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Originally posted by Arledrian:
[QB]I don't get the big deal about this. As Downunda says, he's just an ordinary teenager. The british press seems to love making a mountain out of a molehill. Any slip up of the royal family is seen as ground breaking news all the time, and to be honest, I'm quite sick of it.
Hehe, the reason they do this is that the royal family is supposed to be the symbol of Britain (or at least one of the symbols) and as such people expect the members of the royal family to behave like model citizens etc. (well really they should shouldn't they, otherwise they're just common bums with posh names and a lot of money?
). The fact that Harry is "as bad" as a "normal" teenager is obviously shocking to some 40+ year-olds and from their perspective I can understand their view.