While the ex-editor of Vanity Fair berates Harry and Meghan, Christopher Wilson discusses the facts

As the former editor of Vanity Fair magazine, Graydon Carter, has delighted the world for years with his take on the ringside of celebrities.

Last week, in a damning verdict on Harry and Meghan, he said, “I think they’ve made every wrong move you can possibly make,” stating, “If you’re out there too much, the public has a chance to get sick of it.” you.’

Here, Queen Camilla’s biographer, Christopher Wilson, lays out 20 things the couple did that prove him right…

WHAT’S IN A NAME?

The couple named their daughter Lilibet, the nickname of the late queen since childhood.

They said it was a tribute and they discussed it with the girl’s great-grandmother.

However, the choice was criticized for going against the “emotional exclusivity” of the name.

Prince Philip’s friend Gyles Brandreth said members of the royal family found the choice “baffling” and “presumptuous”.

NOT to brag…

Harry says the happiest days of his life were in the army.

But when he claimed in his memoirs to have killed 25 Taliban in Afghanistan, war veterans condemned the confession, saying it endangered the lives of those who had served with him.

Iraq war hero Colonel Tim Collins brushed off his words with, “We don’t put notches on rifle butts.”

SPARE CHANGE

Princess Diana bitterly regretted going public with her version of her marriage breakup through Andrew Morton’s highly damaging book Diana: Her True Story.

Harry’s memoir, Spare caused almost the same level of pain – but while Diana retaliated without taking a dime, Harry got a £16.5 million advance.

FLOW OF REVELATION

Harry signed a multimillion-dollar contract with Netflix in 2020 to make documentaries, films, scripted shows and children’s programs.

The couple created a controversial six-episode series about their lives for the streaming service, but their infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey was made by her company and broadcast by CBS.

THE GAME OF GUILT

So often it’s someone else’s fault on Planet Harry.

The Prince of Bearing Grudges blames big brother William for many ailments in his life, including one time he wrestled him to the ground and even for his own decision to wear a Nazi uniform to a costume party.

Harry hinted that it was William’s suggestion that he wear a Swastika bracelet – though in the end it was his choice anyway.

FROG NO MORE

After being given Frogmore Cottage during their falling out with William and Kate, they lived at the Windsor estate for just six months before moving abroad and having to pay back £2.4 million in taxpayers’ money spent on the renovation.

THE FAST AND THE CURIOSITY

Was it really wise to hail a yellow New York cab after attending last month’s Women of Vision Awards?

It sparked a high-speed car chase — compared to Princess Diana’s last trip — and made headlines just weeks before Harry testified to the press over privacy.

VIS-A-VIS HIS VISA

Army Rule No. 1 is: don’t shoot yourself in the foot. But after admitting to using illegal drugs in Spare, Harry is now embroiled in a US lawsuit that could lead to his immigration papers being released.

Visa application forms ask about past drug use, which can be grounds for rejection, though not always.

BULLY FOR YOU

As Harry took his press infringement campaign to London’s High Court last week, the voices of courtiers who claimed to have been bullied while serving the Sussexes were silenced.

An internal inquiry into Meghan’s behavior and why decent people felt the need to leave royal service has been buried.

ARE YOU IN OR OUT?

Has Harry decided if he’s still Royal or not?

The dutiful presence at his father’s coronation suggested he’s still hedging his bets.

Significantly, there was no protest when he was addressed in court as ‘His Royal Highness’ last week.

MISPLEASED RAGE

Harry continues to blame the press for his mother’s death, and has piled it on thick.

As the French courts decided, Diana got into a car driven by a drunk man and was killed because she was not wearing a seat belt.

SOAP OPRAH

After he abdicated, King Edward VIII also made money by selling his life story.

But once his story was told, there was nothing left to sell.

Now Harry risks making the same discovery that exposing his soul will only tarnish his image.

PLAYING THE RACING CARD

In the Oprah interview, the couple claimed they had experienced racism within the royal family, something that was denied by senior royals.

Harry seemed to have forgotten the unbridled joy that greeted his engagement to a mixed-race woman before the couple bunked.

JET SET, GO

Last year, Harry told the United Nations that climate change was “devastating our planet.” But he had flown to New York on a private jet, a much-loved—but not at all green—mode of transportation.

IN POD WE TRUST…

The couple signed a Spotify deal in 2020 for three years of podcasts. A dozen or so episodes aired last fall, but nothing since. Spotify’s boss said he felt “carried away” by spending money on talent.

LABOR PAIN

The birth of their son Archie, in May 2019, was an important historical moment. But the couple were accused of deliberately misleading the public by saying that Meghan was “going into labor” when she was already home with her new baby.

RELATIVELY ISOLATED

As Graydon Carter says, “Harry and Meghan did something they’ll regret later… their kids have no family.”

They have never seen their maternal grandfather, Thomas Markle, while their broken relationship with William means there is little contact with their cousins, George, Charlotte and Louis (and the rest).

LOOSE TONGUES

Also consider excavator driver Sasha Walpole, who suddenly became one of the world’s most talked-about women after Harry bragged that he lost his virginity to an elderly woman in a cow field behind a pub at the age of 16.

The mother-of-two might have preferred to keep the details of their rendezvous private.

BAD WHISPER

In his memoirs, Harry calls Queen Camilla an “wicked stepmother.”

A cheap shot – because as anyone who knows her will attest, the only bad thing about Camilla is her sense of humour.

PP-HIT A PENGUIN

Harry’s deal with Penguin, worth more than £22 million, will require him to produce at least one more book, and do it soon.

What is there left to say after he has destroyed his family? A lifestyle handbook on how to chill out in California?