Here are some photos of King Charles and Queen Camilla on Monday. They visited The King’s Gallery at Buckingham Palace, where they viewed the popular new exhibit Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style. Fun fact: this was Charles and Camilla’s first “event” since Easter Sunday. They were also off on holiday last week, as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were in Australia. Were the courtiers briefing various royal reporters from their spring breaks as well?
Anyway, less than a month ago, a curious story appeared in the Times of London. “Sources” claimed that Prince Harry wants his father to invite the Sussex family (including Archie and Lili) to stay at Sandringham in July, when Harry and possibly Meghan will be in England for the Invictus One Year To Go events. The source made it sound like Harry was basically like, hey, if the king would like to see his ginger grandkids, he’s got to invite us and ensure our security. Well, that didn’t go over too well. Palace “sources” quickly huffed and puffed about “emotional blackmail” and “how dare Harry not bring Archie and Lili over without any security guarantees,” basically. This whole storyline has gotten incredibly stupid from Charles’s side. Well, prepare yourselves for even more mind-numbing idiocy from the dogsh-t father/grandfather. Apparently, Charles is so mad about the Sussexes’ Australian tour, he doesn’t even want to see Harry at all in July!
King Charles III is set to shut the door on any hopes of a royal reunion at Sandringham this summer, with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reportedly left off the guest list following their eyebrow-raising trip to Australia. The 77-year-old monarch is said to be unimpressed by the Sussexes’ four-day visit Down Under, which wrapped on Sunday and saw Harry deliver a series of deeply personal – and pointed – remarks about royal life.
During a paid appearance at the Interedge Summit in Melbourne, the Duke of Sussex revealed he never wanted to be a working royal, linking his reluctance to the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
“After my mum died, just before my 13th birthday, I was like, ‘I don’t want this job. I don’t want this role’,” he told the crowd. “Wherever this is headed, I don’t like it. It killed my mum, and I was very much against it.” He also said he wanted to be a better parent than his father, and credited therapy with helping him to “cleanse himself of the past”.
The comments have reportedly not gone down well behind palace doors, particularly given recent suggestions Harry was open to repairing relations with his family. A friend of the prince recently told The Sunday Times he would “love” to reconnect and spend time at Sandringham during a planned UK visit in July, tied to meetings with Birmingham Invictus Games teams.
“He’d like an invite to Sandringham. Would he go? It would depend on who was there. If the King was to say, ‘Come up and spend some time with the family’, he’d love that,” the friend said.
But insiders now claim that prospect is firmly off the table.
“Charles won’t invite them. Especially not after their trip to Australia,” a source told journalist Paula Froelich. According to the insider, the Sussexes’ public appearances – and Harry’s remarks – have been viewed as a direct contradiction of the late Queen Elizabeth II’s stance on stepping back from royal duties.
The late monarch had insisted there could be “no half in, half out” arrangement when the couple quit royal life and relocated to the US in 2020.
“They (Harry and Meghan) never would have pulled this stunt if the Queen were alive, but they can now?” the source said. “Harry and Meghan will come. But it won’t be at the King’s invitation.”
Froelich might have insiders willing to bitch and moan about Harry and Meghan, but these exclusives never amount to much at the end of the day. Now, I imagine Charles was displeased with the Australian tour. But I also imagine that he, like all of the royalists and royal reporters, can’t even make up his mind about WHY he’s mad. He’s mad about Meghan’s OneOff app! He’s mad about the Sandringham Summit! He’s mad about Harry’s speech! He’s mad about Meghan’s paid appearance! He’s mad about mental health! He’s mad that Harry and Meghan are the only ones who can travel internationally, garner positive headlines and goodwill, and no one throws eggs at them or asks them about Prince Andrew!
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