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Prince Harry ‘reembraced’ royal identity to land Hollywood deals, expert claims after Australia trip
Prince Harry “reembraced” his royal identity to land Hollywood deals, according to a royals expert.
After a keynote appearance at the InterEdge Summit on Thursday, Harry explained to Australian former politician Brendan Nelson that he didn’t want to be a working royal after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
“I was like, ‘I don’t want this job. I don’t want this role — wherever this is headed, I don’t like it.’ It killed my mum and I was very much against it, and I stuck my head in the sand for years and years,” Harry said, according to People. “Eventually I realized, well, hang on, if there was somebody else in this position, how would they be making the most of this platform and this ability and the resources that come with it to make a difference in the world?”
Harry continued, “And also, what would my mum want me to do? And that really changed my own perspective.”
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Also on Thursday, Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, attended the Swinburne University of Technology on the third day of their Australia trip and discussed mental health and social media with young people.
While visiting the institution, Markle claimed she was “bullied and attacked” every day for 10 years online and was even the “most trolled person in the entire world,” according to People.
Harry chimed in and said that social media has “led to so much loneliness for so many people.” He said that he has only felt better since attending therapy.
“I waited until I was literally in the fetal position, much older, lying on the kitchen floor. Until I was like, okay, maybe this therapy thing — maybe I should try it,” Harry said.
Helena Chard, a British royal expert, told Fox News Digital that Harry wanted out of the royal life when his mother, Princess Diana, died in 1997.
“When Diana died, 12-year-old Harry wanted out of royal life. The grief, the goldfish bowl, the cameras at every turn. It was overwhelming and just too much for him. Royal life felt like surveillance, not family,” Chard said. She explained that he’s had to maintain his royal status to land deals in Hollywood.
“In Hollywood, his currency was his royal title. The deals hinged on the British royal family and his Prince Harry title. As Harry alone, he can’t clinch the deals. He traded palace scrutiny for Hollywood scrutiny but without institutional protection.
“He has made it more than clear, he didn’t and isn’t returning to royal duty. He returned to royal identity as without it, he can’t continue media deals and commercial ventures. He rejected the Crown to heal, then reembraced it to be heard only with the goldfish bowl becoming the stage,” she continued.
Ian Pelham Turner, a British royal expert, said it makes sense that Harry has been so open about his emotions and how he feels about the royal family.
“Harry as it is obvious to royal experts is a much more open and emotional man compared to other members of the royal family which is why he shares this value with Diana and his outspoken nature from his grandfather, Prince Philip who he totally admired,” Turner said.
He continued, “In the day of Diana’s funeral when they had to walk behind the coffin when Philip going through an archway thinking he could not be seen by the cameras put his arm around the 13-year-old Harry and asked him if he was ok.”
Turner even noted that Harry’s angst against the public eye was evident during his teenage years.
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“As a teenager, Harry especially hated the media and on occasions lashed out at them, blaming them for his mother’s death and wishing he could be a normal person, not royal and that he could be hunted down every day by paparazzi,” he said.
Amanda Matta, a royal commentator, told Fox News Digital that it is clear to her that Harry believes the monarchy failed him.
“I think reading between the lines, it becomes clear that Harry believes the royal system failed him on a personal level. Being thrust into the role of ‘Prince’ from birth left him alienated from his own future as much as the death of his mother did,” she began.
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“Since stepping back from royal duties, he’s consistently positioned himself as someone who has had to ‘redefine purpose’ outside the structure he was born into,” Matta continued. “He might be discussing workplace mental health and personal resilience more broadly in other parts of the summit remarks, but here, he’s also pointing to the institution prioritizing duty, optics, and continuity over everything else.”
Matta also agreed with Markle’s statement about being ridiculed online for a decade.
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“She’s absolutely correct; the trolling and harassment has been relentless since day one of her relationship with Harry. In some corners of the internet, it’s become like a game or pastime to people,” she said.
“I was heartened to see how Meghan is able to speak about that experience now, but even the reaction to her making these remarks has been derisive and cruel in some spaces. I’m afraid it is just Meghan’s ‘normal’ mode of being a public figure now,” Matta concluded.
Chard, however, did not agree with Markle’s remarks about being bullied and said, “Typical… Harry and Meghan visit a youth mental health group in between their commercial work and Meghan uses the visit as a platform to talk about herself yet again.”
“She claims she was the most trolled person in the entire world… This is nonsense. How can she quantify this? Lots of people are trolled. Again, it highlights just how she/they perpetuate the drama and continuously torch trust,” Chard continued.
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Trump pushes shaky deal with Iran as Hormuz is shut again, but opponents give him no credit for progress
President Trump struck a ceasefire with Iran that didn’t seem possible.
Doesn’t matter.
Trump pressured Israel into halting its attacks on Lebanon.
So what.
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The stock market reached record highs as investors concluded the war is about to end.
Big deal.
No matter what the guy does, his opponents won’t give him credit.
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And when the murderous mullahs again shut down the Strait of Hormuz–in retaliation, they say, for the U.S. enforcing its own blockade of Iranian ports–you could practically hear the sighs of relief that the peace deal might be crumbling.
Trump told ABC’s Jonathan Karl yesterday that Iran has committed a “serious violation” of the ceasefire, but he was still confident about a deal:
“It will happen. One way or another, The nice way or the hard way. It’s going to happen. You can quote me.”
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On X, Karl got hammered for–get this–calling the president for comment on a significant setback in the war.
“Why compromise yourself as a journalist & post BS from a pathological liar?” one woman said.
“Jon, just stop,” said another female poster. “You know he doesn’t have a clue so he just feeds you guys lies.”
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After the Karl exchange, Trump tweeted: “NO MORE MR. NICE GUY1”
A banner headline on Drudge read “LEAK: TRUMP GRIPPED WITH FEAR.” This was tied to a Wall Street Journal piece about Trump’s frustrations with the war, sometimes losing focus, and musing about awarding himself the Medal of Honor.
When Tehran fired on two Indian-flagged ships in the strait, it was a troubling sign. The speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Ghalibaf, says the two sides are far apart on a final agreement. Maybe that’s a negotiating tactic.
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The larger point is that most Democrats and many in the media won’t acknowledge it when the president does something that turns out right. Because it’s Trump.
Now some of this is rooted in Trump’s decision, under pressure from Israel, to launch his war of choice, conduct airstrikes against Iran without so much as a nod to Congress or our supposed European allies.
Maybe that was a bad decision. It certainly wasn’t a popular one.
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Seven weeks later, a new Politico poll finds 38% of those surveyed support the strikes–and almost half say Trump spends too much time on global affairs rather than domestic issues.
The president’s inflammatory rhetoric hasn’t helped, from “Close the F—in’ Strait” on Easter Sunday to vowing two days later that “a whole civilization will die tonight.”
So I understand those who have principled objections to the war, especially Trump’s former acolytes in the conservative media.
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But whether he was lucky or just stumbled into the right situation, he certainly deserves a belated bit of recognition.
Trump says his tough and sometimes erratic talk kept the Iranian leaders who survived the bombing off balance. And, of course, his latest delay in the bombing pause created the space for a tentative agreement (which theoretically expires Tuesday).
Come on: If President Biden had achieved a double ceasefire–with Iran and Lebanon–Democrats would be hailing him as a great commander-in-chief and powerful peacemaker. (And most Republicans would be critical.)
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Trump, never one to deflect credit, posted Friday: “The Failing New York Times, FAKE NEWS CNN, and others, just don’t know what to do. They are desperately looking for a reason to criticize President Donald J. Trump on the Iran situation, but just can’t find it.”
Meanwhile, Trump hasn’t lost his talent for stepping on his own story.
By posting that fake AI picture of himself as Jesus, and a followup of Christ comforting him, the president angered many Catholic followers who viewed the images as blasphemous. Trump had to delete the first one within 12 hours, which he almost never does.
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I know why he did it. Trump wanted to draw attention to his war of words with Pope Leo, and this guaranteed the topic would dominate the news for days. He even had JD Vance, a converted Catholic, warn the American-born Pope to be careful about discussing theology.
By the way, I don’t agree with Pete Hegseth (who delivered a biblical verse actually lifted from “Pulp Fiction”) unloading on the “Trump-hating” legacy media. I don’t believe they’ve portrayed the war as a failure.
But in watching show after show after Trump’s announcement, I saw a bit of straight reporting on the president’s update quickly fade into the Jesus uproar, dissing NATO, the Epstein files, RFK’s ostensible shift on vaccines, Victor Orban’s defeat–all the same stuff they would have been talking about had there been no progress on the war.
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Despite the president’s repeated pronouncements of victory, we do have to ask where this would leave his main rationale for the airstrikes–to keep Iran from building nuclear weapons.
Whether such an outcome was imminent or not, I haven’t seen the Iranians, who lie for a living, agree to forfeit their longtime ambitions.
What I’ve watched instead is Trump saying he would strongly consider unfreezing $20 billion in Iranian assets if the U.S. can remove the enriched uranium–and underground nuclear “dust” – from the country. Maybe with that supposed price tag, it’s worthwhile for the world’s biggest terror state.
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But as we’ve just learned again, the devil is always in the details.
Let’s say the ceasefire holds, Hormuz is reopened, and a deal is made–putting aside, for the sake of argument, all the caveats about how this train could be derailed.
Will the Democrats and the mainstream media even grudgingly concede that Donald Trump pulled off something quite historic?
I’m not so sure about that.
A drag-racing street takeover involving more than 100 vehicles in Queens over the weekend triggered a NYPD investigation, as authorities continue searching for suspects.
The incident was reported on Saturday shortly before 2 a.m. near Eliot Avenue and 69th Street, according to the NYPD.
When officers arrived at the scene, they activated their lights and sirens to disperse the crowd. Dozens of vehicles then fled the area.
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Police said multiple vehicles were observed driving in circles.
A few people also allegedly jumped on the hood of an NYPD vehicle, causing damage and cracking the windshield before fleeing the scene in a black car.
No injuries were reported in connection with the drag racing incident.
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Police said no arrests have been made, but they are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying eight people and four vehicles captured in photographs.
Officers canvassed surrounding streets following the incident to deter further reckless driving.
As they were patrolling, one driver was issued a summons for blocking a crosswalk.
The incident remains under investigation.
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Pennsylvania man accused of stealing over 100 sets of human remains appears in court in ‘horror movie’ case
A Pennsylvania man accused of stealing more than 100 sets of human remains from a historic cemetery appeared in court Friday, where he reportedly waived his right to an evidentiary hearing.
Jonathan Gerlach, 34, appeared in Delaware County court wearing a lime green prison jumpsuit. Clean-shaven with his hair tied back in a bun, he looked noticeably different from his booking photo. He spoke little during the brief proceeding, according to FOX 29 Philadelphia.
Gerlach is facing nearly 500 charges — including burglary, abuse of a corpse and desecration of monuments — tied to a disturbing investigation at Mount Moriah Cemetery near Philadelphia, the outlet reported.
During Friday’s hearing, prosecutors dropped two burglary charges but filed additional counts related to alleged cemetery break-ins in Lancaster and Luzerne counties, FOX 29 reported.
The case has shocked both investigators and the public since Gerlach’s arrest in January.
At the time, Delaware County District Attorney Tanner Rouse described what detectives uncovered as “a horror movie come to life.”
Authorities say more than 100 full or partial sets of human and skeletal remains were recovered from Gerlach’s home in Ephrata and a storage unit.
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Some of the remains are believed to be centuries old, while others belonged to infants, according to prosecutors.
Police said Gerlach was initially identified after officers conducting surveillance spotted bones and skulls inside his vehicle at Mount Moriah Cemetery
Investigators later observed him leaving the cemetery carrying a burlap bag, a crowbar and other tools. Authorities allege he admitted to stealing approximately 30 sets of remains.
The case has been especially distressing for families with loved ones buried at Mount Moriah.
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“I believe their souls are in heaven. I still think it’s disruptive,” Judy Prichard McCleary, whose ancestors’ remains were disturbed, told The Associated Press.
Gerlach remains behind bars in Delaware County with bail set at $1 million, according to FOX 29.
Court records do not indicate whether Gerlach has entered a plea. An attorney representing him could not be immediately identified Friday.
The Delaware County District Attorney’s Office could not be immediately reached by Fox News Digital for comment.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman-Diamond contributed to this report.
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