Dear BEL MOONEY: My American wife and I have said some very unflattering things ... trends now
Our brilliant agony aunt Bel Mooney has answered thousands of reader letters. But what if the rich and famous turned to her peerless advice to solve their problems? In a new column starting today for Mail+, we imagine – tongue firmly in cheek – what those letters might say and Bel gives her answer as she would to any other reader. Stars – listen up!
Dear Bel,
I hope you can help with a tricky family dispute. Nearly six years ago, after years of being a bachelor, I married a beautiful, smart and successful American woman, with whom I now have two children. Unfortunately though, I felt my family didn’t warm to her and eventually, in despair over their treatment of her I moved my family to America to forge a new life away from the heavy duties back home. Relations with my family soured further – both my wife and I have said some very unflattering and damaging things about them – and now we hardly see one another. I’ve just had the news however that two of them are seriously ill – should I let bygones be bygones and forget my bad blood with them, or is the damage done?
Yours,
Harry
Prince Harry and Meghan pictured during their interview with Oprah Winfrey, in which they made a number of comments about the royal family
Dear Harry,
How to forgive is – very, very often – the worst of problems within a family. All too often, both sides in a quarrel think they are right and will not step back one inch from that confrontational stance. So it interests me that you seem to take the blame here, admitting that both you and your wife have
