Was this really a good idea, Fergie? Prince Andrew borrows Sarah Ferguson’s Instagram account to share his thoughts on the Falklands War. He said he returned from the Falklands War “a changed man” in a piece of writing posted to his ex-wife’s account. However, the post was quickly deleted after just a few short hours. Here’s what you need to know.
Prince wrote more than 700 words about his experience in the Falklands. The Queen’s son flew missions as a Sea King helicopter pilot during the conflict.
Prince Andrew Uses Sarah Ferguson’s Instagram Account To Send Out A Message
In the first Instagram post, Sarah wrote: “I asked Andrew this morning for his reflections on the anniversary of his sailing from Portsmouth to the Falkland Islands 40 years ago.”
Andrew’s account begins: “As I sit here at my desk on this cold crisp spring morning thinking back to April 1982 I’ve tried to think what was going through my mind as we sailed out of Portsmouth lining the flight deck of HMS INVINCIBLE.”
The 62-year-old concluded: “So whilst I think back to a day when a young man went to war, full of bravado, I returned a changed man. I put away childish things and false bravado and returned a man full in the knowledge of human frailty and suffering. My reflection makes me think even harder and pray even more fervently for those in conflict today, for those family’s (sic) torn apart by the horrors they have witnessed.”
The post continued, “And, i’m (sic) afraid to say, that the historical perspective my short war has taught me is this – war is failure to keep peace; war is failure of human judgment; war is failure to recognise we need to seek permission to understand another persons perspective or reality, whether or not we agree or disagree with that perspective or reality.”
Andrew also recalled being shot at, writing: “I was flying and saw a chaff shell fired from one of our ships that passed not that far in front of us. For a moment it was on a steady bearing before it began to cross to our left. The terror that that was going to be that, just for a moment, has had a lasting and permanent effect on me.”
Beneath the last post, it said it was “written by HRH The Duke of York” before the “HRH” was deleted.
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