Andrew Bolt: Prince Harry’s millions of dollars from memoir can’t buy dignity

Prince Harry might’ve made a fortune by smearing the royals, but the more he attacks his family, the more people prefer his silent, dignified brother.

Thank Prince Harry for at least proving dignity counts. The more he attacks his family, the more people prefer his silent brother.

Sure, Harry and wife Meghan Markle are earning a fortune by smearing the royal family, with Harry pocketing a reported $29m for just his memoir, Spare.

Harry gets that guilt money for again betraying his father (King Charles didn’t hug him when telling him his mother was dead), his brother (Prince William flung Harry to the floor in an argument about Meghan), his sister-in-law (Kate pulled a face when Meghan asked to borrow her lip gloss) and his step mother (Harry and William begged their father not to marry that “other woman”).

In response, the royals have publicly said nothing. And, hallelujah, their dignified motto of “never complain, never explain” is still a winner, and Harry’s woke code of “always blame, accept no shame” a loser.

Prince Harry pocketed a reported $29m for his memoir, Spare. Picture: Getty

Unless you think cash is the real king.

For one, Harry’s book has been universally panned by the British press – “You sold your soul, Harry,” blared the Daily Express’s front page – and #ShutUpHarry trended on Twitter.

Even before this, Harry was on the nose in Britain. A YouGov poll taken last month, just after Harry and Markle’s six-part Netflix attack on the royals, showed his net approval had plunged 13 points to -26.

In contrast, the Prince of Wales was still Britain’s most popular royal with a net favourability of +62, and that gap between the brothers will grow.

After all, who identifies with backstabber Harry?

The victimhood industry will be horrified by his reckless boast that he killed 25 Taliban fighters, treating them as mere “chess pieces”, but the be-a-man crowd will also despise him for whining that William knocked him down into a dog bowl and broke his necklace, forcing Harry to ring his therapist for help.

Prince Harry has taken aim at his brother Prince William in his memoir. Picture: Getty

Meanwhile, William, the future king, just goes about his royal duties without complaint or explanation.

How easily he could take revenge by, say, finally revealing the bullying claims palace staff privately made against Markle.

But William won’t do to Harry what Harry is doing to him, and not just because he puts his duty to his country above his ego.

William also has a dignity that Harry cannot buy with all the silver he’s earned from selling out his family.

In our fractured culture, loyalty, stoicism and principle still matter, but Harry and Markle are just too greedy to see.