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AIBU to think King Charles comes across as a really crap dad?

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mintleavesandthyme · 06/07/2026 16:00

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77yykl87yno

I mean really, this is just pathetic. No one is believing that KC couldn’t find a spare bed for his son. AIBU to think that as the parent KC needs to get a grip and grow up instead of just fuelling the drama?

Headshot of Prince Harry in a blue suit, white shirt, and dark green tie looking off-camera in a room with several men in suits out of focus in the background,

Buckingham Palace says Prince Harry will not stay at palace

Royal sources say the Duke of Sussex had not responded to the offer of accommodation at a Royal residence by the deadline last week.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77yykl87yno

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Poppinpoppinpopcorn · Today 09:37

FenellaFeldman · Today 09:36

Plus: what about the daughter - she may wonder why she's called Princess Lilibet Diana. An exceptionally distinctive name, yet the RF are so toxic and damaging 🤔?

Exactly, completely agree

Tableforjoan · Today 09:44

That will just be another inconvenient truth.

The name. The wanting 50/50. Cutting off one family for selling stories to then be the ones selling stories. The untruths that came to light in court.

It will all be fake news as trump likes to say.

Newname26 · Today 09:44

FenellaFeldman · Today 09:36

Plus: what about the daughter - she may wonder why she's called Princess Lilibet Diana. An exceptionally distinctive name, yet the RF are so toxic and damaging 🤔?

Marketing. Seems to be the only answer to that.
Archie - Archiewell was their business, so also marketing.

FenellaFeldman · Today 09:47

Newname26 · Today 09:44

Marketing. Seems to be the only answer to that.
Archie - Archiewell was their business, so also marketing.

Very true. Sadly, all they can market is their royal connections. How ironic.

Poppinpoppinpopcorn · Today 09:49

FenellaFeldman · Today 09:47

Very true. Sadly, all they can market is their royal connections. How ironic.

True. The sooner they can be stripped of their titties be better. Prince included

FenellaFeldman · Today 09:54

Poppinpoppinpopcorn · Today 09:49

True. The sooner they can be stripped of their titties be better. Prince included

Although the victimhood performance would be off the scale! Quite entertaining to watch, though....

Recklessismymiddlename · Today 10:08

Harry has accused the judiciary of a whitewash and if proven given a tablet, to a female journalist, without her consent. Harry may find being unable to stay in Buckingham palace on this occasion being the least of his problems.

Charles has finally put in some boundaries.

SwingTheMonkey · Today 10:21

Poppinpoppinpopcorn · Today 09:49

True. The sooner they can be stripped of their titties be better. Prince included

Stripping them of their titties seems an unusual punishment…

Nannamads · Today 10:23

I tend to agree with you. Its Crown 1st family 2nd. We have been fed constant negative information certainly about Meghan from the beginning by the media. Neither of them can look sideways without their being a narrative about why they are looking sideways. Most of what is put out in the media is either fed by the men in " grey suits" or made up. What does it matter if he changed his mind at the last minute , we all do it and if the truth be known he wouldn't have minded staying anywhere. They are some of the richest people in the world and King Charles couldn't find a bed for him . Pathetic.

FenellaFeldman · Today 10:24

SwingTheMonkey · Today 10:21

Stripping them of their titties seems an unusual punishment…

The titles are everything to them. That's their whole identity and merchandising opportunity. They couldn't cope at all. I'd just leave the titles, let them get on with their faux royal tours etc.

Recklessismymiddlename · Today 10:37

SwingTheMonkey · Today 10:21

Stripping them of their titties seems an unusual punishment…

Depends. Giving a tablet, to a female journalist, without her consent, if proven, can be damaging. Accusing the judiciary, of a whitewash, is sailing fairly close to the wind. He may well be on thin ice. I doubt he realises it though.

this is a useful listen especially, as David Yelland, is usually very sympathetic, to the Sussexes

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002yl2w?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Lomonald · Today 10:39

SwingTheMonkey · Today 10:21

Stripping them of their titties seems an unusual punishment…

Oh 😂 I did genuinely lol😀

Tableforjoan · Today 10:41

SwingTheMonkey · Today 10:21

Stripping them of their titties seems an unusual punishment…

Got to make a choice you can keep one or the other.

Titties or titles. 🤣🤣

SwingTheMonkey · Today 10:55

FenellaFeldman · Today 10:24

The titles are everything to them. That's their whole identity and merchandising opportunity. They couldn't cope at all. I'd just leave the titles, let them get on with their faux royal tours etc.

Now read what @Poppinpoppinpopcorn wrote again…

MyPurpleHeart · Today 11:09

Nannamads · Today 10:23

I tend to agree with you. Its Crown 1st family 2nd. We have been fed constant negative information certainly about Meghan from the beginning by the media. Neither of them can look sideways without their being a narrative about why they are looking sideways. Most of what is put out in the media is either fed by the men in " grey suits" or made up. What does it matter if he changed his mind at the last minute , we all do it and if the truth be known he wouldn't have minded staying anywhere. They are some of the richest people in the world and King Charles couldn't find a bed for him . Pathetic.

There is a difference between finding a bed and not wanting to provide a bed for someone who has thrown nothing but abuse at you for the last 8 years.

Good on Charles, you dont have to accommodate family who treats you like shit just because they are family.

H&M are masters at putting out vile stories in the press for attention. Its their entire career lets be honest

FenellaFeldman · Today 11:23

MyPurpleHeart · Today 11:09

There is a difference between finding a bed and not wanting to provide a bed for someone who has thrown nothing but abuse at you for the last 8 years.

Good on Charles, you dont have to accommodate family who treats you like shit just because they are family.

H&M are masters at putting out vile stories in the press for attention. Its their entire career lets be honest

Not just abuse, but lies.
All monetised.

FenellaFeldman · Today 11:24

SwingTheMonkey · Today 10:55

Now read what @Poppinpoppinpopcorn wrote again…

Yes, I know she made a typo, but I was responding in the spirit of her contribution.

FenellaFeldman · Today 11:26

Nannamads · Today 10:23

I tend to agree with you. Its Crown 1st family 2nd. We have been fed constant negative information certainly about Meghan from the beginning by the media. Neither of them can look sideways without their being a narrative about why they are looking sideways. Most of what is put out in the media is either fed by the men in " grey suits" or made up. What does it matter if he changed his mind at the last minute , we all do it and if the truth be known he wouldn't have minded staying anywhere. They are some of the richest people in the world and King Charles couldn't find a bed for him . Pathetic.

Have you not understood the issues at all? Who said it was about a bed!
Also, Meghan and Harry have certainly dominated the narrative in the last 6 years with Spare, Netflix, and many, many interviews.
They are hardly the innocent victims, being happy to trash the RF for money.

SwingTheMonkey · Today 11:30

FenellaFeldman · Today 11:24

Yes, I know she made a typo, but I was responding in the spirit of her contribution.

Odd response to a joke, but ok!

FenellaFeldman · Today 11:32

SwingTheMonkey · Today 11:30

Odd response to a joke, but ok!

It wasn't a joke, it was a typo.
No need to get personal. Leave it.

SwingTheMonkey · Today 11:32

Nannamads · Today 10:23

I tend to agree with you. Its Crown 1st family 2nd. We have been fed constant negative information certainly about Meghan from the beginning by the media. Neither of them can look sideways without their being a narrative about why they are looking sideways. Most of what is put out in the media is either fed by the men in " grey suits" or made up. What does it matter if he changed his mind at the last minute , we all do it and if the truth be known he wouldn't have minded staying anywhere. They are some of the richest people in the world and King Charles couldn't find a bed for him . Pathetic.

Are people so naive as to believe PH had any intention to stay in a Royal residence?! This has all been orchestrated to perpetuate the ‘poor Harry, isn’t everyone horrid to him’ nonsense.

SwingTheMonkey · Today 11:33

FenellaFeldman · Today 11:32

It wasn't a joke, it was a typo.
No need to get personal. Leave it.

Mine was a joke…

FenellaFeldman · Today 11:34

SwingTheMonkey · Today 11:33

Mine was a joke…

Right. Still, no need to get personal, as I've said
I think that's the end of this conversation 🙄

BMW58 · Today 11:34

lobwedge · Today 09:08

You mean Charles was respecting Diana when he was boffing Camilla the whole time ?

In the first place what makes you claim he was having an affair with Camilla "the whole time"?
YOU DO NOT KNOW THAT

Secondly Diana had affairs with several men so she is just as guilty (if not more so by weight of numbers) PLUS you don't know who was unfaithful first!

Your bias is showing and obscuring rationality

Recklessismymiddlename · Today 11:35

SwingTheMonkey · Today 11:32

Are people so naive as to believe PH had any intention to stay in a Royal residence?! This has all been orchestrated to perpetuate the ‘poor Harry, isn’t everyone horrid to him’ nonsense.

This & to smear the royals again.