God, Will Prince Harry Shut Up? | | Moya Lothian-McLean: I didn't want to write this piece. The royals already take up so much oxygen, it's merely adding fuel to the fire. But Prince Harry's long-awaited memoir Spare (ghostwritten, of course) has finally found its way onto British bookshelves. Accompanying the release has been a PR offensive which, rather than bolster support for the errant royal and his wife, Meghan Markle, has torpedoed a large chunk of the goodwill the pair had built up after distancing themselves from his family amid tabloid harassment and claims of royal racism.
Ever since Harry and Meghan lost access to the royal coffers, they've been cultivating a celebrity brand that could prove robust enough to keep them 'afloat' as private citizens, rather than active, senior members of the British monarchy. It's not quite going down the mines, but accepted as part of the celebrity ecosystem – perfectly standard. The problem is that the couple had attempted to market themselves as young, progressive figures who were rejecting the monarchy on the basis of wanting to live life outside its rigid and bigoted constraints. Rosa Parks they weren't, but there was an opportunity there to operate in a lane with other celebrity philanthropists who parrot politicised, quasi-leftwing messaging, while in practice being arch capitalists (see: Beyoncé).
But the more they open their mouths, unfiltered and unguarded, telling their story, the more this benevolent image is left in tatters on the floor of the Archwell editing suite. Instead, what comes across – particularly in Harry's case – is that their objection to the royal operation is not – shock! – based on strong anti-imperialist principles but, in fact, a deep hurt that they were prevented from participating in the institution the manner of their choosing. | |  | ARTICLES Is This the Most Important Book So Far This Century? by Aaron Bastani
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