The Invictus Games have been deemed “the very best of Prince Harry” by one columnist, Jan Moir – but she has noticed that one thing seems to mean she can’t “warm” to the former royal.
Despite his devotion to the Games, Ms Moir said that it appears that Harry can’t shake his constant state of being a “victim”.
In her recent column for MailOnline, she said: “Every time I want to warm to Harry, I am repelled by his huffy, unconscious entitlement and piercing sense of victimhood.”
Ms Moir added that the Games make us “look at them [the competitors] and the triumph of their truncated lives instead of looking away” and focus on the “sacrifice they have made for freedom and for us”.
Yet, she notes Harry is “that person” that will return to speak of his own trauma – seemingly playing the victim.
She wrote: “Yet it takes a special kind of able-bodied person to bear witness to the limbless and the wounded, the ‘double amps’, the blind and the horribly maimed, and then talk about losing his mother at the age of 12.”
Despite deeming Harry’s energy and inspiration as something to be “admired”, Ms Moir added that he “cannot stop himself from playing the misbegotten blame game”.
Concluding her piece, she stated that the Heart of Invictus series appears to be a place that provides a “search for validation and healing, as much for Prince Harry as anyone else”.
Harry released his five-part documentary, Heart of Invictus, on August 30 – a limited series released exclusively on Netflix as part of Harry and Meghan Markle’s multi-million-pound deal.
In an interview with TalkTV’s Phil Gayle, Sarah said: “The Invictus Games is Prince Harry’s baby.
“This is a deeply personal project for him and I think the importance has been highlighted with Harry turning up as a surprise at the screening for part of Invictus documentary at a cinema in Chula Vista.
“I think for Prince Harry, this is probably the best thing he has done, this is his greatest legacy and now he gets to shine a spotlight on the service personnel taking part.
“There’s also a chance for him to kind of reset relations with the public and remind them of what he does best.”
