I'd like to counter this

Fed up with the Germans draconian brand policing and being somehow held up as the last bastion of 'Britishness' both in terms of behaviour, status and so on. They're nothing more than a glorified tourism project – a sort of artificially sustained pastiche if you will. So to have someone high up actually start talking about the realities of life within that system is pretty interesting TBH. Also enjoy the fact that it goes against everything they enforce, from indoctrination down to what to say and how to act in public. The constant, ever increasing hypocrisy and self-importance on show from them all is galling.

They undoubtably have a net benefit to the country but a lot of people would do well to actually properly understand what they are and why they still exist.

As for Harold, whatever really – I'd challenge the 'he's only doing it for money and exposure' angle. They both already have more than enough money and I'd go with the anti-authoritarian angle more than anything... after years of being muzzled someone within the system has decided that he can't be arsed with all the pomposity and stupidity anymore and has just decided to go for it. Sure, I don't really like the whole sanctimonious americanistic angles around how they're doing it but it's about time someone actually came out and said what they wanted rather than having words put in their mouth.

A puppet cutting the strings. Makes for great entertainment.

I would assume a lot of the money goes back into their foundation, but I'm not that bothered to investigate

Ultimately his choice if he wants to beak off, personally I find seeing the holier than thou firm squirm quite entertaining

My observation is people only seem to find it annoying if they're royalists, or at a minimum value the monarchy more than their actual worth

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he's clearly had a lot of bad advice, not least from his missus, although that does not alleviate him of responsibility. Along the lines of 'you've got to make your own money now and your most valuable asset is your story and what you can reveal about the royal family', so he's whoring it out to all and sundry.

David Frost?

You've hit the nail on the head. Realistically I'm not convinced Harry is the brightest bulb and has enough grievances and sibling rivalry within him, that he's not the hardest person in the world to be convinced of the rather American notion of 'speaking your truth' by his ambitious wife.

That's fine, and clearly financially that's where the money is, but sensibly it still makes sense to hold something back. People are curious about anything royal specifically because its another world and there is discretion and mystery to it. It's still possible to go too far though, and opening up about mounting a woman in a field and his frostbitten todger, is going from one extreme to another.