Diplomacy is not part of his character, but when it comes to stubbornness, Prince Harry is second to none.
The Duke of Sussex is adamant that it is his right, his wife Meghan and their children Archie, 5, and Lilibet Diana, 3, to have guaranteed, publicly funded companionship when they return home. Although he has not been senior royal since 2020, when his royal privileges, including security, expired. His fear is that without proper protection and with social hatred growing uncontrollably, his wife's life is at risk: for this reason Meghan has not returned to the UK since 2022. She said this on July 25 in documentary Tabloid on Trial, accusing British tabloids of inciting racial hatred, pushed even by extremist circles (Meghan, whose mother is African-American, has repeatedly said she believes the British antipathy towards her is due to skin color). And he repeated this on August 4 on the American network CBS, in the first interview of the couple after the one with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, talking about the dark side of social media and announcing the launch of a project against online bullying.
The anger of the Duke of Sussex, however, is mainly aimed at the British government and Ravec, the Executive Committee for the Protection of Kings and VIPs, who have been stuck since 2020 on the decision to lower the threshold of the level of guaranteed protection for the Duke of Sussex through public funds. A threshold which, for Harry, is unacceptable. The legal battle, launched by the second son of Charles III in 2022 to receive a taxpayer-paid escort when he is in the UK with his family, ended with the final decision of the British High Court announced in February, in which was repeated that he is not right and that "there is no lack of legitimacy or irrationality in the decision taken". The request by the prince's lawyers was rejected in April. Point.
Fear of being unbalanced
But Harry doesn't give up. On the one hand, homesickness overwhelms him; and then there's father Charles, who is sick with cancer: wouldn't it be great for his children to see their grandfather again, before it's too late? On the other hand, he is terrified, afraid of seeing his wife stabbed or acid by some madman.
The only hope is that the king, a known interventionist when it comes to political affairs, will speak in his son's favor to ministers in Keir Starmer's new Labor government. The problem is Harry can't even reach him on the phone. Sovrani, in fact, has not answered his son's phone calls since February. According to rumors published by People, in May, during the trip to London to celebrate the anniversary of the Invictus Games, Harry wanted to talk to his father about his legal battle to have companionship. But the meeting was canceled due to "the busy schedule of the king". So, the two haven't spoken since their last face-to-face meeting. "Harry's phone calls go unanswered, including those regarding the sovereign's health." The prince is convinced that "the only person who can help him is his father. He wants to protect his family at all costs." Buckingham Palace has announced that the idea that the king can do something for Harry is "impossible", because the last word belongs to Ravec. And the prince's phone meanwhile keeps ringing.
The memory of Diana haunts Charles
The sovereign, for his part, "is afraid that Diana's history will be repeated: he does not want Harry's struggles to grab the front pages by obscuring his work as happened during the divorce with Diana Spencer". What about William? Imagine, he doesn't answer his brother's calls for years. Although, again according to People, the situation between them "is bad but not irreparable".
The key to mending their relationship seems to be, once again, Harry's obsession with security.
*This article was published by bota.al and reposted by Tiranapost.al
