The vitriol that’s constantly spat out when Harry and Meghan are mentioned appalls me. And now, with their visit to the UK just around the corner, it has been suggested that they are looking for the so-called “money shot”: a picture of their children with their grandfather, the King.
Yes, of course that photo would be gold dust. It would probably break the internet. But in my view it’s unlikely to happen without a cast-iron assurance that it would remain private. If it were released by the Sussexes, it wouldn’t be just the internet that was broken. Any progress made towards reconciliation between the King and his younger son would be smashed to bits once and for all.
Trust between the King and Harry and Meghan is still on very shaky ground. The Oprah interview, the Netflix tell-all series and Harry’s scathing memoir blew a giant hole in the Palace ramparts. During decades of royal reporting, I’ve found that one truth remains unshakeable. Those in the royals’ inner circle who know what’s going on do not talk. Those who do talk are not really in that inner circle. But suddenly, shockingly, the family found it had two of its own spilling the beans. Feelings were hurt but, more importantly, trust was kiboshed.
Now, three years later, the Prince has said he wants his children to understand their heritage – and it’s a pretty amazing heritage for a seven-year-old and five-year-old to comprehend. It would therefore be perfectly reasonable to ask the King to be pictured with them. Any family would do the same. But this is not any family.
I hope that, behind the scenes, there has been enough communication between father and son for the Charles to feel comfortable about seeing Archie and Lilibet and confident enough to pose for a family photo. But I’m not convinced.
And that’s a terrible shame. Because, at the heart of this long-running and bitter rift are two small children. I have grandchildren of almost exactly the same age and they take in more than we might sometimes realise. They can pick up on family tensions, and surely Archie and Lilibet must sometimes wonder why their friends have grandfathers and they apparently do not.
Which brings us to Thomas Markle. Just like Harry and Meghan, he too has caused hurt and sown mistrust. He admitted lying about staged paparazzi pictures of him preparing for his daughter’s wedding, and he repeatedly gave media interviews about the breakdown of their relationship. But he is now elderly and not in the best of health, having had his leg amputated last year. How about a family photo with him? As Harry said in an interview last year, life is precious and there’s no point in continuing to fight. The children surely deserve to know both of their grandfathers before it’s too late.
If, as rumoured, Harry takes up an offer from the King to stay in a royal residence – possibly Buckingham Palace – the children would get a ringside view of what it means to have a duke as your daddy. Their Montecito mansion may be big, but staying in a 775-roomed palace would be off the scale. Of course it could be that Charles has offered them the use of Frogmore Cottage, on the Windsor estate, which might hold a special place in their hearts as it was Archie’s first home.
Last time the family were here, for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, we saw virtually nothing of the children, beyond a picture taken on Lilibet’s first birthday. Since then Meghan has posted multiple pictures of them, but always with their faces obscured or looking away from the camera. Perhaps next month, even if we don’t see a picture of the children with their grandfather, we might at least see them at some of the events – such as the countdown to the Invictus Games – which their parents are attending.
If these two little people are to understand their heritage, they will also have to understand that there is still considerable curiosity about them and that in later life, particularly if they choose to use their titles of Prince and Princess, public and media interest will not diminish.
In the meantime, let’s let them be kids and let’s lay off the vicious sniping about their parents. It’s too hot to be horrid.
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