@willow moon: No offense, but… ?

@Celtic_Horizon:
*leave

@willow moon: With respect, many people would have believed, as you obviously do, that the behaviour of Prince Charles during this period left a lot to be desired, including towards his two greving sons. For the first time they have spoken about this time in their lives and put that to rest making it clear “he was there for us”. He may not have been a perfect husband but at least he seems to be a good father and there for his children when needed. Says a lot to me.

@willow moon:
I’m sure if your own mother died in that way 20 years ago there wouldn’t be a day going by without you thinking about it. Fair enough, nobody would really want to make a documentary about it in your case, but that doesn’t change the fact that it would still be in your thoughts.
I wouldn’t particularly be a fan of the royal family but I wouldn’t be particularly anti either. I say fair play to them for being open and candid about their mum’s death – it must still be hard for them.

@The_Prince_of_Fire: He may not have been a perfect husband, but I don’t think anyone could accuse Diana of being a perfect wife.

@willow moon: another inseinsitve comment from another tool on this site.

@willow moon: It may seem ridiculous to some people that the British do still prefer their monarchy to that of a wealthy president or government apointee.

@Ben McArthur: I do believe that Diana and Charles were divorced when tis terrible acident occurred. Do not condemn her for wanting to pick up the pieces after a broken marriage and try to rebuild her life in a similar way as Charles has managed. The only difference is that because of protocol Charles and Camilla are not chased by paparazzi photographers lookibg for a cheap shot. It was sad and unfortunate that the future kings mother (Diana) could not be afforded a similar protocol.

@Ben McArthur: I have absolutely no idea. I would imagine there are three sides to the story of that marraige, his, hers and somewhere in the middle, the truth. Having said that, given the lives they lead, in the spotlight, who knows? It’s not something I’d wish on anyone.
The perception has certainly always been that Prince Charles was less than what one would expect from a husband, Diana made no secret back then of Camilla’s existance and involvement with Charles. History has since proven her right, if it was ever needed.
Where there was doubt however was Charles relationship with his two sons, William and Harry. As they’re not exactly a very open family it was always percieved that their relationship was what the world saw, frosty, so it’s somewhat reassuring to hear from Harry that his father was there for his sons when they needed him most.

@Dave Hogan: Of course you’re sure. You’re just not right though.

@Honeybadger197: no I’am sure.

@Dave Hogan: he was a leader of men in Afghanistan . Your just a keyboard warrior .

@Honeybadger197: or other name the Tallaght band

@Honeybadger197: I watched Rambo 3 last night and the Taliban were the freedom fighters desperately trying to protect their land from the blood thirsty invaders(the Russians). Luckily they had the help of the western powers and eventually sent the ruskies packing with their tails between their legs.
They could do a modern remake where Ivan Ramboski has a mission in Helmand helping local al-Qaeda to fend off the terrible British and American occupiers and with Russian hardware they manage fend off the morale sapped young troops and wear down their support until the media turns against them and their governments loose the appetite for bringing democracy to this middle eastern desert because most people couldn’t care less about Afghanistan and the people that live there.
I doubt Hollywood would fund it though….

@alan scott: The Tallaght band could do the score for my fillum…

@Shane Carroll: Well given that the Russians specifically targeted Afghan civilians – they killed anywhere between 400,000 and 800,000 of them – you could see why the Mudjahideen would be considered freedom fighters. I’ll go ahead and assume you know very little about what’s happened in the interim ( radical islamism v tribalism v attempted democracy), and prefer to have a lazy dig instead. So well done. Ramboski it is.

@Tommy Whelan: men who were killed and left maimed by a senseless war.

@Dave Hogan: no it wasn’t a senseless war . Many countries came together to support the Afghan government to take back control of Afghanistan from backwards religious fanatics . Afghanistan today is a very different country to what it was back in 2006 . Their is a sense of normality that never existed under the Taliban.

@Dave Hogan: Great stuff, make some other people suffer instead seems like a good way of overcoming your grief…..pathetic.

@Tommy Whelan: There are backwards religious fanatics in a lot of countries these days, is this why Trump is ordering his troops back into Afghanistan to take the heat off American headbangers.

@Honeybadger197: I wonder can sly do a reasonable Russian accent?

@Chris Kirk: troops never left Afghanistan . They just took up a different role . They went from a combat role to a security role . The Irish battle group has just return from Kabul and due to go back out again in 2019 .

@Tommy Whelan: If you have seen the news over the past 24 hours, Trump is sending more troops to Afghanistan to take on the Taliban and as he says “finish the job”, because he doesn’t want to let the country end up like Iraq when American and British forces pulled out.