Parties that involve many people, patterns that repeat themselves, promises of success, threats, recordings… Just change the name: Weinstein, Epstein and now the murky case that has the American rapper and producer Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs (known by their names artistic Puff Daddy or P. Diddy) in a federal detention center in Brooklyn, pending trial, charged with three counts of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking and transportation for prostitution. He domino effect is underwaynew accusations arise every day and there is an enormous controversy that has put the image of all those who have had a friendship with him in check. However, there is nothing to suggest that the case could affect royal circles, although Sean Combs, from his throne in the music industry, did look for the photo with Princes William and Harry, to whom he extended insistent invitations.
© Getty ImagesIn 2011, the powerful Harlem rapper was already known for his big parties, although what was happening there was unknown, so the topic often came up in interviews and Combs bragged about it. When the BBC asked him if Princes William and Harry had been invited to his parties, he dodged the question with a confusing “not anymore,” which implied, in the year of the royal wedding, that William had been left out. from the list for being a married man. In short, the joke was left there, but now their parties are not funny at all, so that interview has returned to the news, especially since the British Royal House is still recovering from the fall of Prince Andrew following of their connection never judged (an agreement was reached before) with the ‘Epstein case‘.
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© Getty Images‘Diddy went out of his way to invite them to his parties’
He is the American journalist Christopher Andersen, number one in sales of the New York Times and who has written several titles about British royalty, including The Kingthe first biography of Charles III since he became monarch, who wanted to investigate the subject. “Diddy went out of his way to invite them to his parties,” Andersen explained to Fox News. “But those invitations were wisely declined, Diddy took the hint and stopped inviting them completely after William and Kate got engaged,” he clarifies.
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© Getty Images“As young singles, William and Harry could have said yes and attended one of Diddy’s wild parties. Thanks to his palace agents, they dodged a bullet,” says the journalist, who places the invitations at the time when The princes made headlines for their night outings in London. That is to say, Sean Combs, who according to Andersen had aspirations to move in royal circles and tried to get some type of audience with Elizabeth II, was interested in princes at a very specific moment in his life, when they were still young and, according to his own words, rapper, they liked to “get into trouble.” A somewhat elastic expression, since William and Harry’s problems have nothing to do with theirs, the princes were going through the conflicts typical of age, peculiar circumstances and being under maximum media pressure. In short, the aforementioned “palace agents” knew how to see (he had already been involved in some violent episode) that the friendship of Sean Combs was what was least convenient for them and by blocking invitations they stopped arriving.
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© Getty ImagesWhat is the connection between them?
We have to go back to the summer of 2007 to find an explanation for the photo that is going around the world of Princes William and Harry with Sean Combs and Kanye West at what looks like a party because it is a party, the one that was held after the concert. charity event that the British princes organized in memory of Diana of Wales on the day she turned 46. What’s more, Sean Combs is wearing a t-shirt with Diana’s image and everyone who participated in the concert was invited to the party.
© Getty ImagesThen Prince William had just turned 25 and Harry had not yet reached 23, but they had been suffering the loss of their mother in silence for ten years and had begun to process the pain in another way. Furthermore, the United Kingdom wanted it and the Diana deserved it, so they organized a show as only the Windsors know how: a charity concert that was followed in 40 countries, reached a potential audience of 500 million, made the world contemplate their newly inaugurated Wembley Stadium and demonstrated (once again) the ability of British royalty to stage a “super bowl” at any time. The plan came out perfectly: tremendous from start to finish.
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© Getty ImagesThe concert began straight to the heart and without detours: Elton John at the piano and collective memory traveling to September 6, 1997, when the princess’s funeral was held in Westminster Abbey. It was he himself, a friend of the princess, who was in charge of introducing William and Harry, who took the stage with energy and complicity. Maintaining the hierarchical rules, Harry broke the ice with a brief greeting and Guillermo, who had not yet mastered the speeches as now and leaned on a small card he was carrying in his hand and opened a show that featured leading figures from all the areas. From Tony Blair to Nelson Mandela, from the National Ballet to P. Diddy.
© Getty ImagesThat’s how that photo was taken, on a day in which William and Harry served as hosts and in which no one was missing, including Kate Middleton and Chelsy Davy; plus a good selection of Windsor, Spencer and Middleton family members. There were still three years until the wedding engagement, so he avoided the photograph of the current Princes of Wales together, however, Prince Harry sat next to Chelsy Davy, whom he even kissed during the concert, his case was different, he He is not the future king.
