Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s latest makes an attempt at reconciliation with the royal household might maintain deeper strategic motives past merely mending ties, royal commentators have advised.
Final month, a quiet assembly was noticed in London close to Clarence Home, the place Meredith Maines, the Duke of Sussex‘s chief communications officer, and Liam Maguire, his UK PR lead, have been seen chatting with Tobyn Andreae, the King’s communications secretary.
This “secret peace summit” has been labelled by insiders as a “first step” in thawing long-frozen relations between the Sussexes and the Agency.
Nevertheless, not all are satisfied the purpose was purely reconciliation. Royal commentator Samara Gill advised the couple could also be vying for a renewed royal position with a contemporary twist.
She stated, “Although it wasn’t that way back, so it is sort of loopy now that they are attempting to share diary slots and attempting to determine how he can sort of get again in with the royal fold, as a result of Queen Elizabeth II did say, ‘you possibly can’t have it each methods, you possibly can’t be one foot in, one foot out royals. I do not need that.’”
“They want to decide on. I simply do not agree with this hybrid state of affairs. They’re like typical millennial royals who wish to do, like, gig economic system jobs within the royal household or one thing. It is a very confused technique. And I do agree that they have a greater staff who’s clearly attempting to vogue one thing out of this, however I simply assume it is a very confused, dilapidated factor and I do not see it going wherever,” added Gill.
In June, Harry and Meghan overhauled their PR staff, changing key members throughout the UK and US.
Jack Royston, Newsweek’s royal correspondent, commented, “I feel the rationale behind it’s basically as a result of Harry had a clear-out, and Meghan had a clear-out of their PR staff on each side of the Atlantic.”
“They introduced new individuals in who’ve include new vitality and an actual dedication to maneuver the dial by way of public opinion, transfer the dial by way of media protection of the Sussexes, and, that comes with it, transfer the dial by way of the connection with the palace,” added Royston.
