King Charles is Reportedly “More Decisive” About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s Future Than Her late Majesty Was

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published 13 August 2023

Unfortunately, relations reportedly remain strained between King Charles and Prince Harry and, The Mirror reports, the King is “more decisive on Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s future royal life than the late Queen was,” the outlet writes.

Queen Elizabeth and Prince Harry interacting

Queen Elizabeth and Meghan Markle interacting

“Her Majesty never stopped hoping there would be some kind of reconciliation and that the couple would return to the fold one day,” a source told The Daily Mail. But Charles, The Mirror reports, has “been more brutal—overseeing events such as the Sussex’s eviction from their residence at Frogmore Cottage.”

“Even if he didn’t authorize it, he must have been aware that the changes were certain to become a talking point,” the source said.

King Charles and Prince Harry in tuxes at a black tie event

Though Harry’s attendance at his father’s Coronation was a strong step in the right direction, when Harry and Meghan visit Germany for the Invictus Games on September 9—just one day after the first anniversary of the Queen’s passing—“no royals are expected to see Harry and Meghan when they are in Europe, as they are likely to still be at Balmoral,” The Mirror reports. As to reports that the Sussexes won’t join the rest of the royal family for commemorations of Her late Majesty’s anniversary, “If they are not included in any of those plans, they will find a way to mark the significance in their own way,” a source said.

Royal expert Richard Kay, writing for The Daily Mail, said that Her late Majesty was reticent to push for certain changes as far as Harry and Meghan went “because the late Queen Elizabeth wanted to ensure that anything her grandson might interpret as a snub or the slamming of a royal door was avoided,” he writes.

Harry and Meghan stepped back as working members of the royal family in early 2020 and relocated to California from the U.K., forging a life for themselves in Montecito that included deals with Netflix, Spotify, and Penguin Random House.

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