PRINCE HARRY deserves praise for his commitment to servicemen and women wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.
It is certain that he really sympathizes with their plight and there is no doubt that the Invictus Games, which he inspired, are a good thing.
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Jeremy Clarkson meets paratrooper Ben Parkinson who was seriously injured in AfghanistanCredit: News Group Newspapers Ltd
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Jeremy also met Prince Harry backstage at The Sun’s Millies – but now the Duke claims the media hasn’t done enough for servicemen and womenCredit: Netflix
But I’m quite surprised to hear that he thinks the British media “didn’t cover” the suffering of soldiers who were blown up or killed.
Because I don’t remember it like that at all. . .
In 2006 I went to see a paratrooper named Ben Parkinson whose Land Rover had hit a land mine in Afghanistan.
He lost both legs, his spine was twisted, it looked like someone had smashed his skull with a hammer and he was in a coma.
And there he was, being treated in the general ward at Selly Oak Hospital in Birmingham.
I was appalled and wrote a scathing critique of the situation which The Sun chose to publish.
Soon after, a man called Bryn Parry — who sadly died earlier this year — set up Help for Heroes with the aim of raising £5m to build a physio pool at the derelict Ministry of Defense Military Rehabilitation Center in Surrey.
When I heard the news, I threw a party and suggested to my friends that we knock on the doors of five billionaires, asking them to donate £1 million.
But The Sun’s CEO said no.
Instead, they suggested: “If we want to raise awareness of these wounded soldiers, it would be better if five million people donated a pound.”
The Sun then threw its full force behind Help for Heroes and it helped the charity eventually raise not £5m – but £370m.
And the support didn’t stop there.
The Sun also hosted a glittering Millies Military Awards night, where wounded servicemen and women were able to mingle with big stars and royalty.
I’m surprised Prince Harry doesn’t remember that because I distinctly remember sneaking backstage with him one year before the sly fag night started.
Credit where it’s due
And it wasn’t just The Sun.
For months and years, all the newspapers were full of news of death and injuries.
Even the BBC got involved, bringing us loads of live footage from the Wiltshire town of Wootton Bassett, where everyone came outside and stood in grim silence as the coffin conveyor belt rolled by.
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The late Bryn Parry founded Help For Heroes – and The Sun helped raise millions for the incredible charityCredit: Getty
I know Harry has a problem with the media.
You got it into your head that this is the root of all evil.
But he clearly allows this anger to cloud his judgment.
And nothing good can come from that.
Look at it this way.
I have a problem with Harry.
I don’t like a lot of what he’s doing these days.
But I began this piece by giving credit where it was due.
Harry should consider doing the same thing.
COCA-COLA TO THE RESCUE
INCREDIBLE news from the lungs of the world.
Last year, illegal logging in certain parts of the Amazon rainforest fell by a staggering 76 percent.
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Illegal logging in certain parts of the Amazon has plummeted thanks to the mercenary army of a cocaine baronCredit: Getty
So what is responsible for this?
Did the lumberjacks read about those pink young ladies who throw soup at pictures and then see their mistake?
Or was there an incredible state-crushing?
»I’m afraid not. Fact is, the local coke baron doesn’t like these men with chainsaws trampling his crops and has instructed his private army of 2,000 soldiers to keep them out.
So. Cocaine. Makes you boring as hell, but saves the rainforest.
AFTER air traffic control collapsed this week, airlines were furious, saying they pay a fortune for a service and then have to reimburse passengers when it breaks down.
One aviation source was quoted as saying: “It’s hard to imagine any industry where something happens outside of your control and you’re expected to pay millions.”
Er, agriculture?
There’s no Fury like Paris – the lady is a knockout
I DON’T LIKE boxing and I can’t stand documentaries about pink people living pink lives in pink houses.
But I’ve always had a bit of a fascination with Tyson Fury, so I decided to check out At Home With The Furys.
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Paris Fury shows inner strength and down-to-earth honesty in a new documentary with her familyCredit: Netflix
And wow. What a show. I did it all in one go.
It’s about Tyson, of course, and about the gypsy lifestyle and boxing, but also about mental health issues.
They’re not the kind of problems people have when their boss was terrible.
Not. I mean real mental problems. Mood swings. Fanaticism. And dark, inexplicable pits of despair.
We are also talking about Morecambe, which looks like St Tropez thanks to some excellent drone work.
And it’s about Tyson’s kids, who, it seems, are as brilliant as kids can be.
I loved everything. But what I loved most was his wife, Paris.
Many people have impressed me over the years, but none have come close to this lofty vision of inner strength and down-to-earth honesty.
How she lives that life with that man is hard to understand.
But only occasionally do you see her looking at him as he plans to buy an airport or go to Iceland for no reason, and it’s very obvious that, despite everything, she adores him.
It’s not editing. I know how editing works.
She’s the real deal. She is a saint.
A LITTLE LATE CALL. . .
A FORMER Tory MP named Antoinette Sandbach is not a person of note.
But for some reason a Cambridge University historian discovered that her great-great-great-grandfather was involved in the slave trade.
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Someone discovered that one of Benedict Cumberbatch’s distant ancestors fired the arrow that hit King Harold in the eyeCredit: Alamy
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That must be a problem for the producers of Who Do You Think You Are? Credit: Getty
It seems to happen quite often these days.
Poor old Benedict Cumberbatch was galloping through life quite happily when someone discovered that one of his distant ancestors had fired the arrow that hit King Harold in the eye.
And that worries me.
How long before someone decides that my great uncle cut off Anne Boleyn’s head?
That must be a problem for the producers of Who Do You Think You Are?
Because who’s going to sign up for the show when there’s a risk of discovering that their great-grandfather was in Auschwitz?
In the guardhouse.
INTRUDER IS EASY TO DEFEAT
SO people outside London who don’t have access to an expensive modern car now have to pay £1m in Intruder fees if they want to hop across town to see their grandma.
Of course, many people were bothered by it, so now they go wild at night, smashing Ulez’s cameras or spraying the lenses with paint.
This is stupid. You are vandalizing something you paid for.
It’s like tearing down your own house because you don’t like the electric bill.
It’s certainly much better to accept that the entire system is based on your car’s number plate.
So why not just organize a huge swapsie?
You put a plate from the man at number 32 on your car, and he takes a plate from the guy at number 68, and so on.
The whole system would collapse. And if you were lucky, you might find someone who would leave FUKH4N to you.
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