Trip to Auschwitz would be "distraction", says Buckingham Palace

[Kire]

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry on Thursday ruled out visiting Auschwitz as atonement for wearing a Nazi uniform at a party just two weeks before the 60th anniversary of the death camp's liberation.

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"It would be a distraction and a detraction from the importance of the occasion because it would become a different story in media terms," the official told Reuters.

"He recognizes he made a very bad mistake and he apologizes for that. There are no plans for him to say anything more."

More: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=765&e=7&u=/nm/britain_royals_dc

What a crock of shit!

[LisaM]

1. No, he should go privately, another time

I actually agree with this. It would be a distraction and we'd have to see more copies of that terrible picture.

[neebob]

2. I think it's enough that he apologized

He's just a kid, for heaven's sake. People seem to be assuming that he's been trained somehow to be more sensitive than any other kid.

[Eric J in MN]

5. Most kids don't wear swatstikas. And it wasn't much

of an apology. Just a brief press release.

[Skittles]

9. I do think he should make a public apology

that being said, he is a stupid kid.

[Kire]

7. any other kid would be automatically banned from the military academy

but not this kid,

The Ministry of Defence, however, said the furore would not affect his place at Sandhurst -- even though he will be subject to military discipline once he arrives.

"Furore", interesting choice of words.

[Taxloss]

12. Quite. Corrupt herd of swine. n/t

[MHalblaub]

11. He is 20 years old. Old enough to die in war.

I'm asking me what did he learned at school in England?

[neebob]

13. Well, that's a matter of opinion -

old enough to die in war, I mean. He's still a kid. Kids do stupid things, and this is a rich, spoiled kid. Do you think he spends a lot of time with his dad, assuming his dad has any kind of sensitivity? Just because he's a prince doesn't mean he's super highly evolved or anything. I'm sure he put very little thought into it beyond whatever made him think it would be a cool costume.

[newyawker99]

14. Hi MHalblaub!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[rachelbirds]

3. I've been to Auschwitz with

my gram and my grandpa three times. You get a creepy feeling and you swear you can smell burning flesh, but you can't. I don't understand why my grandparents want to go back there EVER. My grandparents lived with us when I was young and I thought it was normal for grandmas to wake up in the middle of the night screaming. I was about 10 when I realized they both had concentration camp tatoos. As I got older it was explained to me. What i'll never understand is why would anyone return to a place that was a living hell for them???

[bleedingheart]

6. perhaps because it was so horrible that they feel they need to

be there to realize it wasn't a horrible nightmare...but an all too real reality.

just a guess...but my mom talks about traumatic events in her life ....in a way it is one part life lesson...and one part healing...

[rachelbirds]

8. Makes sense. Thanks.

[Skittles]

10. rachel, they had their reasons

reasons we will never truly understand because we have not been through it.

[newyawker99]

15. HI rachelbirds!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[MichiganVote]

4. This kid is a causalty with a free ride