If you wanted to contrast the public lives of the two warring sides of the Royal Family, last weekend gave us the perfect opportunity to do so. The Princess of Wales showed, once again, that she is the Firm’s greatest public asset by completing the gruelling Three Peaks Challenge – in which participants climb Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon over the course of 24 hours – on behalf of the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity, which treated her for her illness in 2024. The picture that she put on social media showed her looking exhausted, unsurprisingly, but also justifiably proud of a singular achievement that does credit to her and to the wider Royal Family, as well as raising awareness of the Royal Marsden’s work.
Harry is said to be ‘distraught’ about the decision, which is making a showy public reconciliation between him and his father look increasingly unlikely
However, what is frustrating is that this impressive accomplishment might be overshadowed in the latest development in the Sussex soap opera, namely the “will they, won’t they?” briefings about whether Harry, Meghan and their children will be heading over to Britain this summer.
The suggestion that the exiled family would not only be returning to our shores next month for events relating to the Invictus Games – due to be held in Birmingham in 2027 – but would be offered accommodation in a royal palace potentially paved the way for both a reconciliation between the king and his daughter-in-law, and a suitably heartwarming opportunity for Charles to meet the grandchildren that he has barely seen since they were born.
