenever they do these trips.
Harry once declared unashamedly that he loved Camilla and she wasn’t the wicked witch of popular lore.
The royals don’t operate like normal families. That’s why it’s so hard for outsiders because they go in expecting the ‘family’ to behave or relate to each other as regular people do and the reality is more corporation with departments.
All of that said, it was deemed OK for them to travel and probably offers to cancel were refused by various parties and or it didn’t occur to anybody how Harry’s attendance would teleport to the world. We’ve been here many times before with regard the last option.
One final thing: the man in the picture nuzzling the brunette is Skippy NOT Harry.
Palace PR has a hard time thinking like “regular folks.”
In regards to the royal protocols, aren’t the holidays quite scheduled and when Camilla wants to spend time with her family she leaves the royal circus and goes at it alone?
I’m sure William & Harry sent her condolences, but I just doubt they knew her brother well, if at all. I’m certain I’ve read that Camilla goes to visit her family alone. Its not quite like a normal family where everyone would be invited to the same party at Chuck & Cammie’s.
That is right.
She sees her family at her house. It’s too much hassle the other way around.
If I were Camilla I would have told my stepsons to go to the wedding and have fun with my blessings. Also would have been happy to have the two brothers forego the funeral because it hopefully meant fewer paps there. Camilla was papped but hopefully there were fewer of them there because the princes were absent.
The photo op for Camilla was great – some very touching photo’s were taken of her and Charles. Photo op would perhaps not have been as touching, for her, if the princes had been there. That said, I’ve never seen Charles looking so concerned for another person, it was lovely.
I seriously wish Harry would hook up with Katie Cassidy. They look like they could be a cute pair. Maybe that would also get his mind temporarily off of Cressida. From Cressida to Cassidy. Ha!
The British press would rip her apart. One, she’s a Hollywood actress (read – jumpoff material ONLY). Two, David Cassidy is her father; don’t think they won’t bring up his DUI issues in the press. The press will dismiss her as a C-lister looking for a come up. And judging from Harry’s actions, he’s not looking to settle down despite the marriage hype he got with Cressida.