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In reply to the discussion: Prince Harry Was Right and It's not just a matter of Royal Gossip [View all]calimary
(81,183 posts)Dont forget the dynamic in operation here, that you can see in many families. The older and younger siblings. The younger one stuck in the position of watching the older one in line to inherit the BIG prize, who also seems to have been blessed with a shitload of extras: more handsome, smarter, more charming, more photogenic (hugely important in their line of work), he found his mate first so HE got the rights to THAT ring, and the status and rank and all that. And the all that part with all the perks and visuals and trappings and tradition and history, all breaking the older brothers way just because, by happenstance, he happened to be born first.
Theres the fact that they both grew up with that, from their first bottles of baby formula. And the younger having to face that his birthrite, in that system, will never give him equality with his brother or any of those historic privileges on the world stage, unless something happens to his older brother AND his older brothers children who ALL stand in his way to the throne.
And, worse, the younger brother wound up marrying a shrewd, calculating schemer who, as soon as she met him, saw a potential path for herself to becoming a real-life Queen.
Its as old a story as Cain and Abel.
Just some observations, and my opinion, of course.