I was watching some documentary yesterday about Prince Harry going out to an African country (cant remember where now) where he was spending time with orphans whose parents had died of AIDS and were more than likely HIV positive themselves.

They touched on all the charity work his mum did and he said he wants to continue her legacy by doing charity work especially with AIDS victims.

Honestly he did seem genuine enough, but are they really genuine or just calculative people who can act like they care to look good to everyone else?? Is it a 'take some time away from your usy lifestyle to go and spend some time with the sick little poor black kids' or do you think they really care??

Diana seemed to win a lot of black peoples favour (especially the older ones), is it due to using her brain, or being different from the rest of the Royal family?

I have always wondered this.......what say you?

PEace~

Iyallah: Diana was the greatest con artist that ever lived...remember her Martin Basher interview..talk about oscar winning acting... That woman missed her true calling in life..

I think Diana exploited the poor and sick to raise her own profiles and become loved. Or perhaps she was bored and had nothing else to do?

Whatever her motves she did achieve some good and highlighted many issues bringing them to the forefront of the media attention, public concern follows fromthat so Im not sure about her.

She had suspicious reasons to me but the effect was good.

Harry, I was warming to the guy as the partying prince. I liked that he was a young man who chased women, drove fast cars and lived crazy as opposed to his stuffy super boring brother. This new change of image probably marks his change from a crazy teen into a young man with responsibility and purpose. At least he is nothing like his despicable grandfather:X



I still hate the concept of the freeloading, sponging, drain on my taxes, Royal family though!!

I fully agree with Kunjufu on Princess Diana.

I saw the Television Programme, and it was good. I think the place was Lestho (Spelling) a Kingdom surrounded by the State South Africa.

The Television Programmers were particularly good in acknowleding the fact it was the African Prince Sisulu (Spelling again) who invited Prince Harry to visit, and thereby raising awareness to the developing world in a manner totally out of his and many African Monarch and Chiefs reach. So well done ITV.

The story of the 8 month old baby being raped, was heartbreaking.

Royalty in Africa is a very important political , economic and social entitiy the Monarchies are highly valued and respected. The fusion of a Plato style Philospher King within African Royalty would go a long way in developing many a Kingdom Provincal and Region. The Asantene (spelling again) in Ghana ( Kumasi Region) is a very good example of fusing Modernity and Tradition, in trying to sustain African Culture and traditions but adapting it to the Modern times, a sort the Japanese way.

Too much is done in this Country complaining about the Royals, there advantage as with many a monarch is that they are there for the long term not the short term. Although I wasonce told by a Chiefs Delegate that Kings should " Only go against the Majority on an Important issue, for if you always go against the Majority they will simply replace you" .

One of the Good things about Royalty is that it can demonstrate by example through supporting Charitable causes, which falls outside the Money God of Capitalism and it's deitfied demi Gods the Business executive. Royalty is about unity and cohesiveness within the Kingdom rather than the Western Capitalistor African Kleptocratic Rule of churn and burn.

In many kingdoms in Nigeria for example one has to be educated to be nominated by the Kingmakers, to move away from the valgarities of the past and an attempt to strengthen the positions that former colonialists sought very hard to erode, a policy that has been eagerly taken over by many an African ruler who cannot discern between being Born to Lead and being Voted in.

The British Royal family while despised over here, is held in reverence in Africa and many because most Africans can identify with that role. Princess Diana immediately dropped her charitable work the moment she split from Charles which makes the continued charitable work of the Royal family look like some oppertune venture.

But the Duke of Edinbrugh or the Princes Trust enable many young people to get back on the Horse and make a positive start in Life.

Often many people point at the wealth of the Royal family in Britain as if to say "Look at all that money they have...............I want some" in in all honesty in the Commerical World the days of the Philantropist building cottages for his works are long gone and and the only subjects the Wealth Business Men/and very few Woman wish to keep happy or to unite are their Shareholders ( usually are institutional ones at that).

As Prince Harry gets on with his life as a Prince without a Throne, let's hope in his beer n bird nights that he remembers those he left behind in Africa come his hangover in the morning.

I can't really get interested in the so-called 'humanitarian' exploits of this or any royal. Just like his mother before him these things are more about 'Public Image' than 'love, care and concern for one's fellow man'.

Sorry I didn't fall for it when the 'People's Princess' (whose people anyway?) did it and am not about to fall for it now.

Respect

IM sorry but i found the whole thing embarrassing-here we go again rich white person playing with apoor hungryblack babies awwww *YAWN*. Rich person goes home to his palace and poor black kids left behind to die.

GET A GRIP!!!...i will only give Harry respect when he and is rich ass teefing family return Afrika's bronze, silver and gold and cancel AFRIKA'S DEBT!