While the Duke of Sussex is expected in London on May 8, observers are already wondering if he plans to meet his father Charles and his sister-in-law Kate, who recently announced they had cancer.
The information has just been made official: on May 8, Prince Harry will make his big return to the United Kingdom to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, a sporting competition dedicated to veterans and war wounded that he created in 2014 Among those expected at this ceremony which will take place at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London are injured veterans and members of the Invictus community. On the other hand, if we are to believe the very informed Daily Mayl, Meghan Markle will be conspicuous by her absence.
That being said, royal commentators are already wondering if a meeting is planned between the Duke of Sussex and Charles III, who revealed on February 5 that he had cancer. And at the moment, to be honest, no one knows anything about it. This trip by Harry to the United Kingdom will in any case be the first since his whirlwind 26-hour trip on February 6, when he went to Clarence House to visit his father just after the announcement of his cancer.
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Meeting with Kate ‘unlikely’
What about the reunion with Kate Middleton, Prince Harry’s once beloved sister-in-law? Here again, the mystery remains. But some experts on the British monarchy have their own idea. They said it seemed “unlikely” that Harry would meet the Princess of Wales, who revealed her own battle with cancer in a video message on March 22. “I’m sure[Harry] won’t see Kate. But to reaffirm his connection to royalty and his titles and thus enhance his brand, he will make a huge effort to be seen visiting his father, the King. I would be surprised if Meghan came,” said Tom Bower, Windsor specialist, at Daily Mail . Same story from her colleague, Richard Fitzwilliams: “Katherine is undergoing preventive chemotherapy treatment and given the depth of the fracture, this seems unlikely to me. The only hope for reconciliation is that it happens in private and that we do not know,” he comments, emphasizing however that a serious illness can sometimes “change the situation” and ease family tensions.
For his part, royal correspondent Michael Cole considers that “after so much tension, it is very difficult to see any sort of reconciliation between the Sussexes and the royal family happening next week – or in the foreseeable future”.
A realistic truce?
In a video statement on March 22, Kate Middleton said she was suffering from cancer, detected after “planned abdominal surgery” in January, and was starting preventative chemotherapy. Through a press release, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle immediately wished for the “healing” of the Princess of Wales. “We wish health and healing to Kate and her family, and hope that they can recover (in a) private and peaceful manner,” they said in a terse message written from California where they now reside. They also reportedly contacted Prince William’s wife privately.
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However, the idea of a truce between the two couples would not really be on the agenda. If Wales would be inclined to reconcile with the Sussexes, the latter would be more reluctant about the idea, underlined the specialist on royalty Tom Quinn in the Mirror , Tuesday, April 2. “Kate and William are much more enthusiastic about trying to reconcile with Meghan and Harry,” explained the expert. Maintaining this feud is, in many ways, easier for Meghan and Harry, because in the United States they may be famous, but in England they are not in the spotlight like Kate and William. »
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