▲ A woman in Madrid, Spain opens the Spanish translation of Prince Harry’s autobiography ‘The Spare’ on the 5th (local time). In the UK, criticisms poured over the disclosure of the royal family and the autobiography containing the personal story, saying it was “exposition worthy of a B-class celebrity”.
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The autobiography of Prince Harry of Great Britain, by contrast, is reducing the British public’s sympathy for him.
British online pollster YouGov said on the 9th (local time) that positive opinions of Prince Harry were down 7 percentage points from a month ago to 26%, the lowest since the poll began in 2011. The poll was conducted on the 5th and 6th, soon after the content of Prince Harry’s autobiography, “Spare”, began to be reported in the media on the 4th, and targeted 1,693 adult men and women across the country.
Negative ratings for Prince Harry dropped from 59% to 64%. YouGov said negative opinions have also risen among young Britons and are now 41% positive and negative. Early last month, 49% were positive, 20 percentage points higher than negative (29%).
There is not a huge difference between the popularity of Charles III, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, but the older brother, Prince William, whom Prince Harry attacked intensely, was somewhat affected. Positive opinions of Prince William dropped from 77% to 69%, while negative opinions increased from 15% to 20%. Positive opinions of the royal family dropped from 60% to 54%, while negative opinions increased from 30% to 35%.
The Times said in an analysis article titled “Prince Harry’s Words Are Explosive, But The Damage Is Minor,” Prince William’s image will change as a result of his brother’s revelation, but he will ultimately survive. While Prince William can be seen as someone who is a dutiful and dutiful prince with a perfect family and sometimes throws a tantrum by pushing his younger brother down, overall, many see him as just sibling conflict.
Also, Charles III has been ridiculed for various issues such as adultery and allegations of political interference, but he is still a king and is rated as quite good. Diana, who died in 1997, said in an interview with the BBC that Charles III was not fit for a king, but in the end it was he who suffered the most and Charles III became king.
At the same time, he said the royal family would breathe a sigh of relief for the moment as Prince Harry backed down on racism allegations, saying he didn’t think the royal family was racist.
However, The Times stressed that the royal family has not responded well to the departure of Prince Harry and his wife, and that they should seriously consider what to do if another case arises.
The Guardian has also published an article critical of Prince Harry. He spoke of his lifelong mission to curb the British press as he was interviewed in the splendid rooms of his sprawling California home, unable to distinguish between articles and columns, and disregarding the fact that many of the royal fans are tabloid readers which he despises. said it seems
He also said that the royal family would vanish if the press did not inform the public about the royal family, as Queen Elizabeth II said: “If they are to be trusted, we must be known.”
She also pointed out that Prince Harry was wrong when he said in a TV interview that Diana’s death was directly caused by the paparazzi. The paparazzi were a little behind, and the driver of the vehicle in question was under the influence of alcohol and drugs and had never driven the vehicle in the accident.
The part where he confessed to killing 25 people while flying an Apache helicopter during the war in Afghanistan was also a problem. Prince Harry described it as “like taking a piece off a chessboard”. He also wrote that the death was justified because the bad guys were killed before the good guys were killed.
This confession is facing backlash as it could result in retaliation from the Taliban and its followers. Former Colonel Richard Kemp, who served as commander in Afghanistan in 2003, said in a BBC interview: “It is problematic to describe Taliban fighters as if they were chess pieces that could defeat subhuman beings. It can be used to” he said.
Private life, which could be morally problematic, was also revealed. He confessed to doing drugs when he was 17, saying: “I was given cocaine at someone’s country house on a weekend hunt and did it a few times after that.” “It wasn’t that fun, but it was definitely different,” he said. He also revealed that he inhaled hemp in the toilets of Kensington Palace and Eton School in England. He was accused of inhaling cocaine at a party in Las Vegas in 2012.
He said he first had sex at age 17 with his first love, an older woman, in a field behind a bar. She is also said to have met with a psychic to contact her late mother, Dianabin. He also said he once begged Charles III not to marry Camilla when he and Prince William were young.
Senior reporter Lim Byung-seon
