"Spare" beats the press at its own game: excellent review of the book & US culture...

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166. Like the majority of DU'ers, I don't know Harry, Meghan or any other member of the monarchy

I don't pretend that hearing one side of the story allows me to determine who is in the right and who is in the wrong. And since my knowledge of the events is extremely limited, my own observations have limited validity.

1. This whole discussion seems very much like a MAGA discussion with individuals fanatically embracing one side or the other based on an incomplete understanding of the experience of both sides of the stories.

2. My parents taught me that the worst way to get ahead was by tearing down others.

3. My parents also taught me that family was more important than money.

4.You can't morally win a fight when you use the same tactics that you believe the other side is wrong to use.

5. It is delusional to think you can trash members of your family in a very public way and expect them to want to reconcile.

6. You shouldn't expect people to observe your privacy when you are violating theirs.

7. If something you have publicly stated has been misinterpreted, you should correct that misinterpretation if has the potential of causing harm to someone else. Silence is acquiescence.

8. It is obscene how much money is made off of gossip.

Finally, Harry can stop calling himself The Spare and start calling himself Redundant now that there is a niece and two nephews ahead of him in the line of succession.