Prince Harry's speech at the UN has little in common with Mandela
In honor of the late president on his birthday, July 18 is observed as Nelson Mandela Day by the United Nations. This week someone had the less-than-bright idea to invite Prince Harry to deliver the keynote address. The United Nations exists as a symbol of the global human family. Yet Harry and his wife Meghan Markle are estranged from their own families, a division that deepens after an ill-timed spray on the Royal Family even as the Queen mourns her dying husband. Less generous but no less accurate, the United Nations exists so that countries that cannot solve anything individually, can come together to decide that nothing can be done collectively. By giving a Sunday sermon for the embodiment of royal privileges, the United Nations invites ridicule and ridicule by belittling a deadly serious issue and asserting that it is a non-serious organization that is increasingly out of purpose. While the Queen honors her privileged birthright with selfless service, duties and responsibilities