▲ A woman in Madrid, Spain, opens the Spanish translation of Prince Harry’s autobiography ‘The Spare’ on the 5th (local time). Her autobiography, which contains disclosures about the royal family and personal history, was criticized in the UK as “exposures worthy of a B-class celebrity.”
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Britain’s Prince Harry’s autobiography, on the contrary, is reducing the British public’s liking for him.
British online pollster YouGov said on the 9th (local time) that positive opinions about Prince Harry fell 7 percentage points from a month ago to 26%, the lowest since the survey began in 2011. The survey was conducted on the 5th and 6th, right after the contents 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 rose from 59% to 64%. YouGov said that negative opinions have also increased among young Brits, and are now equal at 41% positive and negative. At the beginning of last month, 49% were positive, 20 percentage points higher than negative (29%).
There is no big 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 intensively attacked, was somewhat affected. Positive views of Prince William fell from 77% to 69%, while negative opinions rose from 15% to 20%. Positive opinions about the royal family fell from 60% to 54%, while negative opinions rose 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 due to his brother’s revelation, but he will survive in the end. While Prince William may come across as a dutiful, dutiful prince with a perfect family, and a man with a temper tantrum, such as pushing his younger brother down, on the whole, many see this as just a sibling conflict.
In addition, Charles III has been ridiculed for various issues such as adultery and allegations of political interference, but he is still a king and is evaluated as being quite good. Diana, who passed away in 1997, said in a BBC interview that Charles III was not suitable for a king, but in the end, he was the one who suffered the most, and Charles III became king.
At the same time, he said that the royal family would breathe a sigh of relief for the time being as Prince Harry backed down on the allegations of racism, saying he did not think the royal family was racist.
However, The Times pointed out that the royal family did not respond well to Prince Harry and his wife’s departure, and that they should seriously consider what to do if another case arises.
The Guardian also published an article critical of Prince Harry. He spoke of his lifelong mission to curb the British press while being interviewed in the splendid rooms of his sprawling California home, unable to distinguish between articles and columns, and failing to take into account that many of the royal fans are tabloid readers he despises. said it seems
He also said that the royal family would wither away if the press did not inform the public about the royal family, as Queen Elizabeth II said, “If we are to be trusted, we must be known.”
He also pointed out that Prince Harry was wrong when he said in a broadcast interview that Diana’s death was directly caused by the paparazzi. The paparazzi were somewhat 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 deaths were justified because the bad people were eliminated before they could kill the good people.
This confession is facing a backlash in that it could provoke the Taliban and its followers to retaliate. Former Colonel Richard Kemp, who served as commander in Afghanistan in 2003, said in an interview with the BBC, “It is problematic to describe Taliban fighters as if they were chess pieces that could defeat subhuman beings. It can be used for,” he said.
Private life, which could be morally problematic, was also revealed. He confessed to getting into drugs when he was 17, saying, “I was given cocaine at someone’s country house on a weekend hunt and I did it a few more times after that.” He continued, “It wasn’t very fun, but it definitely felt different.” He also revealed that he had inhaled hemp in the bathrooms 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 had sex for the first time at the age of 17 with his first love, an older woman, in a field behind a bar. It is also said that he met a psychic to contact his deceased mother, Diana Bean. He also said that when he was a child he begged Charles III not to marry Queen Camilla with Prince William.
Senior Reporter Lim Byung-seon