The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, and the Prince and Princess of Wales, are appeared in public together for the last time, on the occasion of the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. These took place on September 19, 2022, eleven days after the death of the former sovereign of the British. A few days earlier, they had met the crowd in front of Windsor Castle. An outing that did not go very well for the two couples that day, if we are to believe the story provided by Omid Scobie. In his book End of reign (which will be published on December 1), dedicated to the royal family of England, he returned to this particular day : September 10, 2022. In a short extract from the work, we can therefore read that King Charles III wanted the English to see his family united in the ordeal they were going through. He urged his eldest to invite the Sussexes to join him and his wife.
After several weeks of no contact, Prince William then sent a text message to his little brother, explaining that he would “GOOD” that Meghan Markle and him accompany him during this public outing. Taken by surprise, Prince Harry and his wife still accepted. The two brothers carried out “long negotiations” before reaching an agreement on this point, the newspaper reported at the time. Times. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex quickly changed and found the Prince and Princess of Wales in the courtyard of Windsor Castle. They had not appeared in public since the departure of the Sussexes from England in March 2021. If each couple showed professionalism by going to meet the crowd separately, Prince Harry’s wife was ‘extremely anxious’ and feared the demonstration of possible hostility towards her, wrote the British author. She would also have been taken to task by certain people that day. After the meeting, Kate Middleton reportedly said she found the crowd painful.
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No turning back for William and Harry according to the author of End of Reign
It has been several years since the links between princes Harry and William, and those between their respective wives are virtually non-existent. In the cold since Megxit, i.e. since the withdrawal of the Sussexes from the British royal family from the end of March 2020, the sons of King Charles III have very little contact.
For Omid Scobie, the sons of the King of England will no longer be able to not go back. The author of End of reign declared to TF1 Info that Prince Harry “failed to find common ground with his family and that he accepted the idea that it might never changeespecially with his brother who flatly refuses to speak to him.
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