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The royal family

What should Charles and William do?

214 replies

FunsTheWord · 15/01/2023 12:49

Where can the royal family go from here? What do you think Charles, Camilla, Kate and William should do?

Can they trust the Sussexes ever again? Probably not.

Where do the family go from here and how do they get there? Can this situation be resolved where everyone is happy or at least content?

Lots of people are very angry with Harry now but how do they and those who are Harry fans want the King to handle this?

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Diverseopinions · 15/01/2023 13:18

What Harry has spoken about is personal - a good 90 per cent of his gripes. What Charles and William decide to do ought to be private. I don't understand Harry's logic in making private conversations public and making out there is some sort of public interest argument in whether Catherine or his wife got first dibs on a dress, or what their argument was about.

Carrying on saying nothing will be best. If I had an argument with a sibling, I would know that, if I said nothing, a wider circle of friends wouldn't actually know if he said, she said had happened and how.

It is an odd situation, with the Coronation, because the majority of individuals would 100% stay away, having written 2 books done, a docuserie and 4 interviews is it, saying your Dad, and the rest of your close family are awful. It's only Harry and Meghan who can be barefaced, stuck in their own vision of themselves and insensitive enough to actually think of going.

Sugarfree23 · 15/01/2023 13:22

Get Jeremy Kyle out the cupboard and have a live tell all! 😂

Seriously I think the 3 of them William, Harry and Charles need to firstly agree nothing will be reported to the press, and have a meditation session to discuss what they all want from the relationships.

Bestcatmum · 15/01/2023 13:23

They should look into themselves and be honest about what they see,
My DS who is an adult and I often discuss grievances and get them out there and sort it out because I don't want him feeling he can't discuss things with me or is feeling bad about things that have happened in the past.
I'd rather talk about things than let them fester.
My own parents who were very abusive never ever discuss anything in the past or accept any blame for them and its led to us having a very distant and stiff relationship.
I think what the royal family are experiencing happens to loads of families but unfortunately for them it is all in the public eye.

PourOnTheHeat · 15/01/2023 13:24

Iamthewombat · 15/01/2023 13:06

Surely we should be asking Paul Burrell’s view on this. As a noted rock, and expert on how QE2 liked teacups to be arranged, he must surely be the oracle in matters of royal strategy. Where is Burrell in this debate?

I last saw him talking to Piers Morgan on some crappy tv channel on tiktok. Not sure which one was more worked up. Their faces were turning shades of red I hadn’t seen before on any human, even badly sunburnt ones. They should both watch their blood pressure. Silly men.

Quveas · 15/01/2023 13:25

Where can the royal family go from here?

Sheffield? @ Sue Townsend 😀

Diverseopinions · 15/01/2023 13:25

It would be interesting if Harry's old friends spoke out in criticism of him and support of William, as reports say some might do. I think that would strike a different note to what has been said before, because they are his age; not tainted as being oldies, trapped by Royal traditions.

I think Harry would come across in the anecdotes of his friends as quite different to how he wants to present himself. I think his current moans would seem very hypocritical.

user1492757084 · 15/01/2023 13:25

They are reponding in the right way.
Seeking legal advice I hope too.

Harry is threatening and cashing in on trashing his family.
Is it really Harry or the drugs talking? Meghan must be wondering at Harry's inconsistancies.
Any response will be met with ongoing complaints by Harry - he seems to have complete shock and feelings of betrayal all though the book if people behave in a way that HE did not expect them to!? He is not reflective of his own behaviour in his own life.
No one can afford to trust Harry so that leaves very few options.

Elle54321 · 15/01/2023 13:26

I think Charles could offer to pay the £100 million coronation tab that the taxpayer is currently picking up.

Annoyingwurringnoise · 15/01/2023 13:27

Exactly what they are doing now, which is nothing. Just because somebody has a tantrum and stamps their feet to get your attention, doesn’t mean you have to give it to them.

rwalker · 15/01/2023 13:28

I don’t think there’s anyway back from this
you can’t engage with anyone when you can’t trust them not to go mouthing it off

Littlebluedinosaur · 15/01/2023 13:30

Ignore him. He’s a pest.

LolaSmiles · 15/01/2023 13:33

If there's anything that's prompted reflection they could make changes to how they manage family relationships moving forwards. I doubt they'd come out and say anything.

In public they're probably best saying nothing.

Harry and Meghan probably have some real issues and bad experiences, but the pertinent issues are currently lost in the contradictions, the backtracking and general moaning about their truth.

Oxyiz · 15/01/2023 13:34

My prediction from watching various friends and toxic families and experiencing my own ... Just give it time. This little drama will get too dull for the media soon.

Harry will grow up and come to terms with things, or mellow in his views.

Charles will have some kind of illness or issue which pull them together again.

There'll be some politeness or denial along with forgiveness and forgetfulness amongst the older ones.

And the children (or young adults at that point) will all be friends.

lippylippy · 15/01/2023 13:34

Not give them any money

Greenshake · 15/01/2023 13:35

H&M should voluntarily give up their titles, and H should be removed from the line of succession. All parties will then be clearer about where they stand and can go about their respective business.

2bazookas · 15/01/2023 13:37

Nothing. There's no need to do anything. M and H have made their bed, let them lie in it.

Harry and Meghan have got exactly what they wanted, a non-royal life with pots of dosh and no royal duties. So now they'll settle down to happy ever after out of the public eye in total obscurity. Because that's what they wanted. So they say.

Phos · 15/01/2023 13:38

Wash their hands of him. He's set his stall out, has obviously decided he's such a victim and honestly won't be happy whatever they do. Let him have that quiet life he claimed to want before plonking himself firmly in the limelight. If he hates the family so much, why would they want to bother with him? Besides the fact that anything they say will just find it's way into the papers or another book or another "interview".

VivienneDelacroix · 15/01/2023 13:42

Responding to Harry is a distraction. The main issue is the monarchy. I think they should take a long hard look at the monarchy and justify to the rest of us their position. Show us what they personally as a family bring that no one else can.

MintyCedric · 15/01/2023 13:43

I think their titles and any public funding (which I'm not sure they receive now anyway) need to go.

From the point of view of RF Inc. you wouldn't expect a pair of former employees to basically benefit from 3 years gardening leave during which time they shoot their mouths off and bring the business into disrepute, and there not be any consequences.

If Charkes wants to fund them privately, that's his business.

From a family POV I can see why Charles would probably want to bring then back into the fold, if he could ensure no more spouting forth to the press etc about private matters in future. I doubt that H & M would agree to be silenced though, especially if their privileges are removed, and I can't see it going down well with William.

If I were William I'd be utilising every legal resource at my disposal to whip Harry's arse into the middle of next year for the comments on the three Wales kids tbh. I don't think that's something I could ever come back from in his shoes.

sashagabadon · 15/01/2023 13:47

I think just ignore. I can understand why Charles might want to make peace although I suspect Camilla will want an apology but William is unlikely to be in the forgiving mood just yet plus he has to think of his children and the trust there has gone. Although v sad he’d probably prefer his children not having a relationship with the Sussex two as the potential for tell all’s etc in the future is high as childhood arguments are clearly not off limits where Harry is concerned.
I personally would be unlikely to be alone with Harry again and never with Meghan to avoid any potential misunderstandings between us.

Mumsnut · 15/01/2023 13:50

Text ‘I think the dust needs to settle for a while, signing off now. Go
well’, and grey rock him

ten to one, something will happen in a year of two that will bring about a natural reconciliation

Sugarfree23 · 15/01/2023 13:50

Seriously I can see a conversation that goes along the lines of you either toe the line and support the monarchy, inc the Coronation, or you give up your titles.

He really had no right to put private information about William, Charles or the lady at the school out their for the public.
So I think he might end up being punished. Made to apologise for that.

I think they might also have a conversation about the drug taking - H might well disappear into re-hab for a bit too.

LimeCheesecake · 15/01/2023 13:51

They should track down who leaked the “H&M won’t be invited to the coronation” story and fire them. They should shut down all the private briefings about H&M that have continued after H&M left. Until they do, they won’t stop H&M being high profile, which worked while it meant nasty stories could be spread about them to fill the papers when it was useful to take attention away from something else and keep press on side - but it has clearly backfired.

for the Royals to move on, H&M need to stop being the story. And that won’t happen while H&M are constantly on the front pages.

no “off the record” “sources close to senior royals say” stories about them. Nothing. Feed something else for the next 6 months. (Camilla needs to stop socialising with journalists as well)

IntentionalError · 15/01/2023 13:53

Abdicate, and consign the whole ridiculous freak show of the monarchy to the history books, where it should have been dumped centuries ago.

Prescottdanni123 · 15/01/2023 13:53

If I was Kate, the comment about Charlotte abd Louis would be the final straw for me. I wouldn't stop William from reconnecting with his brother if that's what he wanted, but H and M would be having no unsupervised contact with the kids, and any mail would be checked first as well.