Prince Edward Was Known For This Royal Issue That Prince Harry Currently Faces

Royals share the same burdens that regular people have to bear, but definitely with added issues and intricacies brought about by royal life. And on this matter, only members of the royal family can fully relate to each other.

One of the greatest issues that royals face is how to balance being a “normal” person and being a royal at the same time. This duality makes it difficult as some situations tend to call for the royal and some call more to be “normal.”

When it comes to this one particular issue, Prince Edward comes up to the forefront as the epitome of those who face the same problem. “Members of the Royal Family tend to, and Prince Edward particularly, tend to shade in and out of being ordinary people and royal people,” royal expert Andrew Morton said.

In an interview with CBS, Morton, a renowned author, speaks at length about this particular dilemma. He used Prince Edward as a primary example, enumerating the personas that the Earl of Wessex uses on a regular basis.

“They will put on their airs and graces as being royal and then they want to be everyman, to be ordinary, and Prince Edward is a classic example of this,” he said. “He's a TV producer, a theatrical impresario, and he wants to be treated as Mr Windsor, but when the going gets tough he wants to be treated like a member of the Royal Family.”

This is something that is simply not possible, as Mr. Morton pointed out. The expert cited a time when Edward entered the Royal Marines, where he would, at one moment, wish to be treated like royalty and at another like an “ordinary chap.” The prince quit the Royal Marines, fully disappointing Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Anne.

The issue of “normalcy” is of course no stranger to the royals, especially after Princess Diana’s revolutionary actions that fully changed the dynamic of the royals’ social interactions. Her son Prince Harry currently faces that self-same dilemma, especially after the backlash of Archie Harrison’s christening earlier this month.

“The problem is, you can’t have one foot in and one foot out, and this is the issue that’s being debated at the moment,” commented Daily Mirror’s royal editor Russell Myers. “I’m afraid [The Duke and Duchess of Sussex] need to really realise where they are in the world, and you can’t switch [privacy] on and off when you want.”