Years ago, I was in Washington DC when Prince Harry blew through(匆匆到访) on an official engagement. He was 28, with a full head of hair, a slightly louche(慵懒不羁的) gait and a public image that, on a tour of the Senate led by a baffled-looking(一脸困惑的) John McCain, caused people to lose their minds(失去理智/疯狂).
多年前，哈里王子因公务到访华盛顿特区时，我正好在那里。他当时28岁，一头浓密的头发，步态略显慵懒，公众形象极佳——在约翰·麦凯恩带领下参观参议院时，他那副模样让在场的人彻底疯狂，而麦凯恩看起来一脸困惑。
Senate staffers stood five deep(站了五排) to get a glimpse; women materialised(突然出现) from every corner, more glamorously(光鲜亮丽地) dressed for the office than usual. The excitement was so great that there were actual screams from behind the security line. I remember noting the prince’s prominent(显眼的) ears, the high colour in his cheeks(脸颊上的红晕) and his habit, when addressed, of bowing his head, as if humbled by what he was hearing(仿佛被听到的话所折服). Aw, I thought. Bless him(英式表达：真可爱/真可怜).
参议院工作人员站了五排，只为看他一眼；女人们从各个角落冒出来，打扮得比平时上班更光鲜。人们的兴奋之情如此强烈，以至于安全线后面真的传来了尖叫声。我记得自己注意到王子那对显眼的耳朵、脸颊上泛起的红晕，以及他被人搭话时低头的习惯，仿佛被听到的话所折服。啊，我心想，真是个好孩子。
But that was a long time ago. This week, Harry, now 42, appeared on camera in an interview in New York with GQ, playing to a very different audience. He looked older and schlubbier(更邋遢的) – don’t we all – the diffidence(羞怯) of youth replaced by something more pompous(浮夸的) and belligerent(好斗的), undergirded(支撑) by what, in recent years, has appeared to be his bottomless well of hurt feelings(无底洞般的受伤情绪). Harry was promoting something – a masterclass on “grief science”, which he has undertaken with Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor. But the question of why on earth he would double down on previous US media appearances, none of them successful, sat alongside the bigger royal question of the season: namely, what are he and his wife, Meghan, going to do?(但他究竟为何要变本加厉地重复之前那些无一成功的美国媒体亮相？这个问题与本赛季更大的王室问题并列：他和妻子梅根到底打算做什么？)
但那是很久以前的事了。本周，现年42岁的哈里在纽约接受GQ采访时出现在镜头前，面对的却是截然不同的观众。他看起来更老了，也更邋遢了——我们不都是这样吗——年轻时的羞怯被一种更浮夸、更好斗的东西取代，而支撑这一切的，似乎是近年来他那无底洞般的受伤情绪。哈里当时在宣传某个项目——一门关于“悲伤科学”的大师课，是他与玛丽-弗朗西斯·奥康纳博士合作开设的。但问题是，他究竟为什么要一再重复之前那些无一成功的美国媒体亮相？这个问题与本赛季更大的王室问题并列：他和妻子梅根到底打算做什么？