PRINCE HARRY ... YOUR (IN)BREEDING IS SHOWING!

Jan 16
13:44

2005

Jean Fritz

Jean Fritz

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Harry, the young Prince of Wales, recently dressed as a Nazi SS officer to attend a costume party. He caught hell for his ... and ... in the British press, and the story made interna

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Harry,PRINCE HARRY ... YOUR (IN)BREEDING IS SHOWING! Articles the young Prince of Wales, recently dressed as a Nazi SS officer to attend a costume party. He caught hell for his foolishness and insensitivity in the British press, and the story made international headlines as well.

What makes this story ironic is that Adolf Hitler’s premise in building a “master race” hinged on the theory of eugenics – the pseudo-science of improving the human race through judicious breeding in the same way stock-keepers hybridize animals and botanists hybridize plants. Historically, royalty has such a strong history of inbreeding, with its concomitant genetic defects, that Harry and the rest of the royals would be high on Hitler’s hit list.

Prince Harry’s heritage is showing. His father, Prince Charles, has a history of doltish behavior and has never evidenced signs of good judgment or insight. Like his son, he appears oblivious to the reactions of those around him; reading any of Diana’s biographies offers substantial evidence of this. Combine this level of churlishness with a life lacking in any responsibility (every bobby on the street has a more difficult job than does Charles) and you have a prime example of the welfare system run amok; one would expect Charles to shack up with Camilla in a double-wide (sporting plastic pink flamingoes by the front door) on the lawn of Buckingham Palace. The royals offer upper-crust entertainment in the same way the Jerry Springer Show appeals to the blue-collar middle-class television viewer.

The world expects Prince Harry to apologize. For what – being stupid? How does a person apologize for being born deficient in intellect and personality? The best Great Britain – and the world – can hope is that in the future, Harry’s deficits are hidden behind castle walls, and the royals hire some good handlers to ensure his stupidity is only self-destructive. The Brits deserve better that this.