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Return of Prince Harry

 

Prince Harry and wife, Megan announced they are going to return to the UK with their two young children. The British newspapers are full of this breaking news today. 

For those of you who happened to be living under a rock at the time, here's a quick background recap to this story: In 2020 (the same year as the Covid pandemic), Harry more or less exiled himself and his family from Great Britain. It was ultimately his decision though he may say he was 'pushed'. We will never know. We weren't in the room at the time and the Royal family is quite rightly entitled to their privacy. 

I, for one, felt sorry for the Queen. She was so elderly and to have to deal with the bombshell dropped by Harry - that he wanted to be only a part-time working Royal... It was bad all around. Bad for the Queen, bad for the family and bad for the whole country. These sorts of things rock the stability of the Royal establishment as well the UK. We were indeed shocked by it, as people were across the pond. Frankly I think the British felt jilted by Harry and Megan's decision. Slighted, at least. My thoughts were: "What, isn't this great nation (with all it's thousands of years of history) and good people of Britain Not good enough for you Harry - that you can't serve, do your damn duty and be loyal to Queen and country???" 

Yep, I was mad about it. I saw it as a Betrayal. And if a simple fellow like me can feel that way about it, you can imagine how the Queen and family felt. 

Well, now we are here, it's 2026. The prodigal son is returning. Of course King Charles wants his son back. It's only natural. The King has kind eyes and is forgiving - even after that awful book was published. Awful because it was a stab in the back, another betrayal. I know no one will agree with me. I'm sure people just shrug their shoulders. To them it may be a drama. To me it's History. In decades to come, historians will write about this. How will history be written?

My question is: why is it when a Royal falls in love with an American, the British always lose that Royal? It's happened before in 1936 when Edward VIII abdicated to marry Wallis Simpson. How are the heads of certain Royals so easily turned? And please don't say "Love". It's a question of greater, noble things like: Loyalty, Duty and Service. The Queen understood that more than anyone. 

Even so, no doubt the British will welcome Harry and family back. Certainly for security reasons, it's the best thing for them. I'm sure Harry will try, gradually over time, to ingratiate himself back into being a Working Royal again. I can imagine that is the next card up his sleeve. After all, the Netflix thing can't last forever. Talking of which, it seems that Harry's popularity (which is not particularly high) with the younger generation demographic is based on his presence on Netflix, as a reality star, rather than him being a real Royal. 

As for his relationship with his father, I don't believe he has forgiven the King over real or imagined past grievances. And certainly (as the press attests) he has not forgiven Prince William. That's a problem. 

Personally, (and these are entirely my own personal feelings about it) I think Prince Harry has Repeatedly shown and proven himself by word and deed to be an unreliable, back-stabbing figure in the unfolding story of British Royalty. 

I really want to cautiously say: his return can be a really good thing all around, for everyone. However, I can't. How is it possible when he continues to profit from the sale of his very damaging (and rather treasonous, I think) book? I have a secret dreaded fear that he may only be trying to accrue more 'ammunition' to write a second book. A betrayal in the making. 

With Harry, sadly anything is possible. I ain't in the complex, powerful arena of the Royal court... But if I was, I'd repeat an old fashioned English phrase from a by-gone era: "I wouldn't trust him with a barge pole." 

Wolf Winship 


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