On Friday, the 19th, Prince Harry will be presented with the Living Legend of Aviation Award. Although it hasn’t been confirmed, I have a feeling he will attend the ceremony in person. To be honest, my first reaction upon hearing the news last week was, “Well, that’s nice, but it’s probably not the most serious award ever.” Although I was somewhat impressed by the site’s organization, I still maintain that this isn’t the Nobel Prize in aviation or anything of the sort. It basically says, “Hey, you’re a pilot or you work in aviation AND you’re really cool, so this award is for you.” Watching the meltdown has been shocking, though. The British media and royalist derangers are treating this award as though it’s everything at once: a sham award; a significant award for which Harry is undeserving; an award that anyone could obtain if they paid for; an award that every pilot ought to receive; an award that Prince William ought to have received. The British media’s January talking point—that the Sussexes are desperate, broke, and unpopular—was essentially blown up by this award, in my opinion, which is why everyone is acting so strangely. Regarding:
From the daily mail, we get the information below
“It has been shocking to watch the meltdown though – the British media and the royalist derangers are treating this award like it’s everything all at once: a sham award; an important award for which Harry is unworthy; something anyone could get if they paid for it; something they should give to every pilot; something which Prince William should have gotten. I still say that this award basically blew up the British media’s January talking point of “the Sussexes are desperate, broke and unpopular” and that’s why everyone seems to be freaking out. Speaking of:
Prince Harry’s Living Legends of Aviation Award comes across as ‘needy’, Richard Eden has told Palace Confidential. Speaking on the Mail+’s weekly talk show, the Daily Mail’s Diary Editor said it’s unclear why the Duke of Sussex, 39, is being honoured at this year’s 21st Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards in Beverley Hills.
‘Frankly, I think it’s a bit needy. Perhaps the organisers of these award ceremonies know that they will turn up if they give them an award, but there’s something slightly pathetic,’ Mr Eden said.
In conversation with the Daily Mail’s Royal Editor at Large Richard Kay and show host Jo Elvin, Mr Eden added that he did a ‘double take’ when he heard the news of Harry’s award.
While Harry ‘knows how to fly a helicopter’, for Mr Eden, it’s ‘not clear why he’s being given this award’ at this time.
Prince Harry undertook two tours of duty in Afghanistan as a forward air controller and an Apache helicopter pilot. His work as a British Army veteran and pilot is set to be honoured at this year’s 21st Annual Living Legends of Aviation Awards. The decorated event – which will be hosted by John Travolta in Beverly Hills, California next Friday – will see the royal inducted alongside other aerospace icons including Fred George and Steve Hinton.”
To be honest, Harry ought to win more accolades for his work on Invictus. With titles like “founder of Sentebale, Invictus, and Travalyst,” “chief impact officer of BetterUp,” and “director of African Parks,” among other accomplishments on his resume, Harry should be given more honors.
