Prince Harry and Prince William arrive to the City Salute sunset pageant on May 7, 2008 in London Photograph: Dan Kitwood It is a compare and contrast case study that will no doubt appear in PR textbooks in years to come. Return to the tabloids of three years ago, and Princes William and Harry were…
Who would be a Royal Prince? I have been hounded this weekend by various media organizations wanting my comments on the furor surrounding Prince Harry’s tour of duty in Afghanistan. We know how important Harry is to the national media – putting him on the front page certainly sells newspapers but the majority of callers…
Poor MOD PR folk what do you do? Alas the news has broken that Prince Harry has been doing his duty for this Grandmother and shooting at the Taliban on the front line in Afghanistan. A huge pat on the back – the young man is certainly courageous. Supposedly, Matt Drudge has broken the media blackout. The head…
Peter McKay in today’s Daily Mail suggests that Princes Harry and William are being advised by their media minders to go for the easy option when being interviewed. McKay thinks the Princes should not seek to control their questions and should perhaps face Jeremy Paxman or John Humphrys. In my opinion, the Royal Family get…
…Rules OK? From Batman to the Sun Bomber to Otis Ferry & the Chambermen, the newspapers are now gorging themselves on Stunt. This is the outcome of what must have been a feast of secret planning over what the rest of us thought was just the Silly Season. The invasion of the House of Commons,…
What’s so funny? Mario Testino’s 20th-birthday portrait of Prince Harry with his brother and father shows the three royals sharing a joke. But is that all that’s going on? We ask the experts for their analysis Mark Borkowski PR expert Prince Harry’s official 20th-birthday photograph is the tried-and-tested, safe PR route favoured by the royal…