I felt things were settling down. The coverage of her capsule clothes collection and their Africa tour has been broadly positive. I thought she had survived her trial by fire and the worst was over.
Whilst this may be the right thing to do, I'm not entirely sure if it's prudent. Neither do I see any comparison between Meghan and Diana - Diana was hounded by the paparazzi, H&M have been afforded a measure of (requested) privacy. Diana, much as one loves her, put herself out there and was happy to air her dirty laundry in public (there were 3 in the marriage etc etc) openly date millionaire playboys, and flirt with the press with zero discretion and scant regard to the privacy of her son's or her own. She invited the press in. She thought she could play with fire and not get burned. H seems to have forgotten this.
In contrast William said his mum's experience taught him that you must only let the press in to a certain degree. He saw his mother as wonderful but human. H seems to deify her. It's a classic example of two children of different ages looking at the same situation and coming to two different levels of understanding.
But back to the point, perhaps they need to do this for the principle or other, I don't know, but I suspect it will have the opposite effect and make things worse in some ways. I don't think anyone really gives a toss about the letter or at the very least those who did give a toss no longer do, so why drag it up now? Who is talking about it? It's not like Kate with the magazine taking nude shots. Action was taken swiftly in that case, which made sense.
It may just serve to stoke up flames that were gradually dampening down.