Just when Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, were building bridges with King Charles, it’s action stations once again.
The Lord Chamberlain’s letter, on behalf of the King, emphasised in no uncertain terms that the Sussexes “are no longer working members of the Royal Family”. A spokesman for the Sussexes responded: “We were a little surprised not to have been told about this in advance.” That is code for absolutely spitting blood.
It’s odds on there’s another blow-up coming between the Sussexes and the King. For all the supposed rapprochement, with the Sussexes visiting the King in the summer and moving back to Britain, the rift has never really closed. It certainly hasn’t with the Prince and Princess of Wales, who show no sign of being ready to welcome the Prodigal Son now that he’s back.
So, with that paper-thin reconciliation being stretched already, ill-feeling is bound to burst to the surface once more.
Harry never cared for the courtiers – “the men in grey suits”, as Diana, Princess of Wales, once described them- who run the royal household. But they are the ones who keep royal life here running smoothly, led by the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Benyon, a former Tory MP. Without the admin carried out by the household – and royal police protection (pending the decision of the relevant security committee) – Harry and Meghan will be extremely isolated and have to do a huge amount of work themselves. Next year’s Invictus Games in Birmingham, Harry’s greatest idea, will be a huge headache for him to help arrange.
The Lord Chamberlain’s letter was addressed to, among others, all the Lords-Lieutenant in the British counties. They are the ones you see at all royal visits, dressed in smart red and dark blue uniforms. After that letter, they will not be there at Harry and Meghan’s charitable events.
That may not seem a big blow. But in fact the Lords-Lieutenant are crucial conduits to local life. They oil the wheels. They know everyone in the county. They make sure those visits run smoothly in coordination with the local police force.
Without that level of administration and police protection, or without paying themselves for an expensive private security operation, Sussex visits risk becoming a bunfight, open to all, with any Tom, Dick and Harry being able to approach. So Harry and Meghan will be bound to stay indoors, trapped inside cavernous hotels and function rooms, restricted to meeting fellow celebs for the rest of their lives.
The same applies to Harry’s beloved Army. Stripped of his honorary positions in the Armed Forces in the year following Megxit in 2020, the letter makes clear that there’s no rowing back. Yes, Harry can make visits to military cemeteries but only ever in an unofficial capacity. There will be no official role for him at the Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday.
What’s more, Harry and Meghan won’t be able to use the royal palaces for their charitable events. Those palaces are a huge draw for charities, donors and for general glamour. Built like fortresses, they are perfectly designed for the security and protection the Sussexes have been fighting for, and failing to secure.
When the Sussexes lived in Kensington Palace before they fled for California, they are said to have hated Nottingham Cottage, where they moved after their engagement. “Notty Cotty” was apparently far too small for their grand demands.
They might now look back at it with rueful nostalgia. Securely in the middle of the palace grounds, it benefited from armed police protection. Every day, they would have seen the next door office of HRH the Duke of Kent, which looked after the administration of his dutiful life of royal service.
But now all that infrastructure is swept away, as the Lord Chamberlain’s letter makes clear. And, without it, Harry and Meghan are just two famous people moping round the country, trying to organise their own plans, when they’ve been historically terrible at keeping staff (11 publicists have left their household in five years).
How the anger must be bubbling up behind the front door of the Sussexes’ new British home.
Harry Mount is author of How England Made the English (Penguin)
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