Media vs. Reality: The Royal Meeting No One Cares About

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It makes little difference if he meets his father. His role won’t change, and the monarchy or public won’t be affected, yet the media keeps spinning it as if it matters — even though the public doesn’t care.

Prince Harry 'to meet with King Charles' when he returns to UK for anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's death - as sources say 'reconciliation is within reach' | Daily Mail Online

He and his wife made very serious accusations against his family in front of 50 million viewers, so he has actively chosen to make the 'falling out' a matter for public discussion. And they're not just any family, are they?

If he wants any sort of 'rehabilitation' he will have to explicitly apologise for accusing his family, including the Head of State himself, of racism. Blaming it on his favourite bogeyman, the 'British media', isn't going to cut it.

Also worth remembering the sniggering up the sleeve about the £32m 'spectacle for the masses' paid for by said masses being a sham.

The experience he hated? And he wants that for his children?

I wonder what Meghan is thinking about all of this.

Harry can put his kids into that setting but that won’t necessarily grant them acceptance to the same set - yes they have the titles but if anything that could go against them - two Californian teenagers whose mother is an influencer selling pancake mix and twerking on Instagram and with two parents famous for their bitterness and indiscretion, who have stepped away from the RF. Many of those same families would also have connections to William, so may be wary of burning their bridges with the RF by associating too closely with Harry. It’s naive if he thinks his children would have the same experience that he did

Very well put, @elessar - especially about the more prominent families knowing which side their bread's buttered

I refuse to get excited about some clickbait the Mail may well have made up, but if Harry ever cconsidered this it could easily be a lot more complex than expected

I wonder what Meghan is thinking about all of this

Edited to add that if it's a media invention she may not be thinking anything, @jamnpancakes, but if it isn't then as I've said before a lot could depend on what her own plans are

Ill believe it when I see it!

@IcedPurple- he also needs to apologise to the country - he’s slagged us all off multiple times, most people don’t want him now he’s shown his true colours

@elessar yes, agree with that

Neither of them
have the follow through for that! Lazy, entitled and like to use anything surrounding them as a PR tool and an open purse for the best travel and clothes for the occasions

I think it’s quite simple. They or their PR team have realised that they’re out of options. They want their kids to have a higher profile and all the advantages an education at top boarding schools would bring. Plus, it’ll mean childcare won’t be such a headache . They’ll be free to jet off round the world indulging themselves whilst playing at being philanthropists. Daddy will leave H or his kids lots in the will. Plus hopefully shell out for school fees they can’t afford in the US.

Some of the European royals sent their kids to a Welsh boarding school for the equivalent of A level. I think that's the earliest they'd consider it and even that's a stretch. The article even says that Meghan doesn't like the idea of sending kids to boarding school. I'd put my money on it not happening.

Yes, I reckon they're banking on Charles paying the school fees as that will seem 'fair' if they're at a British elite school like their Wales cousins.

As many posters have said now, the key to PR rehabilitation is giving it time. That's exactly what they never want to expend - they are very impatient. Plus the Sussex children are already of school age so they need to get a shift on if they want them to be able to integrate into the British school system at primary age.

I agree with the Meghan would never allow it points, BUT money talks. I can imagine a deal where she gets to flounce around being important in the US/other places during school term, then is able to have time with them in California in the holidays, which can be justified as a sacrifice she's making to give them the best education. Long way from all this being realised though.

I feel sorry for any UK boarding school who takes those kids. One whack from a hockey stick or fall from a horse and the parents will be demanding actual body guards.

Daddy will leave H or his kids lots in the will.

I'm not conviced this will be the case.

Monarchs tend to leave the lot to the next in line to take advantage of the disgraceful deal that means monarch to monarch bequests are free of IHT.

C may well have set up some sort of trust but the bulk of the private wealth is likely to go to W.

No wonder Harry is like a shitting dog

My DD was at uni where some students had bodyguards who stood outside their uni room in the halls of residence.

Didn’t the wedding do what it was supposed to do and bring huge money into UK in terms of tourism? That’s the argument I see most frequently applied to all the other royals (expenses, weddings, castles and palaces). The argument that they actually bring in more money than they cost. 🤷‍♂️

I think Andrew’s behaviour and the late Queen’s tolerance for it really is what is most likely to bring the royal family undone.

I think H and M would be absolutely nightmare helicopter parents.

Interestingly there's set to be a further release of Epstein emails which are claimed to have the potential to 'destroy' A.

It will be fascinating to see the wider effects of any such allegedly explosive emails on The Firm.

How on earth can you possibly know that? You don’t think it’s plausible that the man just wanted to visit his grandmother’s grave?

What a nasty way of thinking.

No figures available other than those estimated by the same branding firm with royal links that has issued several reports claiming the royals provide a net benefit to the country while providing no solid figures.

No-one seems to know who has commissioned these reports or why but they consistently make it into the press and become the basis for the tourism boost myth.

It will indeed, Cathy, though I have to wonder how much more damage can be done to Andrew

There's hardly a normal person who doesn't think him a complete waster or worse, but I really can't see Charles cutting him out completely and risking another tell all book

Probably the fact that the information was released.

It would be extremely easy for him to do it privately if he wished.