Being a royal has its disadvantages as well as its perks.
Alas, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex knows this all too well.
Over the years, Harry has been caught up in quite a few public scandals.
In any case, he’s no stranger to criticism.
Without further ado, here are some of Prince Harry’s most controversial moments.
Decide for yourself which one takes the crown.
According to a source, an aide smelled cannabis at a get-together in Highgrove and alerted Harry’s father.
He also admitted that he tried cocaine and mushrooms as a teen.
Ultimately, a paparazzo left with a busted lip.
In pushing the camera away, it’s understood that a photographer’s lip was cut."
The base of the camera struck me and cut my bottom lip.
At the same time he was repeatedly saying, ‘Why are you doing this?
Why don’t you just leave me alone?'"
“Harry the Nazi,” the headline read.
He realizes it was a poor choice of costume," he said.
In aBBCinterview shortly afterward, Harry addressed the controversy himself.
“Maybe it was a sign of my own immaturity.
That was then, this is now.
I am becoming 21 something like that I will never do again.”
Harry spoke on the matter again in his memoir,“Spare.
“Apparently, Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge co-signed his costume.
“I phoned Willy and Kate, asked what they thought.
Nazi uniform, they said.”
“All I wanted to do was make it right.”
After hearing about what went down, the Hurlingham Polo Association launched an investigation into the matter.
Several months after the match took place, Harry was cleared of all allegations.
There was no sign of any such injury,” he said.
Apparently, it was far more likely that the wound had been brought on by a collision.
In his memoir"Spare,“Harry commented on the photos at long last.
“Only now are we starting to notice and understand the damage that we’ve been causing.”
One of those trips was to Sir Elton John’s home in Nice.
Buckingham Palace sat this one out, declining to comment on the matter.
To maintain a high level of much-needed protection, we provided them with a private jet flight.
According to theDaily Mail, certain royal staff members were appalled by their choice.
What more did they want?”
Yet other individuals spoke out in support of the couple.
1 rule is to be a father and to be a husband.”
Harry said that he has often felt “trapped” within the royal system.
He’s my brother.
We’ve been through hell together.
But we … you know, we’re on … we’re on different paths," he said.
Queen Elizabeth responded to the interview in astatement.
“The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning.
While some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately.
Harry, Meghan, and Archie will always be much loved family members.”
The book includes a passage about his tours in Afghanistan, during which he killed 25 combatants.
Harry opens up about the neutral, nonchalant mentality he developed while deployed.
you could’t kill people if you see them as people.
They were chess pieces taken off the board, bad guys eliminated before they kill good guys.
[The military] trained me to ‘other’ them and they trained me well."
Harry’s detailed account of his kills garnered backlash from a variety of camps.
Notably, senior Taliban leader Anas Haqqani Tweeted at him: “Mr. Harry!
The problem is he just doesn’t have any grown-ups advising him.”
I don’t know how staying silent is ever going to make things better."
He went on to open up about prioritizing self-care to make it minimize stress.
He also emphasized that he meditates daily.
Harry acknowledged that one’s mental health and work-life balance often depend upon the conditions employers set.
