Will Prince Philip's death help heal the rift between Harry and the royal family?
The royal family hopes that Harry's return to London can be a first step to heal the misunderstandings of recent months. It is the greatest desire of Prince Charles, to whom the dying father has entrusted the task of leading the family
While the tribute to Prince Philip continues throughout the United Kingdom and in the countries of the Commonwealth, who died on Friday 9 April at the age of 99, awaiting the funeral, reserved for up to thirty people due to the restrictions due to the pandemic, one wonders already on the future of the British monarchy without him, for seventy-three years at the side of Queen Elizabeth, husband, confidant, shoulder, support in the most difficult moments.
However, there is another question that grieves royal watchers: will the disappearance of the Duke of Edinburgh help heal the rift between Harry and the rest of the family?
Welcomed by the security men of Kensington Palace, we will probably see him again only on the occasion of his grandfather's funeral: he must spend five days in quarantine, in Nottingham Cottage, near the Cambridge official residence. Then the funeral. On that occasion there will be a short procession, from Windsor Castle to St. George Chapel, behind the prince's coffin, which should be followed on foot by Charles and his two sons, together: it will be Harry's first public outing with the family since March 2020, when he last took part in Commonwealth Day.
After the move to California and the long-distance questioning and response, culminating in the shocking interview with Oprah Winfrey, between the Duke of Sussex and the Windsors it was freezing. Prince Philip had bluntly called the couple's statements "madness", and had never supported his nephew's decision to take that famous "step back" from public commitments. An inconceivable choice for a man who has dedicated his entire life to the monarchy, so much so that when there was the famous meeting in Sandringham to fix the terms of the "separation" between his nephew and the family, Philip slipped away before Harry arrived.
Things would be different today. Between Harry and the Windsor house there would already have been a rapprochement after the death of his grandfather and many wish for peace, Carlo in the first place.
Harry, like the others, knew his grandfather had little left to live. "I want to die at home," he had said a few weeks ago to his son Carlo who was visiting his bedside, and on that occasion the duke had also recommended taking care of the queen and the family, the last wishes of a long and full life. . Now it turns out that Harry and William were in close contact in the days following the prince's death, as revealed by a source close to the Windsors at Vanity Fair USA. “Harry has been in contact with his father, his brother and his grandmother. He was warned of his grandfather's death at the same time as the rest of the family and is in mourning just like them. "
It is not known exactly when the last conversation between grandfather and grandson dates back: it is certain that the two often heard each other via Zoom and that their conversations were also attended by the queen and Meghan Markle, who according to the evil ones would not have been invited to the funeral. The official version is another: she is pregnant with her second child, who will be born in the summer, she has been advised against by doctors to undertake a potentially tiring journey. Better that way. Without her, immediately the focus of every controversy, perhaps it will be easier for Harry to find points of contact with his father and brother.
