Never again. That was the promise Prince Harry made nearly four years ago. Never again would he don a Nazi uniform. Never again would he, no matter how ignorantly, how unwittingly, mock the memory of the suffering of millions. And, perhaps most important of all, never again would he, the third-in-line to the British throne, embarrass its current incumbent with a clumsy assault on the great moral unquestionables of our age.
And, all in all, it had been going pretty well for the Captain James Hewitt impersonator. Not only had he become an officer in the British Army, he had also enjoyed a successful PR operation in Afghanistan, serving 10 weeks there without being shot at. But it could never last. This is Prince Harry we’re talking about, a young man all too capable of putting the dim before wit. So this weekend, Harry’s most daring venture into taboo territory yet was made public by the News of the World. Its front page said it all: ‘Harry’s racist video shame.’ More...
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