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19.1.02

Sun 13/01/02

Harry, Charlie, Waccy Baccy

Can’t help feeling a wee bit sorry for Prince Harry today. It’s not his fault he was born, and has had to live all 17 years of his life, under public scrutiny. He’s old enough now to realise the full horror that he faces for the rest of his life; spending it in a goldfish bowl, and I’m not surprised the poor boy wants to get wasted once in a while and forget about it all. Add to that the horrific loss of his mum when he was 12, and all the public grieving that went with it, and the fact that he lives in the shadow of a brother who is universally loved and gorgeous with it, while he is, er, not.

Harry’s obviously been a bit of a fool, doing things so publicly, but I find it strangely comforting to find that the third in line to the throne is experiencing life as so many teenagers do. No one is surprised that drugs are easily available to the poor little rich kids at Eton, but it’s the drinking that’s more worrying than the dope smoking. How can someone so well known and underage be in a pub without the owners and other drinkers knowing about it?

I suppose the other shocking element to this is the realisation that little Harry, who we all remember as sullen and sheepish (and shorter) at his mother’s funeral, has actually grown up a lot in the last four years, but we haven’t really seen a lot of him. Well if ever he wanted to push William out of the spotlight, he's succeeded in spectacular fashion.
The big mystery about this story is – how on earth did it stay out of the papers for so long? I suppose it’s just the same as another royal revelation that all the papers are sitting on: that *******’s *** is gay, while all the gossips are looking in the wrong direction, royally speaking. Until the palace, or some boyfriend, spills the beans, it will remain unpublished.

Two interesting facts quoted on the news:
25% of 11-15 year-olds drink alcohol at least once a week
29% of 15 year-olds took drugs in the last year


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