The second Tik Tak sounds today, January 10, in WEEK and it rings alongside former Prince Harry of England, who continued to drop minutiae and trivia, revelations in his interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper yesterday. First things first, Harry, or whoever is advising him on his book, Spare, meaning “the one that’s left over,” is doing very well because they’ve done everything they can to avoid the book that’s coming out today burn, but there’s enough tip for all of us to buy it, and it’s selling like hot cakes.
It’s unclear for now whether Harry’s revelation after people read the book will be hailed as a betrayal in a sea of leaks, or whether it will tarnish the image of his popular brother and heir apparent, Prince William, whom he even has, according to Harry , physically attacked him, forcing him to land on the ground, on top of the dog food cola. Only once in this series of interviews has Harry agreed to raise the possibility that his real father is not King Charles but groom James Hewitt, whom Harry describes as “one of my mother’s lovers”. If that very strong endorsement could have put her in perspective with the love Harry no doubt confessed to his mother, speaking more of the man “with whom my mother had a loving relationship”. It sounds less harsh, but “one of my mother’s lovers” paints her as a wild and runaway woman, adding a chain of infidelities.
What did Harry say again in the CNN interview? Firstly, that he has not spoken to his father or brother for several weeks and that he hopes to rectify this situation as soon as possible. Who knows if that would be possible after the sparebook. He also said that the love of his life, Meghan Markle, saved him from living a life of excess, drugs and alcohol. That his mother’s death made him guilty because he could never cry. That nothing has normalized in her life since her tragic death and that she waited until she was 23 when she finally accepted her death after visiting Paris and following the same path under the bridge where the tragic one was Her mother’s death so happened that she would never return because he didn’t believe in her death all the time since he was 12 years old when he was surprised by the tragic death of his mother, Lady Di.
What ironically brought some balance to his life, he also says, was his military career, which got him out of the crosshairs of paparazzi and tabloids and where he could dress in uniform like any other soldier. As if he felt the same way for the first time. Today we know that in another of his indiscretions he claims the death of 12 Taliban and who knows if that endangers his security.
The juiciest last night was Camila Parker Bowles’ because according to Harry, he and his brother tried to convince their father Carlos not to marry Camila, saying it wasn’t necessary and whom Harry called a dangerous woman. Because she was one of those who leaked leaks to the tabloids about her wayward behavior, but later understood that Camilla would be less dangerous if she could be happy and that happened alongside her former lover Carlos. That it was convenient for her to rehabilitate her image with this marriage that eventually went ahead, and that it was also convenient for King Carlos himself because he could not be placed in history as an unfaithful monarch responsible for a drug-addicted son was. But the question of the day this morning is: will Harry’s revelations affect not only his chaotic and difficult life, but also those about his family intimacies and conversations that should be about privacy, stability and the future of the British monarchy? That remains to be seen, because let’s remember: The Windsors aren’t just a family, they’re like a state.
Tik Tak: The devastation of Gustavo Petro’s unilateral bilateral announcement continues
The first Tik Tak sounds this Tuesday, January 10th in SEMANA and is happy to be with you again. noise from the sides the mess and the consequences it continues to cause the government’s failure to announce the bilateral ceasefire unchallenged, It even seems to have been the reason why Petro Maduro made an unexpected visit to Caracas to ask for his assistance on the matter. And Maduro did so immediately, he was heard supporting the ceasefire.
Well, for the ELN it was not enough to deny the government, which got them into trouble for emphasizing the improvisations that characterize this Petrista regime. But now, like good Elenos, they poke at the wound of his denial, the announcement that the dialogue table is indeed in crisis and that it is necessary to call an emergency meeting or pre-meeting to overcome the episode. And also that in the second cycle, which will start in Mexico, the ceasefire will definitely not be addressed without first assessing the issues that were pending in the first cycle.
But eventually an explanation for the origin of the error appears. The government spokesman, Minister Alfonso Prada, justified the announcement by saying that the ELN had allegedly pointed out on several occasions “the importance of promoting a bilateral ceasefire”. Then, without thinking, President Petro released his tweet at midnight on December 31, almost without telling anyone because apparently neither the negotiators nor the army nor the ELN themselves knew about it. Petro forgot that a bilateral agreement, as the name suggests, has to be bilateral.
The most optimistic remains the head of the government delegation, Otty Patiño, almost hilariously because for him this was not the product of a mistake but a misinterpretation, who knows the difference? Otty continues to downplay the seriousness of what is happening, assuring that he does not consider it to be a crisis and that what the ELN indicates will be done to resolve the episode. It is unbelievable how the government has put papaya on the table for this strategic ride by the ELN, on which it has fallen behind not for one but for several because, according to its supporters, in its announcement the government has not respected the points or procedures agreed in the first round.
So he started with the little tap bottle that has always characterized the Elenos when trying to negotiate with them. It’s up to the government to learn the lesson that their absolute peace isn’t in blowing and making bottles. And as for the ELN, it is very likely that they will finally return to the table as it suits them to see what they can get from the government. But in particular they will not return after this episode without having received a good part of the negotiation from their counterpart.