Prince Harry's "powder keg" UN speech which was mocked by a Supreme Court Judge has been labelled "strange, awkward and misplaced" by a royal expert. The speech from the Duke of Sussex marks another public appearance for the newly rebranded Sussex family, with a crucial period for Harry and Meghan Markle on the horizon. But the speech in New York may have caused some damage, with royal expert Eric Schiffer claiming it made Harry "an attack vector in areas that he was weak on." READ MORE: Prince Harry mocked by US Supreme Court Justice after wading into Roe V Wade debate The UN speech may provide a learning curve for the Sussexes, but it is an opportunity Schiffer believes Harry "should have passed on". Speaking to Daily Star, expert Schiffer said of the speech: "It was strange and awkward and misplaced. It was one of those choices that I think he should have passed on because it seemed unconscious. "Unconsciously uncomfortable for reasons that are logical in … [Read more...] about Prince Harry’s ‘powder keg’ UN speech dubbed ‘strange, awkward, and misplaced’
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‘Flippant’ Queen questioned future of Royal Family as popularity plummeted
The Queen is said to have doubted whether or not the Royal Family would survive after feeling her popularity with the public had fallen. Her Majesty had "flippantly" asked whether or not The Firm would survive the series of troubling blows, with a handful of royal experts discussing the reaction of royals to public opinion. A documentary titled The Real Windsors from Channel 4 has claimed that "people started attacking" the 96-year-old monarch for being "out of touch". READ MORE: Meghan and Harry's 'obsessive campaign' to win over royal fans amid Cambridge contest Royal experts were on hand to understand the doubts the Queen had during the early years of her reign as monarch, where she wondered whether the family had a future. Royal historian Robert Lacey said: "We know that the Queen herself was worried in these years about people's opinion of herself and the way she was doing her job. "There's even a quote, at this time, from someone who spoke to the Queen. … [Read more...] about ‘Flippant’ Queen questioned future of Royal Family as popularity plummeted
The Warfare of Humanity With Unreason: Hugo Grotius
II THE first characteristics which the book of Grotius revealed were faith and foresight. Great as it was, — the most beneficent among all volumes not claiming divine inspiration, — yet more wonderful than the book itself was the faith of its author. In none of the years during which he meditated it, and least of all during the years when it was written, could any other human being see in the anarchic darkness of the time any tribunal which could recognize a plea for right reason in international affairs, or enforce a decision upon it. The greatness of Grotius lies first of all in the fact that he saw in all this darkness one court sitting supreme to which he might make appeal, and that court—the heart and mind of man. What the darkness was which his eye alone could pierce was stated in his preface. He says: “I saw many and grave causes why I should write a work on that subject. I saw in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. … [Read more...] about The Warfare of Humanity With Unreason: Hugo Grotius
The Tangent of a Crime
FIFTY years ago Charles Street was still fashionable. Now it is impossible. Then it signified peace and position. Now teamsters and the trolley rumble and jangle in undisputed possession. It was once, for Boston, a broad, quiet street which people loved on account of its proximity to the water. Especially were the houses on the west side preferred. There, behind plain brick fronts many a rich family lived a placid and luxurious existence. Some of those houses are left to-day, islands in the ocean of a roaring trade. Their occupants might be called prisoners of the past, marooned by tradition, memory, or habit, into inherited homes. One of these mansions, whose back may be said to front on the Charles River Basin, had been the home of Nathaniel Morley of East India fame. The days of the old merchant princes have passed away, and have left behind them their priceless carved teak, imperial jade ornaments, silk brocades, and sandal-wood chests; their descendants maintain an unassailable … [Read more...] about The Tangent of a Crime