The Duke of Sussex has missed his chance to repair things with one significant royal, who may have once held the key to reconciliation, according to royal expert Jennie Bond.
As rumours of peace talks between Prince Harry and King Charles continue to swirl after senior aides to the two royals were spotted at a meeting in London, a royal expert has weighed in on the claims that one major royal could mend the rift.
Earlier this week, a royal insider shared Harry should’ve reached out to his aunt , Princess Anne, more during the turbulent times within the royal family that eventually led to Harry and Meghan quitting royal life and relocating to California. The insider, a friend of the princess, who also played second fiddle to her brother, King Charles, said that they had first had the thoughts after Prince Harry’s tell-all autobiography Spare was released.
But despite the insider’s beliefs, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond believes it is too late for the Duke of Sussex to confide in the Princess Royal, and to lean on her to help mend the relationship between Harry and King Charles, given his “extremely disloyal” actions towards the Firm.
The insider allegedly said, as reported by the Sunday Times: “He [ Prince Harry ] really ought to talk to Princess Anne. She often talked about how, as children, she was treated so differently from Charles. She was second to him and kicked further down the line of succession as a woman, but she forged her own path.
She was bolshy and upset about a lot of things in her twenties, but she managed to survive. She ought to talk about her experiences with him. She is intelligent. She could go over what she went through with a lot of detail.
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However, according to Jennie, Anne has passed away from giving Harry advice on how to navigate life as a “spare” and how to repair his relationship with the royal family as a whole.
Jennie exclusively told The Mirror : “Yes Anne would have been the perfect person to offer advice and guidance, but sadly, this is no longer relevant as Harry has made it quite clear that he has no desire to return to life as a working royal.
She could have told her nephew that the incorrect way to evaluate his situation is to play second fiddle. The second born can be a valuable partner, confidant, and wingman/woman to the monarch, as she has demonstrated.
She could have said that they are a team, a company, working together to maintain the monarchy’s relevance and to support charities and local communities.
Jennie also questioned whether Anne was aware of the extent of the family rift and whether she would not like to participate in revisiting the drama between Harry and Charles.
She said, “I’m not sure if the King and Anne would want to get involved, though it might be that the King has had a conversation about his family issues.” Loyalty is important to Anne, and I suspect she understands why Harry has treated his father, his brother, and the monarchy poorly. That might be difficult for her to forgive.
At the private member’s club, which is right next to Clarence House – Charles’ London residence, rumors of a royal reconciliation first surfaced earlier this month when Harry’s chief communications officer and Liam Maguire, who oversees Harry and Meghan’s UK public relations team, met the King’s communications secretary Tobyn Andreae.
Although it is unknown who set up the meeting, sources have said that it was informal and intended to open a communication gap between the two camps.
Source: Mirror
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