Characters Reading: Prince Henry (Red, White & Royal Blue)

In this scene from the movie Red, White & Royal Blue, Prince Henry at night was reading the classic novel, Howards End by E.M. Forster. Henry is a total bookworm, he reads a lot of books and seems to enjoy talking about them and references them. Anyway, back to this scene, Henry didn't get a chance to finish reading because First Son Alexander Claremont-Diaz unexpectantly showed up to Kensington Palace. Henry had been ignoring Alex's calls, so Alex got on a plane and flew out to see him. He not only wanted answers to why Henry was ignoring his calls but to also declare his love for him even though he didn't think Henry would do the same. Which set up a very important and passionate converstation between them which highlighted how complicated Henry believed his life was. And although he loves Alex, he may not be able to live the life that he wants due to his royal status.

I love this movie, it's been a while since I've seen it. Maybe I'll rewatch it sometime this week or the weekend. And at some point I'm going to read the book Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

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Art of the Day: Alex and Henry (Red, White & Royal Blue)

Artwork: Alex and Henry by Hann (artofobsession)

Quote: Alex Claremont-Diaz (Red, White & Royal Blue)

Happy Pride Month Alex Claremont-Diaz!

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Good morning.

Henry and I have been together since the beginning of this year. As many of you have already read, we've struggled every day with what this means for our families, our countries and our futures. And while neither of us is naive about what it means to be public figures, we never imagined our most private and intimate thoughts, fears and truths would become fodder for public examination.

What was taken from us this week was our right to determine for ourselves how and when we should share our relationship and queer identities with the world. The truth is, every queer person has the right to come out on their own terms and on their own timeline. They also have the right to choose not to come out at all. The forced conformity of the closet cannot be answered with forced conformity in coming out of it.

This isn't about shame. This is about privacy and the fundamental right of self-determination, which are exactly the principles on which the struggle for queer liberation has always been fought. But there is another truth that's much simpler. I fell in love with a person who happens to be a man, and that man happens to be a prince. He has captured my heart and made my life immeasurably better.

I love His Royal Highness, Prince Henry George Edward James Hanover-Stuart Fox. I hope one day we'll have the opportunity to be public about our relationship on our own terms.

Thank you.

~ Alexander Claremont-Diaz, Red, White & Royal Blue

Art of the Day: Prince Henry and Alex Claremont-Diaz (Red, White & Royal Blue)

Artwork: Henry and Alex by Ash (seanchaidh7)

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Quote: Prince Henry and Alex Claremont-Diaz (Red, White & Royal Blue)

Henry: There's this charity polo match in Windsor next month that my mate Percy's foundation organizes. I, uh...I was wondering if you might want to be my guest.

Alex: Oh! Um... I don't know how to play polo.

Henry: Damn! Well, I suppose that will be all right, seeing as you won't be playing. I will. You'll be watching on the sidelines.

Alex: Great! That's probably safer for everyone.

Henry: Yeah, agreed.

~ Prince Henry and Alexander Claremont-Diaz, Red, White & Royal Blue

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Quote: Alex Claremont-Diaz and Zahra Bankston

Alex: Can I just point out that the royal family are purely figurehead? They serve no elective role whatsoever.

Zahra: Oh, unlike you, whose role is clearly spelled out in Article Nothing of the U.S. Constitution!

Alex: (laughs mockingly) Zahra.

Zahra: And you are going there to work. No hookups, no partying. You can hate Prince Henry all you want, but the minute you see a camera, you better act like the sun shines out of his ass and you have a vitamin D deficiency.

Alex: You know...

Zahra: And there is no getting out of this.

Alex: Oh, yeah? What if I set myself on fire?

Zahra: We'd ship the ashes to Heathrow.

~ Alexander Claremont-Diaz and Zahra Bankston, Red, White & Royal Blue

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Video: Red, White & Royal Blue: "Campfire" Deleted Scene

Amazon Prime recently released this deleted campfire scene from the Red, White & Royal Blue movie. And I can't understand why it wasn't included in the film because it added so much to the story. It might seem like a simple yet romantic scene of Prince Henry telling this wonderful fairytale to Alex Claremont-Diaz. But it was more than that. The story is about a Prince wearing a suit of armor to protect his heart (and himself). However, the love of a Peasant Boy found a way to break that armor. But there was one small piece of the armor over his heart the Prince tried his best to hold on to. It's also interesting that Henry said that if the Prince always wore the armor nothing would ever happen to him.

Again, this Campfire scene added to the story because it ties into two scenes: the hook up after the White House party and Alex showing up in the rain at Kensington Palace. At the beginning of this Campfire scene, Alex brought up the moment after they first hooked up after the White House party. During that scene Henry said they should keep it casual because he couldn't afford for Alex to fall in love with him. This was played off as a joke as well as Alex thinking Henry was being self-centered, arrogant or presumptive. However, instead this scene showed that Henry was trying to protect his heart. Throughout the movie, Henry tried his best to keep his heart protected and not fall in love with Alex.

Despite what was said after they first hooked up about keeping this casual, there was absolutely nothing casual about this relationship. They both fell in love with each other, the only thing is Alex allowed himself to. While Henry knowing that he couldn't do so freely tried his best not to. As for the second scene this Campfire scene ties into, is Alex showing up at Kensington Palace in the rain. After Henry ends things with Alex, which equates to him leaving in the middle of night without saying anything and not returning Alex's calls. Which understandably had Alex wanting answers, so he traveled to Kensington Palace to talk to Henry. Included in their passionate conversation was Alex saying to Henry "And you can live in your tower and protect your heart for the rest of your life, and nothing will ever happen to you. But Henry...nothing will ever happen to you." This perfectly goes back to the story Henry had told Alex about the Prince wearing the armor.

This is why I think the Campfire scene should have been included in the film, it provided additional information and insight into Henry's motive for not wanting to fall in love with Alex. Or have Alex fall in love with him. Because Henry's stodgy and pompous royal life didn't allow for such romantic liberties especially for someone such as himself who was gay.

What are your thoughts on this Campfire scene? Should it have been included or not included in the film?

Quote: Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry

Henry: What's going on?

Alex: I think my mom's working on her concession speech.

Henry: You fought hard, and it isn't over yet. You still haven't noticed my tie.

Alex: Yellow roses.

Henry: I read it was a thing in Texas. I thought it might bring you some luck.

Alex: Oh, my God, I'm so grateful you're here.

~ Alexander Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry, Red, White & Royal Blue

I love how supportive and caring they are to each other because I feel like once infatuation wears off that's where the real love is.

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Characters Reading: Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry

Red, White & Royal Blue is such a wonderful romantic comedy and I knew as soon as I saw the scene below I had to post it for Characters Reading. In this scene, Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry were relaxing and reading books at Alex's parents' summer house. While Alex was too preoccupied by Henry's mere presence to concentrate on reading One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston. However, Henry (who I believe is a bookworm) was totally immersed in his book, Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo.

I love all the little details that were included in this scene. For instance, they were reading real books and not prop ones. And Alex's book is written by the same author who wrote Red, White & Royal Blue that the movie was based on.

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Quote: Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry

Alex: I hate the tie you're wearing in Vogue. It's so boring. What do you have against color anyway?

Henry: Grey is a colour, thank you.

~ Alexander Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry, Red, White & Royal Blue

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Fun Marketing for the Red, White & Royal Blue Movie

With the SAG-AFTRA strike, actors cannot do press for any of their projects. So the promotion of the soon to be released Red, White & Royal Blue movie is entirely up to the marketing team. And something that I love is that they created Instagram accounts for the characters: First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz and Prince Henry. Below, I included the screenshots of each of their accounts.

I think this is not only just a fun way to promote the movie but also to give a little insight to the characters from their posts. Which is good especially for some like me who haven't read the book Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston yet. And we won't really get to know the characters until we see the movie (or finally get around to reading the book). Anyway, the movie will be released on Friday, August 11th on Amazon Prime.


First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz

Prince Henry