Prince Harry has been scolded for visiting Ukraine following his two-day court hearing in London, as the royal fought against his current security arrangements when visiting the UK.The Duke of Sussex travelled to the war-torn country to meet with victims of the conflict at the Superhumans Center in Lviv.FULL STORY HERE.
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00:00I mean, the question to ask is who kept him safe in Ukraine?
00:03Yeah.
00:03Maybe they can keep him safe all the time.
00:05But look, there's two angles on this, isn't there?
00:06There's one that if he went and some patients are happy to see him,
00:10the soldiers are happy to see him, and he gave some encouragement,
00:12that's absolutely great.
00:14This is not a secret.
00:15If you're on the front of the Daily Telegraph,
00:17that is the very opposite of a secret.
00:19And I don't wish to be cynical,
00:21but he's wearing his Invictus Games jacket as well,
00:24which leads me to believe that somebody has said,
00:26we need to look the best we can, Harry.
00:28I try to be a fan of Harry.
00:30Because I think he's had trouble with his dad and his brother.
00:32Yeah.
00:32And I always want to see families repair that stuff.
00:34But genuine action is better than pre-planned.
00:38I mean, the optics of this are slightly ridiculous.
00:39To be in London saying, you know,
00:41London is too unsafe without state-approved security.
00:45There's a lot of knife crime.
00:46But I'm going to go to Ukraine.
00:47I mean, I guess the defence is that, you know,
00:49I imagine the people that met him will have been thrilled by that.
00:52He served himself, so he knows what it's like.
00:55Lviv is safe.
00:56It's not been affected by the war at any point.
00:58It's on the European side of Ukraine.
01:02So, you know, it's a lot less dangerous than...
01:03It's basically not dangerous compared to the rest of the country.
01:07And I guess Ukraine is used to hosting VIPs under extreme security.
01:11But, you know, I mean, it just, it kind of, it's also, think about it.
01:16You know, his dad and his mother-in-law are on a state visit to Italy.
01:20The royal calendar is carefully planned for those moments.
01:23And he has chosen to time this to try and take attention away from the final day of their state visit.
01:28It just has something of a pettiness to it to do it right now.
01:31It does.
01:32It does.
01:32Look, again, you know, obviously, if he's gone and much, he has,
01:34he's gone and met people who have been suffering greatly,
01:36some of whom I imagine will be children there,
01:38and he's brought them any joy, then fair play to him.
01:40Absolutely.
01:41I'm not knocking that.
01:42I'm just saying, well, like we've all said, really,
01:43I mean, the optics of being in court in Britain,
01:45saying it's a risk to life being here,
01:47then going to a war zone is a little bit ridiculous.