Meghan Markle may be forced to make a ‘difficult choice’ when it comes to her children as Prince Harry and King Charles could be set to take the first step towards reconciliation
Harry will be arriving in London this month(Image: Getty Images)
With mounting rumours that the Duke of Sussex and King Charles might be poised to take the initial step towards mending their relationship, a Royal expert suggests the Duchess of Sussex could face an “exceedingly difficult choice” regarding her children.
Harry, 40, is expected to touch down in London for a charity event on 8 September, and reports indicate that a “line of communication” has been established between the duke’s representatives and Buckingham Palace, with “every hope” that the visit will feature a meeting with his father, 76.
The father and son haven’t shared the same space since Charles’s cancer diagnosis in February last year, and Royal expert Duncan Larcombe anticipates that any potential fence-mending could lead to some challenging discussions with Meghan back home.
Harry’s trip could mean a meeting with his dad
Last week, the former Suits star, 44, disclosed she felt “not well” after being separated from Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet for nearly three weeks, making the possibility of her children being involved in Harry’s family reconciliation unlikely to appeal to her.
Duncan tells new, “Meghan clearly hates being apart from her children and when Harry has come to the UK, Meghan hasn’t come with him and has been blamed for snubbing Britain as a result. I think it runs deeper than that, she wants to be a hands-on mum and was never prepared to make the sacrifice that royal mums have to make”, reports the Mirror.
“If, and hopefully it’s a ‘when’ not an ‘if’, Harry starts to reconcile with his family over here, Meghan will ultimately face an exceedingly difficult choice. Does she come with Harry and look the people she’s criticised in the eyes, which is going to be tough? Or does she allow Harry to come with the children and stay away?”
“If it’s the latter, she would miss the children, and it would be interpreted as an enormous snub by Meghan herself and the rift then becomes more about her than Harry. So she faces potentially difficult choices if we’re getting to a state where Harry’s prepared to bury the hatchet.”
The second series of Meghan’s Netflix series, With Love, Meghan, aired on Netflix this week
Meghan’s admission of being “not well” emerged during the second series of her Netflix programme, With Love, Meghan, which launched last week. Whilst discussing family matters with celebrity guest Queer Eye star Tan France, she revealed the longest period she’d been separated from her little ones was “almost three weeks”, confessing: “I was… not well.”
Although she didn’t clarify the timing, it’s widely believed to have occurred around Queen Elizabeth II’s passing in September 2022.
The Windsor Castle walkabout following the Queen’s death marked the final occasion Meghan appeared alongside Harry and her brother and sister-in-law, William and Kate, representing her last official Royal engagement. In subsequent years, Harry has consistently stated he refuses to bring his wife or children to the UK due to safety concerns.
Last year, he highlighted the threat of potential attacks on Meghan specifically, disclosing: “And whether it’s a knife or acid, these are things that are genuine concerns for me. It’s one of the reasons why I won’t bring my wife back to this country.”
Despite the star-studded guest list and glimpses into her Californian lifestyle, Meghan’s second series of her lifestyle show has not been a hit with many critics. Duncan suggests that based on the few personal insights we’ve had from Meghan over the years, there is much about her that “is very incompatible with being a royal”.
The Windsor Castle walkabout following the Queen’s death was the last time Meghan was seen with Harry and her brother and sister-in-law, William and Kate
He explains, “When she married Harry, Meghan faced a lifetime of just doing duty. But we’ve seen she’s got a burning ambition and desire to make her own career and make her own money, and those things aren’t compatible with being a royal wife. Now we’ve got to know Meghan a bit more, we’ve seen she’s a headstrong free spirit, and strongly ambitious. She also has strong opinions that she isn’t afraid to express – and that is very incompatible with being a royal.
“The pattern for people like Sophie and Kate, and to some extent Zara, is they are not outspoken. They toe the line, to some extent as subordinates to the royal firm.”
Duncan adds that Meghan’s views on being separated from her children are particularly at odds with the reality of being a “royal mum”. “If you’ve got children and you’re a senior member of the royal family, your biggest challenge is to stop them growing up in a prison,” he says.
“Kate, for example, can’t just pop down to the shops with George. They need to take security guards with them, there needs to be a degree of planning, and they always run the risk of being mobbed by crowds. That’s not Meghan.”
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