I wonder if reconciliation is possible?

[sunnyblackwidow]

With Prince Philip now gone, the queen not as robust as she once was and grieving her loss, Prince Charles looked distraught today, Harry with a new baby on the way, memories of Diana's funeral today....I wonder if now isn't the perfect time for them to just all get together show their love for each other and clear the air (perhaps without Meghan's presence as she seems to inflame things).

I think it'll be telling how long Harry chooses to stay in the UK before he returns to the US (a clear indication of whether he's willing to hang around for a little while to mend fences or rush back home to Meghan and Oprah and Gail) I really wish the best for them all, family is everything but I'm not holding my breath.

I liked that he walked up the hill with Kate and William. Makes me think all is not lost.

You didn't mention his son Archie. He has to go back to him. You didn't mention his job, he had to go back to that as well. How much time off do you get from your employer when there is s bereavement in your family? He hasn't the luxury like the rest of the royals who still get access to our money regardless of how much they do. He has a job to get back to unlike the others.

I was curious about when he was going back home, surprised the press haven't lept on it.

This is pure speculation (aside from Harry saying they're on different paths) but I would have thought they'd reconcile to a certain extent and discord will burn out, but they each have their own family now and very contrasting lifestyles.

So close in a certain way, but things change, new bonds become more important.

@MoChridhe

You didn't mention his son Archie. He has to go back to him. You didn't mention his job, he had to go back to that as well. How much time off do you get from your employer when there is s bereavement in your family? He hasn't the luxury like the rest of the royals who still get access to our money regardless of how much they do. He has a job to get back to unlike the others.

Archie is with his mother and probably his grandmother, too. He's too young to remember anything from this period. Being separated for ten days rather than seven won't hurt anything, and would have happened occasionally if Harry had gotten the half-in, half-out arrangement he originally wanted.

It's not clear whether Harry's job has any real responsibilities. If it does, he's been carrying them out from his California home this entire time. There's no obvious reason he can't do the same from Frogmore. It's also not clear whether he gets paid to do whatever it is he's supposedly doing.

Any thawing of ice is good, even a few words will help. Harry has grieviences so I guess it depends how both sides come to the table...

There is so much bad blood between them all going backwards to Diana and camila..

He slagged off his own family to the world. How would you feel ?.

@MoChridhe

You didn't mention his son Archie. He has to go back to him. You didn't mention his job, he had to go back to that as well. How much time off do you get from your employer when there is s bereavement in your family? He hasn't the luxury like the rest of the royals who still get access to our money regardless of how much they do. He has a job to get back to unlike the others.

He's got at least £10 million in the bank. And a job he can do from anywhere because of who he is. Don't make it sound like he's now among the masses working minimum wage at Walmart! He continues to live a life of privilege.

There'll be reports out once Harry is sighted at either Heathrow or once landed in Los Angeles. Will be interesting to see if he hangs around. He is out of quarantine now, I assume, so could spend time outdoors with his family if he and they want that.

I’d imagine emotions are still running fairly high for everyone. Harry is clearly, rightly or wrongly, angry with his family if the OW interview is anything to go by and the RF come across as being equally angry with him. However, funerals aren’t usually good places to reconcile and covid probably isn’t helping things either.

It’s quite possible that they don’t want to reconcile. I’d also be surprised if Harry stays very long as he has a pregnant wife and toddler at home. Maybe there will be a reconciliation in the future but I think both sides would really want that to happen for genuine reasons first of all.

I have been Team Meghan from the beginning. However, I have recently gone off her. She could have done so much good as a member of the royal family.

I read today that she is ready to ‘forgive’ the royal family. If I was the Queen, my response would be, ‘Oh do fuck off.’

Seven that was probably not what she said at all

. That was from the a tabloid rag or something

And yes... If someone has made racist unpleasant remarks about her baby and stood by and let untruths out... Then she's in a position to say what she does and doesn't for forgive?

@Whereisthewarmth yes, you are probably right .

@SevenAndMe

I have been Team Meghan from the beginning. However, I have recently gone off her. She could have done so much good as a member of the royal family.

I read today that she is ready to ‘forgive’ the royal family. If I was the Queen, my response would be, ‘Oh do fuck off.’

My view is that if things were so bad in the Royal Family why did she still want a half included role with them? And if things were so terrible that she needed to go on Oprah Winfrey’s show and make accusations (and say some things that were clearly untrue) then how can things be ok just a month later that she is ready to forgive and move on. Either things are bad enough to want to be completely outside of the Royal Family and to stay that way or else they aren’t.

I thought Princess Anne just enquired what colour his skin was likely to be. That’s not necessarily racist. I have a few mixed race couple friends and that question always comes up when they have children. Same as with hair colour, height, etc.

Yellow maybe to placate them and do her duty?
Real life is never that black and white... Harry seems so sad and desperate for things to heal.. Maybe she's standing down for him?

Oh was it Anne!! That beckon of warmth and congeniality.. Wasn't it her who told a royal super fan, havant they got something better to do

I wouldn't hold my breath for a reconciliation.

I think what would be hard to forgive is that it seems that the first the Royal family heard of Harry and Meghan's complaints was IN the interview itself. It seems they didn't talk about their problems or try to resolve anything privately first, so the Royal family were blindsided. If I was William I would find it very difficult to uttter anything other than the blandest small talk to Harry without wanting to shout at him.

The funeral would be a very emotional time for the family and probably the worst time to consider a heart to heart conversation, so perhaps all that they needed to achieve was being able to be in the same room as each other without exploding into rage. Harry's back for Diana's statue unveiling, perhaps then they'll try to talk more.

perhaps without Meghan's presence as she seems to inflame things

I know pesky woman. talking about her mh problems and racism. terrible.

I think they will reconcile. All grievances are now out in the open and lessons learned. Families do have ups and downs, unfortunately the media make things far worse but at the end of the day, the royals have always cared about each other and I believe they will be able to put this behind them and move on.

It would be lovely if Harry stayed a while but he has Archie and a pregnant Meghan to get home to, they must be his first priority. Coming back to England, even for such a sad occasion, and seeing everyone, must make him homesick. I'm looking forward to the time when he and his family pop over regularly.

Maybe she's standing down for him?

I very much doubt it.

Agree with poster upthread questioning what attempts M&H made to deal with issues within the family before going to global media with them - presumably Harry would know (if not Meghan) how fastidiously private the Queen is about family matters.

We can’t know if they genuinely did and were rebuffed, but if it was a complete shock to the family, the way they went about it must have been extremely hurtful to them, however genuine Meghan’ complaints and feelings.

I also think they also need more discreet friends, or stop blabbing everything to them as a means of leaking private details to the media.

Both of these things will make a level of trust on which to rebuild relationships difficult to establish, whatever the rights and wrongs of the initial complaint. It still begs the question, are these issues they genuinely wanted to resolve, or was it a means of raising their profile and garnering public sympathy, knowing that they were burning bridges as they did so?

I really hope Philip’s passing has been a turning point for them all, a re-establishing of family bonds, rallying around the Queen and dropping of the public soap opera - finding a way to bridge the relationships despite being on different paths.

I think he will want to come back to the UK where his life and family are.

@Viviennemary

I think he will want to come back to the UK where his life and family are.

What about his family,you know wife and children , in the US?

@SevenAndMe

I have been Team Meghan from the beginning. However, I have recently gone off her. She could have done so much good as a member of the royal family.

I read today that she is ready to ‘forgive’ the royal family. If I was the Queen, my response would be, ‘Oh do fuck off.’

Yes my sentiments too!

If M has anything to do with it probably very little chance of reconciliation.

H is probably this morning reflecting on what had been lost.

On the other hand H could be on a plane already.

M has made her bed so she will have to lie in it , with or without H.