Harry wants to come back and ‘help’

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Harry “is willing to return to a temporary royal role in support of his father during his illness, sources have revealed. In an attempt to help heal the rift in the family, the King and Prince Harry are said to have had several “warm ­exchanges” since Charles ­received his cancer diagnosis.
The duke is now understood to have told friends that he would step into a royal role while his father is unwell.”

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/prince-harry-return-royal-role-king-charles-cancer-dn8tcm8nd

@Idmiid - I agree. You know Harry would volunteer for the film premieres and not be seen for dust if asked to “help out” opening a community centre in Crawley (but Harry, it’s in Sussex!).

Apparently the “leak” was from the Sussex end. Rebecca English (royal correspondent favourable to rf) let it be known that the rf were Eh? Er…. I hope that this is the case as I think rapprochement is possible, but give it at least a decade, and when the desire to help is heartfelt and not gameplan-felt.

does he have in mind doing the Commonwealth visits that have been postponed because of Charles' illness?

Well, IF this is true, I'd say that Harry has been FAR too critical of the RF and his father, in particular, to ever undertake such a role as the King's representative. I don't think there is any chance that Harry will be asked to undertake royal duties ever again and if he offered I really hope it was just out of politeness.

It makes you think though what might have been. If H&M had stayed in the UK and continued to work as royals, even part-time ones, perhaps dividing their time between Windsor and a country house like W&K do, they'd be major players right now. With the Queen and Prince Philip gone and with the King and Kate both out of action due to ill health, Harry and Meghan would be holding the fort and the nation would love them for it. But look at them - desperately searching for a role, influence and any kind of relevance 5,000 miles away. Reduced to giving and receiving meaningless awards and gurning for photographers they've had to tip off in advance.

If the working royals all gradually cut back their public appearances and their patronages. So that we learned how to open a municipal facility without needing a Title present. So that we sponsored ( and got used to getting sponsorship for) charities out of interest and personal engagement and not because Duchess Thing is the patron. If the royal function dwindled to Head of State stuff - opening Parliament, signing acts, state banquets and consitutional engagement with rhe PM. Don't you think that would be much more mature and healthier for us as a nation than this quasi-celeb worship thing we've got going at the moment?

@Prydddan under Charles' slimmed down monarchy I don't that there is any choice but to cut back the amount of ribbon-cutting, investitures and patronages that were common under QEII.

Charles, Camilla and Anne are all in their 70s and they bear the brunt of this work, but once they are gone or too old to do it, who is there? Only William and Kate, Edward and Sophie ... The Queen was right (about so many things!!), but a slimmed down monarchy isn't a great idea if you want to be visible.

Harry: My life and family is in the USA. I love it there! I was considering becoming a US citizen!

(UK) Media and tabloids: HARRY WANTS TO COME BACK TO THE UK!!!

😂😂

Perhaps the slimming down of the monarchy should be along the lines of the Scandinavian countries and just involve the monarch and heir. Or even a review on whether there should be a monarchy at all

Bring it on

In the meantime, and on the idea of the likes of Beatrice and Eugenie helping out, would they want to? I've no doubt "good ol' dad" would be thrilled rotten, but they too have families now and never seem to have been all hat keen on the grunt work or any work at all

As for Harry and his alleged plans we can only wait and see

That is not what Harry said at all. Listen to his interview. He said he hoped to be back more regularly with Charles being ill. The tabloids just twist and make it up as they go along..

@LipstickLil
I am proposing less visibility. A lot less visibility. In the hope that yhe nation might l9se its obsession with all things Royal and mature a bit politically.

Inkanta · Today 12:08

I don't if it's true but Harry I believe would offer to help out. I believe so because he has a big giving heart despite the press and despite the family's dysfunctional history.

What - the same "big giving heart" that sold his family's dirty laundry to financially benefit himself? Really?!!

The RF only still exist because enough people in the UK want them to exist. If Harry was allowed back and started cutting a few ribbons etc that could all change pretty quickly.

The British public don't like being taken for fools.

What Harry wants is the money, security and home provided by going back. Harry has realized he is not adept at anything other than being a "royal" and wants to scurry back to be under the King's wing. I wonder how MEagain would feel about that.

and well deserved

Oh bollocks! William is busy actually doing his job.

Only William and Kate are hiding out. Harry is living his best life with his gorgeous wife. That does seem to anger the gutter Murdoch press.

But where is he? He’s not taking care of Kate or doing the “school run”

He's about to attend the BAFTAs and it half term, there's no school run.

Where?

Betrayal. Who betrayed who? It's a matter of perspectives. My perspective is that Harry was betrayed by the firm - the family and the press. Then he tod his story. Good on him for that. It was brave. I hope for the sake of his health and sanity he stays put in the IU.S with his own little family and continues to move on.

its interesting leaving a dysfunctional family as a family built on hierarchy will be dysfunctional, what I cannot understand is breaking away to only continue the dysfunctional tradition that places them on birth above others, placing titles on children, and to insist on forms of address. To choose to be addressed in an archaic and privileged manner. Wanting privacy for children whilst placing titles upon them, by ensuring that they will be different to their peers in a republican country. Same shit different continent, same dysfunction.

You have very bizarre priorities if mining your personal life for content to sell, making money from publicly attacking your family, and arranging photoshoots with paparazzi etc is in your view "living your best life".

Yes, their determination to retain and use the titles associated with an organisation which they previously claimed almost killed them and abused them would be baffling, were they not known liars.

And yet it is so. And it’s not bizarre. I’m baffled by your opinion.

Absolutely. I reckon more people would turn out to see a sportsperson or an actor ( people who also have patronage of charities and can be more effective, doing charity walks, tweet, etc. Wasn't there a research paper that said Royal Patronage doesn't bring in any extra money to charities? The Roysls need to be seen doing charity work for their own survival. If only 4 of them were doing some investiture and concentrating on their own projects, it would make little difference to anyone else.

Inkanta · Today 17:55
Harry was betrayed by the firm - the family and the press. Then he tod his story. Good on him for that. It was brave. I hope for the sake of his health and sanity he stays put in the IU.S with his own little family and continues to move on.

Oh dear. You have got it bad haven't you?! Harry was not betrayed. He was the betrayer. It wasn't brave, none of it. Especially not dishing the dirt on his own family for money. Spoilt entitled deluded liar is a better description!!

"Move on"???? Are you for real? He does nothing but dig into the past, especially now that he is beefing up the Royalness - that he hates so much? He's a duplicitous snake!

The Commonwealth is Empire 2.0 remember, according to Harry's NF series. So of course they would not want or accept a Commonwealth role.