Guest INXS Report post Posted January 14, 2005 It's not really a big deal to me, i'm not offended but I can see how it could cause offence to Jews and to the people that fought in WWII. It's not as if Harry is a Nazi or anything - it was a fancy dress party he was at, he just selected a very poor choice of costume. As a member of the Royal Family and third in line to the throne he should have displayed more class and had the brains to realize that dressing as a Nazi might cause offence to some people. His brother, William, who was at the same party, should have mentioned something to his younger brother. Harry needs to display more integrity and hopefully his days of drug use and attacking photographers will be left behind when he joins the Army. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Nanks Report post Posted January 14, 2005 This poor little bastard just gets nothing but shit on by the media. I can't imagine how annoying it must get for him. He drinks beer, has dabbled in a little weed and pushed away some dickhead photographer who got in his face. WOAH!! WHAT A FUCKING LOOSE CANNON!!!! He should go all out and start binge drinking, having some real fights and fucking chicks on the pool table of pubs and make the English media implode. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanadianChris 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2005 Source: CNN.com LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Britain's Prince Charles has ordered his son Harry to visit Auschwitz after he caused outrage around the world by wearing a Nazi uniform to a party, the Sun newspaper reported on Friday. The paper said heir-to-the-throne Charles was "incandescent with rage" with the 20-year-old grandson of Queen Elizabeth and wants him to make a private trip to the concentration camp to learn more about the Holocaust. Jewish groups had demanded Harry go the camp in southwest Poland to make amends for wearing a swastika armband and an army shirt with Nazi regalia at a costume party on Saturday. The Sun, which broke the Nazi gaffe story on Thursday, quoted an unnamed royal source as saying that Prince Charles also told his older son, William, to travel with Harry to Auschwitz. "There will be no publicity and they will go with a Jewish charity," the source was quoted as saying in the Sun. "Their father has visited Auschwitz himself and believes Harry and William would both benefit by grasping a greater understanding of the horrors by actually visiting." The paper said William, 22, accepted part of the blame because he was present when Harry picked the Nazi costume in a hire shop before the private party in southwest England. A royal spokesman said he would not comment on any private conversations between Prince Charles and his sons, adding: "We wouldn't rule it out, we wouldn't rule it in." Harry's behavior drew a storm of protest from around the world, coming two weeks before the Jan. 27 events to commemorate 60 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. The Nazis murdered six million Jews and millions of others including Poles, homosexuals, Soviet prisoners and Gypsies. Millions more were imprisoned or forced to work as slaves. Harry, son of the late Princess Diana and third in line to the throne, said he was sorry if he had caused any offence. "It was a poor choice of costume and I apologize," he said. His apology failed to take the heat out of the row, which led television news bulletins and dominated front pages of British newspapers on Friday. The mass-market Daily Mail demanded in a huge page one headline "Come out and say sorry properly!," while the downmarket Daily Star branded Harry "The Fool in the Crown." The voice of the establishment, The Times, dismissed his apology as "feeble" and said he had fallen in with "a dubious group of self-indulgent young men who are apparently content with a life of pointless privilege." The Guardian noted: "This young man could one day be our king. That is a sobering thought to many, if not yet to Prince Harry himself." The Mirror was kinder, reminding readers he was young when his mother Diana died in a Paris car crash in 1997 and "deserves a little understanding." Charles don't take no shit. If I had the means, that's probably what I would've done with my kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DerangedHermit 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2005 Perhaps it was a fashion statement. Like those emo kids who wear boy scout uniforms and don't bathe. No, those are boy scouts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Failed Mascot Report post Posted January 14, 2005 some of you...well 2 of you really, are far too uptight. You can offend anybody and everybody by doing something in this day and age. You're really making a mountain out of a molehill. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest TheLastBoyscout Report post Posted January 14, 2005 Considering the ancestory of the Royal family, I think dressing up as a German probably came naturally to Harry Good point. The House of Windsor and most English nobles are of German ancestry. The Norman French came to France from Germany and interbred with every culture they came into contact with. In fact, Diana was the only royal since the War of the Roses who could claim complete British ancestry since Kensington never fell to the Normans. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr. Tom 0 Report post Posted January 14, 2005 Closed by request. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
