I don't call this normal high-spirited teenage behaviour, and if he'd done it on a Liverpool council estate he'd have been arrested. On holiday in Cornwall, he vomited outside a pub and threw empty bottles into the road. At his father's 50th birthday party, Harry ran around naked and was banned from the local pub after getting drunk and calling the under manager a F****** Frog. Prince Charles appears to have treated Harry with remarkable leniency and merely sent him to spend two hours at a drugs rehabilitation clinic.Ī father surely needs to be much tougher when his under-age son takes drugs and drinks to such an extent that he's sick and expects servants to clear it up. The vast majority of adolescents who want to have a good time are sensible enough to know there are more enriching ways to do so than destroying their bodies and minds with drugs. The Press has been flooded with commentators-anxious to say that Harry's behaviour was utterly normal and that drugs are part of almost every teenager's development, but I don't accept this convenient myth. There are great dangers in the damage limitation reporting of this seedy royal story with its undercurrent of whitewash and media collaboration. But how many teenagers have their own bar and how many fathers are stupid enough to allow it? Prince Harry, it has been said, is just like any other teenager. He has his own den complete with bar and sound system in the basement at Highgrove, and has been known to drawl: 'Come back to my palace for a drink.' He skis, shoots, sails, windsurfs and plays polo. When he's decided what he wants to do with his life, every door in the land will be open to him. His inheritance from his mother has left him hugely rich. If he wants to travel he can go anywhere in the world. In reality, he is an immensely privileged teenager with, potentially, a glittering future. The fact that he is only third in line to the throne has also been used - absurdly - as an explanation for his unacceptable behaviour. It's been said that most teenage boys behave like Harry and that the poor boy has had a difficult life. Harry has said: 'Sorry, father,' and the Queen has issued a statement saying she fully supports the handling of her grandson's drink and drugs saga. Prince Charles has been praised as a wise and loving parent.
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