There are hints of the possibility of reconciliation between Harry and Meghan with Charles III

Prince Harry and Meghan’s relationship with the royal family, and especially with Prince William and his wife Kate, was completely upset after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their resignation from royal duties in 2020 and moved to the United States.

Now 37-year-old Prince Harry and his wife, 41-year-old Meghan, are raising their two children in a $14 million mansion in Los Angeles and have little to no contact with the rest of the royal family. They made a number of sensational allegations, such as that an unnamed member of the royal family allegedly expressed serious concern about how dark the skin of Prince Harry’s children with Meghan, who is half African American, will be. And Kate once asked Meghan not to embarrass the family with “flower girl dresses” at official events she attended with Harry.

And now it became known that the other day, Prince Harry was forbidden to wear a military uniform to the state funeral of the late monarch Elizabeth II. “His decade of military service is not determined by the uniform he wears and we respectfully request that the focus be on the life and legacy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” Buckingham Palace said.

After that, the enraged Duke of Sussex, who fought on the front lines during two deployments to Afghanistan, made a brief statement reminding the world of his merits while serving in the British army. A spokesman for the duke said: “Prince Harry will wear the suit during events in honor of his grandmother.”

There seems to be nothing reprehensible in such a decision: according to the protocol, only working members of the royal family, which Harry is not, are allowed to dress in uniform at five ceremonial events in honor of the late Elizabeth II – this is a service at St. Giles’ Cathedral in Edinburgh, a procession of the coffin to Westminster -hall, vigils at the coffin, funeral at Westminster Abbey and service at Windsor.

It will be scandalous

Milla Tomini, assistant editor of the Telegraph, said the unfriendly move may be due to “persistent concerns about the forthcoming publication of Harry’s candid autobiography.”

She added: “All he was able to do in Afghanistan was collect more ammunition for a volley in the direction of a government office, whose employees were too loudly indignant at the presence of soldiers.”

Prince Harry plans to publish his autobiography in November despite the Queen’s death, royal author Tom Bauer has said.

“It will be scandalous. But, on the other hand, this meets all the wishes of the Duke and Duchess, because the finances of Harry and Meghan are completely dependent on the release of the book. And yet, I think they are convinced that they are right, and they want revenge.

The source claims that neither the former Prince Charles, King Charles III, nor Prince William, nor their lawyers and advisers were given the opportunity to review any parts of the forthcoming book. Royal experts have said that publishing anything controversial anytime soon after the death of Queen Elizabeth II would do great damage to Harry’s reputation.

Meanwhile, sources close to the Duke of Sussex suggest that the publication of the book could be pushed back to 2023 to give Prince Harry time to write additional chapters on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams noted that he never thought that such a book should be written, but even if it is ready, publishing it in the next year or two, albeit with an additional chapter on the late queen, is simply stupid.

He said: “It is up to him how he wants to be perceived. It’s not a question of rewriting, it’s a question of rethinking. If the book were published, if there was something sensational in it, it would be simply tasteless.

Is reconciliation possible?

Many Britons hope that the family grief and the funeral of Elizabeth II will help Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to finally “reconcile” with the rest of the royal family. And it seems that there are grounds for such assumptions – on the evening of September 13, Prince Harry and Megan were photographed for the first time at Buckingham Palace with Charles III.

Moments before the hearse carrying the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II arrived at Buckingham Palace, Charles III was photographed with Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle. The king stood with his head down at the foot of the stairs leading into the palace, waiting for the coffin of his dead mother, Harry in a black suit and tie was behind, next to his wife, the Duchess of Sussex.

And last Saturday, Princes William and Harry, who have a very troubled relationship, were seen together when they and their wives took a surprise walk through the Windsor Gardens. After the walk, the princes examined the bouquets of flowers left by visitors in memory of the late Queen at Windsor Castle.

Moreover, William, Kate, Harry and Megan arrived in the same car. They greeted the well-wishers for about 40 minutes before William got behind the wheel of the Audi, Kate sat side by side in the passenger seat, and her brother and daughter-in-law got into the back seat of the car, and they all drove off together.

Earlier, a royal expert said that William’s wife Kate finds it “offensive” how Meghan speaks of her, explaining that she “will not forget” but added that she wants to end the feud.

The source also said that Prince William is “very, very upset” about the estrangement between the families.

Disrupted hierarchy dynamics

After the funeral of Elizabeth II, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex intend to stay in Europe to attend charity events in the UK and Germany.

Meanwhile, shortly before the death of the Queen, on September 5, a summit dedicated to youth was held at Bridgewater Hall in Manchester, and one of the most famous guests of the event was the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who specially flew to the UK from the USA.

Many journalists noted that, speaking at the summit, Duchess Megan “did not want to share glory with anyone, including her own husband.” In seven minutes, the former actress, dressed in a bright carrot-red set of trousers with arrows and a blouse with a scarf-collar, said the pronoun “I” more than fifty times. Prince Harry, according to reviewers, looked “clumsy and shy”.

Well, most of all, the audience was surprised that the Duchess of Sussex said that she would be “pleased to be back in the UK.” Indeed, in one of the interviews, Meghan complained that “just by their very existence” she and Harry “disturbed the dynamics of the hierarchy”, and that members of the royal family forced her to remain silent or always say: “No comment.”

“I’ve always been outspoken, especially about women’s rights, and it’s a sad irony that I’ve been advocating for women to use their voice for so long and they’ve tried to shut my mouth,” she explained.

Most likely, although the family has reunited with the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and the whole world is closely watching the dynamics of their relationship, this is a temporary reconciliation for a period of mourning, and not for life.