On the superb Showtime series “Ray Donovan,” actor Dash Mihok played Ray’s sad, stupid, easily manipulated brother, “Bunchie.” I always thought self-exiled Prince Harry was disturbingly Bunchie-like in appearance and intellect, and he proved the latter resemblance spectacularly in recent weeks.
As I discussed in an earlier post, Prince Harry attended one of the World Series games in L.A. with he and his insufferable wife wearing blue-and-white Dodgers caps. Harry’s father, King Charles, is the official ruler of Canada, a part of the British Commonwealth, and given that the Dodgers’ opposition in baseball’s ultimate series was the Toronto Blue Jays, many Brits and Canadians were upset that a member of the royal family would publicly favor the American competitor over the Canadian one. Of course they were. Imagine the scandal if one of Trump’s sons ostentatiously cheered on a Russian athlete in the Olympics.
While making an appearance on CTV News last week, Harry found it prudent to apologize to his homeland. His apology was ludicrous, and his breach of loyalty was not something one can credibly apologize for anyway. Still, Harry tried, and it was pathetic.
He said that he wasn’t wearing the Dodgers cap because he’s a Dodgers fan, see. He was wearing it because he couldn’t figure out, being an inbred dolt from a family never known for its intellectual acumen, how to navigate around an awkward social dilemma.
Harry said , “Firstly, I would like to apologize to Canada for wearing it. Secondly, I was under duress. There wasn’t much choice. I was invited to the LA Dodgers’ box by the dugout by the owner himself, so I was doing what I thought was the polite thing to do. But I’m going to wear [the Blue Jays hat that he put on during his statement] from now on to make sure I don’t make any more of those mistakes.”
The he said that the real reason wore the Dodgers cap: “The other piece of this was… when you’re missing a lot of hair on top and you’re sitting under floodlights, you’ll take any hat that’s available.”
Right. I’ve been to Dodger Stadium. As in any MLB park, there are dozens of caps and hats “available.” He also knew he was going to the game, presumably, so he had plenty of time to find neutral headwear. This isn’t rocket science.
I bet even Bunchie could have figured out what to do.
Over the weekend, the UK held various events leading up to Remembrance Day on Nov. 11, a memorial day observed in Commonwealth member states to honor armed forces members who have died in the line of duty. Charles, Prince William, Kate Middleton, and several other members of the British Royal Family took part in the solemn festivities. They even allowed Prince George to participate for the first time.
And while Harry — who spent 10 years in the British Army himself — is no longer actively involved in his family’s official duties, many were upset that he spent the weekend glamming it up at a James Bond-themed party at Jeff Bezos’ Beverly Hills mansion, celebrating Kardashian mom Kris Jenner’s 70th birthday. At least he wore a poppy on his tux, a traditional Remembrance Day symbol. And this is What Punce Harry is doing right now while it’s Remembrance Sunday in the UK.. He’s at a Kardashian party wearing a poppy..
What an absolute disgrace.
Ethics Alarms 
“I was invited to the LA Dodgers’ box by the dugout by the owner himself.”
Oh, bullshit, Harry. Tim Walter doesn’t have time to oversee the celebrity seating at Dodgers Stadium. He has people who do that stuff. I’m sure Meghan’s people sent a request to Tim’s people and you ended up with some fine, fine, superfine ducats. Be grateful, for once in your life.
Side note: Do Canadians care what Harry does or doesn’t do? He’s been pushed further out of the royal family’s orbit even than randy Andy has, so far.
I thought Harry and Meaghan had been stripped of their royal benefits so why should they give a damn about what baseball team they like.
Is Canada an independent nation or a colony/protectorate of England. Do the French speaking people subjects of England?
The royal family can’t have it both ways.
Canada is part of the British Commonwealth of Nations. It’s a voluntary association of former colonies based on their shared history. They are still independent nations with no military or political alliances. The English monarch is the Head of State but it is a ceremonial role.
It’s Harry and Meghan who seemed to want it both ways. They don’t want the responsibilities of being royals but they want the recognition and the perks. That’s why Harry grew spineless over the baseball cap. He doesn’t want to be seen as rejecting the Canadians. After all, once Hollywood gets tired of him, he has to have someplace else to go.
Bingo. Harry and Meghan are still “treated like royalty” in Canada. Their whole “brand” is the cool royals who are too independent for their stuffy old family. Without the English royalty connection, Harry’s just the dim henpecked hubby of a C-level ex-actress.
The Commonwealth nations revered the Queen, QE2. I’m not sure they’re as enthusiastic about Charles. Maybe they are. It’s a funny thing, seeing Aussies all excited about having a royal come to Aus. It’s a strange phenomenon seeing our otherwise reasonable contemporaries still caring about their royal families.
Third attempt because every time I backspace to make a correction the entire response is deleted.
I may not have been clear. Harry should have said bite me instead of issuing an apology.
I would bet had the organization invited some other person or celebrity those would have jumped at the chance and worn the colors of their patron. This would be the most appropriate behavior.
It just appears to me that others are demanding Harry act as a royal. From what I read here does not inform me as to whether he requested such seats – using his pedigree as a means of access – or did they get invited absent a request from the couple
Frankly the whole thing should have been a nothingburger. Harry is in disgrace, only slightly less than Andrew, for reasons we’ve talked about at some length here, and he deserves it for his betrayal of his family by airing their dirty linen in public.
As for the status of Canada, it’s technically an independent Dominion, a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy. If you were born there and live there, you are considered a Canadian citizen, but British subjects are also eligible for things like the RCMP.
Actually, the things that went on over the weekend in the UK were the main Remembrance observance. Originally it started with Armistice Day, when the Great War, which we call World War One, ended at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. We’ve always done it on November 11th, although for a brief time it was moved to the nearest Monday with a Federal law that moved a lot of these secondary holidays to the nearest Monday to guarantee three-day weekends. The UK moved it to the nearest Sunday, which is now called Remembrance Sunday, during World War II, so the observance would not disrupt wartime production, and there it’s remained ever since, so the maximum member of people can celebrate without having to take time off.
Harry may be a veteran himself of the British Army Air Corps, and he may have fought in Afghanistan, but I think all of that was lost when he became essentially Mr. Meghan Markle. I don’t know why that was, and frankly, it doesn’t matter. He let her grab hold of his tow rope and turn him into the Duke of Windsor of the 21st century. The fact that he was wearing a poppy while attending yet another Hollywood shindig means no more than the fact that I pinned one to my lapel today. In fact, at the first Remembrance Sunday celebration held after Covid, he asked to be present, despite having given up his military titles, and Her Majesty, who didn’t know she would be attending her final ceremony, firmly said no. I think the fact that not only was he not allowed to wear the uniform to his father’s coronation, not only was he denied any role in the ceremony, but he was deliberately seated where Princess Anne’s feathered bicorne would block him from appearing on camera, should tell you all you need to know.
Frankly I don’t blame the House of Windsor. They’ve chosen their path, he’s chosen his, and that should really be that. They told him from the beginning that rushing to marry Meghan was a bad idea, because they all saw right through her and knew she was a social climber, gold-digger and narcissist. Prince Philip hit the nail right on the head when he called her the Duchess of Windsor. It should have come as no surprise that the House of Windsor were not going to roll over, let her say “this ain’t your granny’s royal family anymoe,” and let her take over.