Father Orders UK’s Harry to Visit Auschwitz —Report
In a follow-up on TPRS’s latest DUMB@$$ AWARD wiener, Prince Harry is being sent to Auschwitz…no, not for the reason most Britons were hoping for.
Depending on the degree of righteous indignation you’re experiencing, Harry’s faux pas was either a unfortunate, tasteless youthful indiscretion or the idiotic performance of a spoiled, insensitive, out-of-touch, clueless Royal. Personally, I’m a big fan of spoiled, insensitive, out-of-touch, and clueless.
LONDON (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.
I don’t think this was anything more than the innocence and ignorance of youth. Unfortunately, anytime a member of the royal family does something stupid, it’s front page news.
What Prince Harry did was stupid and insensitive, to be sure, but how many of us haven’t done something we’d like to forget? Perhaps those Britons who seem to be taking great joy in pummelling Prince Harry could benefit by remembering their own youthful indiscretions.
I imagine Harry will learn from his gaffe. Should it prevent him from carrying on with his royal role? Only if you have a problem with forgiveness. Yes, it was stupid, and yes, it was highly offensive to Jews, but is it indicative of anything other than youthful stupidity? I seriously doubt it.
