Hello here, kisses there, polite bows and curtseys even from the youngest generation, all with a tacked-up grin on their face – looking at the images from Princess Kate’s Christmas concert taping last Thursday would make you think it wasn’t a few hours earlier the biggest royal bombshell in decades has burst. From King Charles to the Duchess of Gloucester, all available members of the royal family have turned up at Westminster Abbey tonight. The message conveyed here with the crowbar: We Windsors stand together.
Nice – but is it more than an act?
Think what you will of the exiled royals, Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan, but they put their finger on the wound in the 2021 Oprah interview and their Netflix documentary this year. Well, rather drilled. Racism, coming to terms with the colonial past, leaking negative information to the press and, last but not least, private quarrels have spread the Sussexes there. And what is the palace doing? He is silent. At least officially. As several Royal reporters announced on Thursday, Buckingham Palace, the official residence of King Charles III. and Queen Camilla, as well as Kensington Palace, the official residence of Prince William and Princess Kate, not to comment on the content of the “Meghan
So far so good. If it weren’t for the so-called “royal sources” who have repeatedly been feeding the major daily newspapers, which the Sussexes call “gossip press”, with information over the past three days. These supposed insiders say Charles and William wanted to remain in “dignified silence,” called the documentary a “circus,” and “many” didn’t believe the Prince of Wales would ever reconcile with his brother because “too much had happened.” .
Anyone who accuses Meghan and Harry of constantly blaming others must also see the pattern on the other side.
As Peter Hunt, a former BBC journalist, claimed on Twitter, this information came straight from the palaces. And directly from the press offices. In this specific case, it cannot be proven. But it wasn’t just in the BBC documentary “The Palace and the Press” that numerous journalists from the major TV stations and newspapers openly admitted that they had been fed information by the Royals teams. As a result, there is a PR battle behind the scenes that Harry and Meghan denounce.
So far the king is doing well. He doesn’t comment on the allegations, but he doesn’t hide either. The day after Kate’s concert recording, he visits a senior citizens’ home and lets himself be filmed while dancing. At the same time, he announces that a peace summit has taken place at Buckingham Palace. We remember: A few weeks ago, Lady Susan Hussey, lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth II, had insistently asked a charity founder about her origin. Reason: the skin color of Ngozi Fulani. An official statement said Hussey had apologized and accepted Fulani. And further: “The royal households will continue to focus on inclusion and diversity”. There is an extended training program for this. Sounds like a promising prospect, but it has yet to materialize. The latest report, which is supposed to testify to the alleged sovereignty of the monarch: According to insider information, Meghan and Harry have been invited to the coronation next May. Should the Sussexes actually show up, it would be “hypocritical”, but a source in the press added to be on the safe side.
It doesn’t look like Charles (and William) are actually starting their “dignified silence” any time soon. But it would be very desirable for all parties. Not least because true reconciliation is only possible through direct dialogue. Without us noticing anything about it.
