01-13-2005, 21:14
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| Monkey Mouse
|  Re: Prince Harry and the Nazi Uniform....
Looks like the "little prince" feels that all he has to do is say he's sorry.
Connie, I watched a former palace worker say that there are people all around. There are even people to squeeze the toothpaste. Also, he went with his older brother and he didn't even say anything. Must not have seen anything wrong with that 'costume' either.  Quote: Quote: | Harry rules out Auschwitz visit | Quote: <snip>
A royal official said he understood the calls for the prince to go to Auschwitz but there were no plans for him to attend any of the ceremonies.
"It would be a distraction and a detraction from the importance of the occasion because it would become a different story in media terms," the official told Reuters.
"He recognises he made a very bad mistake and he apologises for that. There are no plans for him to say anything more."
The Nazis murdered six million Jews and millions of others including Christians, Poles, homosexuals, Soviet prisoners and Gypsies. Millions more were imprisoned or forced to work as slaves.
Photographs of the younger son of the late Princess Diana and Prince Charles in Nazi attire appeared in the Sun, in Israeli papers and on websites around the world.
Harry, third in line to the throne, said in a statement he was sorry if he had caused any offence. "It was a poor choice of costume and I apologise," he said.
"INTOLERABLE"
Prime Minister Tony Blair said: "Prince Harry has made it clear he is very sorry about it and I think the rest of it is best to leave to Buckingham Palace."
Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom was less sympathetic, saying the use of Nazi symbols was intolerable.
"I think anybody who tries to pass it off as bad taste must be made aware that this can encourage others to think that perhaps that period was not as bad as we teach the young generation in the free world," he told reporters.
Conservative leader Michael Howard, who is Jewish, told BBC Radio: "It would be appropriate if we heard from him in person about how contrite he is."
Royal commentator Robert Lacey said he was just "a messed up kid" and should be left alone. "He clearly got it wrong. It is a very fine line and Harry stepped over it. But he has apologised and we have to move on," he told Reuters.
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Last edited by Woodmonkey; 01-13-2005 at 21:20..
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