I’ve gone back and forth about what I believe regarding Prince Charles and the smearing of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. I believe that Charles is perfectly capable of throwing his sons and their wives under the bus to make himself look good. Not only is he perfectly capable of it, he has done so on many occasions. I think Charles might have been behind *some* of the smears of the Sussexes, but ultimately… I don’t know, I just don’t believe that Charles ever really wanted Harry and Meghan out of the country. Charles isn’t that short-sighted, and he was reportedly closer to Harry than he was to William for much of their adult lives. Most royal sources (in Finding Freedom and beyond) maintain the idea that Harry doesn’t have much of a beef with Charles right now, and that they’re still in contact. And that’s what sources are now telling The Sun:
They have both been plunged into the darkest tragedy – and forced to pit their devotion to the women they loved against their duty to the Crown. This has created a very special father-son bond between Prince Charles and Harry. But while the Prince of Wales was forced by tradition to marry Diana in 1981 instead of his true love Camilla, causing him two decades of pain and anguish, Harry was able to seize on changing times to break free and run off to America with Meghan. It is that brutal shared experience — and the death of the Princess of Wales — which perhaps means Charles has more understanding than any member of the Royal Family of Harry’s decision to walk away from Queen and country. And it is that bond which has led to the Prince keeping in regular contact with Harry and Meghan throughout the devastating fallout from their biography Finding Freedom.
Packed with hurtful personal blows against his brother and sister-in-law, his father and the institution of the Royal Family itself, the book could have led to Harry and Meghan being cast out forever. Many royal watchers and members of the British public would say that would be no more than they deserved. But Charles, the future King, while deeply hurt at some of the book’s revelations, is nevertheless still keeping the door open for a dramatic return for the Sussexes.
Through it all, Charles has been a calm voice of reassurance to his son and daughter-in-law, despite royal sources saying Charles has been “disappointed and crushed” by Finding Freedom. The Sun can reveal he has been in regular contact, providing emotional and financial support, with phone and video calls from Castle of Mey in Scotland — the Queen Mother’s former holiday home — to Harry in California.
A royal insider said: “They have a very strong and close father-and-son relationship. Many people have speculated that the book was the end for Harry and Meghan in Britain. Too many people were criticised and too many people attacked, including William and Kate. But the Prince of Wales has made it clear the door is always open. Since his move to Los Angeles they have been in regular contact. Charles is not an avid user of texts but there are video and phone calls. The book has never been a massive talking point between them and Charles is determined that it is not an obstacle. He has provided financial support, as any father would do when their son moves with a young family to the other side of the world. Their relationship is rock-solid and they remain close. They speak at least once a week and Charles is still a massive driving force in Harry’s life.”
From the excerpts I’ve read of Finding Freedom, Charles is not positioned as the biggest villain in H&M’s narrative – Harry and Meghan’s biggest issues are with William, Kate and the viper courtiers. The worst criticism that could be lodged against Charles is that he was absent from the turmoil, or that he ignored the catastrophe which was unfolding between his sons, or that he played his sons against each other. This is likely by design on the Sussexes’ part and Charles’ part as well. Those three – Charles, Harry and Meghan – are the forward-thinkers. Harry and Meghan know that their situation will be greatly improved no matter what when Charles becomes king. Charles knows that his reign would be greatly improved with the Sussexes in the UK in some capacity. My point is that all three want to keep on each other’s good side and that’s what we’re seeing here – Charles wanting credit for being magnanimous, for being wise enough to keep a good relationship with Harry, etc. And truly, it IS wise.
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Sure he does, that’s why he sat back and did nothing during the four year smear campaign that resulted in his son moving his family out off the country.
News flash puffy fingers! No one believes you
Prince Harry is the one that looks like his father the most. Thats all I have to say. Oh and other thing is that Charles is a weak, weak man, but he has good brains in that skull. Harry inherited the good stuff, brains and all, from his father and all the good stuff from his mother but none of her looks. Well except her height. Thanks Kaiser and all CBers.
To me Harry looks like a Spencer.
Harry looks like Charles, but he more looks like Philip. Look up the pics of Philip in a beard – it’s rather uncanny.
@Lauren ITA. Harry is almost Phillip’s twin on that old Tatler cover where Harry is in uniform.
Of all in the RF, I thought Charles had brains. Wouldn’t it be great for him to have a daughter in law just as smart if not smarter than he is? why didn’t he do anything? Even after his own grandson was compared to a chimp?
I often wonder about the horrific political situation over there in regards to the Royals’ press interactions. We all know the English tabloids are odiously right-wing, and Charles is probably the third most liberal member of the royal family after Meghan and Harry. The rags already attack or pick at him quite a bit, especially about anything he does that could be perceived as ‘liberal,’ and seem to be pretty all-in for pushing the narrative of William and Kate as the heirs to the throne, as if Charles doesn’t exist. I worry that he won’t be able to use his kingship as a force for good as much as he might like, due to being constantly hemmed in and calumniated by political enemies posing as reporters. Just as Harry and Meghan were.
In this particular instance about Archie, however, something should have been done. Of course, as Bay Tampa Bay pointed out, we don’t know what he did behind the scenes. But to fail to speak out publicly seems cowardly.
Charles silence spoke volumes when his son and daughter in law were trashed by the media.
He’s saving his goodwill so Camilla can be called Queen. I’m sure he liked Meghan fine, they probably had a lot in common…… cultured, well read, charity, work ethic, the arts… but he didn’t want to go to bat for her. That’s a foreign concept to royals who think the world revolves around them alone.
This is a good reading of the situation, @MA. Charles liked Meghan and wanted alll to be well for H+M, but wasn’t willing to expend any of his political capital to defend them. They were on their own. He is shoring up his capital for himself — his future reign — and his wife becoming Queen. I agree.
Agree with MA.
Imagine the goodwill he could have earned if he went to bat for the first biracial member of the BRF.
I am sure Harry held back a bit against Charles because it was smart to do so. Truly Pedo Prince, Willnot & Cannot and the Grim Grandmother were behind a Huge part of the drama. But the Sussexes would be smart to never count on Charles to have their back. He could have made things end differently and did not have the will or courage to do so.
I agree
Me too. Remember how diplomatic he was about Willnot when the announcement was made about the terms of H and M’s departure.
I have no doubt that the bond between Harry and Charles is still very strong. Harry and Charles are more alike than Charles and William. They’re both loving, emotional, easily hurt and wanting to do good (while enjoying all the perks of being royal).
I remember back when the ‘Harry is the stable-boy’s son’ rumours were at a peak. Charles made a point of having Harry with him wherever he went. And he was always holding his hand or had his hand on his shoulder. Charles made a point of telling the world ‘I don’t care what people say, this is MY boy’. I admired him for that.
Charles SHOULD have done something to protect his son and daughter in law and shame on him for that. It reflects badly on him. But with Prince Phillip out of the picture, his mother clinging to her sex-offender son and the whole damn family falling apart, he decided to stay out of it. Like I said, shame on him.
I’m very interested in seeing what happens when Charles is finally king. A lot of changes will be made. Charles probably hates the tabloids as much as Harry does and he’s going to want to deal with the ‘vipers’ who have the tabs on speed-dial.
This is my feeling as well. Shame on Charles for not shutting this crap down. Even a small show of support would have spoke volumes. I’ve never gotten the impression he wanted them gone. That was all William. I do think once Betty is gone, things will change drastically in the palaces. Right now, Charles is coasting to the throne. He knows he can’t make any substantive moves against Andrew and the rest until he’s king, so he does what he can behind the scenes. Harry and Meghan are good. They are free. Charles is probably paying for their security as he should. I’ve also no doubt the bulk of Charles’ estate will go to Archie and his siblings when he passes.
I honestly believe Charles had a paternity test done on prince Harry when he was a toddler and those rumors were running wild, just to be sure. No one can convince me otherwise.
Harry was TWO YEARS OLD when Diana started up with Hewitt. LET. IT. GO.
If Charles did that he is meaner than I thought him. He knows darn well Harry is his son. No way would Charles have allowed Harry in the line of succession if there was any doubt. Diana was involved with Hewitt when Harry was two. And there is more of a resemblance between Harry and CHarles than there is of Charles and William.
Charles was never forced to marry Diana. He was never forbidden to marry Camilla–he did not even put her forward as future wife material in the early seventies. He told his biographer he was not ready to marry. Charles could have walked away and decided not to marry Diana and he should not have if he knew he did not love her. He needed heirs and that took precedence over everything but he was never forced, I think he just did not want to take responsibility and blamed others. Charles can’t possibly judge Harry for that book. He had his own authorized biography where he criticized his parents and complained about them so much so his siblings spoke up for their parents. What was in that book makes Finding Freedom look like a tribute to the royals.
Yeah, I did not like how this article was framed by the Sun. As if Charles’ relationship with Camilla is the exact same “love story” as Harry and Meghan, and that they faced the exact same senseless bullying and roadblocks to their happiness, and that none of it was Charles and Camilla’s fault, and everyone was just out to hurt them and deny their love. Meghan is not Camilla. Harry is not Charles. This article seems to be more about whitewashing and rewriting Charles and Camilla’s relationship than about letting us know what Harry and Charles’ relationship is currently like. It’s like Charles wanted a nice story to be put out about him and Camilla, and he was like “tie it to Meghan and Harry since that’s what sells right now and what people are interested in.”
I actually laughed out loud when I read that opening line. Complete re-write of history.
Its truly gross to compare the stories of C&C and M&H. Charles left collateral damage left, right and center and has spent decades trying to make people forget that. M&H have hurt NO ONE.
This fecking family. It must be exhausting to be the sane one.
Yup the comparisons between CC, Edward/Wallis and HM are weird. If anything else CC and EW relationships were more damaging to the UK and the monarchy. What were the great sins of HM?
So I’m always disgusted with P Morgan, Katie N and all the viper courtiers and RR.
the re-writing of history is indeed laughable! Clarence house interns are busy churning out more stories of the sweet helpless lovable fatherly future king vs the villain Willnot.
I don’t know what to think. Does the tail wag the dog? How the eff could charles be so useless. who is this future king? he is probably wishing willnot’s nanny would speak to him and order him to behave.
“And it is that bond which has led to the Prince keeping in regular contact with Harry and Meghan throughout the devastating fallout from their biography Finding Freedom.”
What devastating fallout?! The book becoming the #1 bestseller within 24 hours of its release? Or H&M successfully buying and owning their 1st home, and being able to move and live there for 6 weeks without any media finding out?! The only fallout I see is the RR finally realizing that they have lost any and all control in manipulating any Sussex news to the public.
The fact that they have to get any breaking news about H&M from the U.S. outlet must make them so bitter at this point.
Harry and Meghan took back control and now, these tabloid writers are writing such ridiculous fiction as facts, it’s hilarious!!!😂😂🤣
I honestly think the only stories Charles’ leaked were ones about him offering advice and being worried about the Sussexes and their relationship with the Cambridges. I don’t think he would have put out the worst stories, because he wouldn’t benefit from them. He benefits from looking supportive, which he could do no matter the situation. If the Sussexes were flourishing in the UK, right now, there could have been stories about Charles being responsible for it.
Charles erred by not putting a stop to the negative stories, probably because he didn’t want to get on William’s bad side. Charles fears William, I think, though I’m not quite sure why.
I wonder too. Charles may have guilt over hurting his sons with the divorce. Or he may be afraid his heir will move against him. Or Will may just have been cruel and manipulative so that his father doesn’t want to have to deal with his anger.
All of these, I think- and in addition William kept him estranged from his grandchildren for so long that Charles’ people began leaking to the press about it.
Talk about a re-telling of history! Charles was forced to marry Diana? Hey, HE asked her. Camilla had already married her long-time true love, Andrew Parker Bowles. She had only been dallying with Charles while her on again, off again relationship with Parker-Bowles was on hiatus. And Andrew dallied heavily, both before and during their marriage, including with Princess Anne at one point. What a stew!
The best book of all would be one written by Camilla. But that will never happen.
That is the Lifetime movie they should make, one about the whole Charles, Camilla and Andrew Parker Bowles triangle.
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Camilla would be heavily biased and make herself look like a saint. Someone objective needs to write that book. Camilla also has Junor as the go to writer and Junor is wildly unobjective. The other person that the writers don’t mention is the unfortunate Lady Tryon. She was available for Charles when Camilla was having heirs for her husband. Camilla was worried during her pregnancies that Charles would make Dale the favorite. Dale’s son Charles Tryon had Charles as godfather. Charles was Thomas Charles Parker Bowles godfather.
Yeah, that history is troubling. Supposedly Charles was very into Kanga(lady Tryion) in between the back and forth with Camilla.
I think Charles really like Meghan and privately supports them. I also think he’s a huge coward and afraid to rock the boat. It’s still The Crown above all else over there at the firm. Maybe he was worried if he was seen publicly supporting Harry and Meghan, the tabloids would twist it saying he was choosing Harry over Will. Or Will would see it that way and throw a fit. The book said Will and Harry were constantly competing over getting funding from Charles.
The whole set up is just ripe for conflict and inevitable failure. In my opinion, Will is spoiled and coddled because he’s the heir and no one is challenging his behavior.
You’re right Snuffles – also, William has a nasty streak a mile wide and we’ve seen how easily he threw his brother and SIL under the bus when the foundation monies were being misused. He’s a malignant narcissist and would just as likely throw his father under the bus too.
Wharfe wrote that William was a sneak as a child. He probably has had some other insights about William.
If anything I think Charles and William make Kate more worried and Meghan’s entry just made her more anxious. William seems like a piece of work. The fact Charles could rehabilitate his and Camilla PR despite the nasty tabloid and smutty stuff is not good for Kate and Carole. William can easily divorce her if he wants to, and try the same. Of course since he allegedly thinks he is a PR genius, he would be more confident about it.
And I agree, Charles probably thought he would be dragged down by the press and William can make things worse by feeding the hungry RR with unsavory titbits about Charles and Camilla. Some UK folks still blame them for Diana’s death. William knew he had an edge. So privately maybe Charles said he would support Harry behind the scenes and Harry begrudgingly went along since he knows the hierarchy is all that matters.
The buck stops at the Queen. This is not a family, it’s a firm. So sad, but hey, they prefer the trappings, the expensive manors, horses and gold pianos.
Most of this mess seems to be because of historic issues and internal squabbles. If that was headed off early things could have been avoided but once press was involved, Charles couldn’t afford to go to bat for the Sussexes against the media. The monarchy, become king and keeping his heir happy takes priority
I do think Charles’s big crime in this whole debacle was doing nothing. Like Meghan said – the only wrong thing to say is to say nothing at all. He could have and should have protected them – issued a statement in the press, told the courtiers and leakers to knock it off, hell even now he could tell William to fire Christian Jones for leaking Sussexit (because I do think it was him, if not William himself.) but he doesn’t – is that because he doesn’t want to rock the boat, because it doesn’t matter to him, because he knows things will be different when he’s king? IDK.
I do think he and Harry and Meghan are close, I think they are the only ones who have been to the Castle of Mey with him and I would not be surprised next year if the Sussexes join him there again.
It will be interesting to see if and when Charles visits them in California (once travel restrictions etc are lifted.)
That would be adorably sweet if Charles and Camilla went to visit the Sussexes (and hopefully at some point a new Sussex as well!) And also the York sisters, since Harry was close to them for so long that hopefully any strains in their relationships can be easily repaired.
I see Clarence House sources are at work again. They never miss an opportunity to tell the public that Charles is giving Harry money (I believe that’s a lie). The tiara story first came from a biography that he authorised. He willingly participated in the heirs photo-shoot knowing that the Palace was sending a message to Harry. Even in the last days of Harry and Meghan being working royals, he allowed Clarence House sources to attack Meghan for posting a picture on instagram on the same day Camilla was doing a speech on domestic violence. So, I don’t believe he and Harry are close nor do I believe that they in constant contact. If they were, sadly, the British press would have been the ones to break the story that Harry and Meghan bought a house in Santa Barbara.
Simple – Charles supports Charles. Always has been, always will be.
Very glad that Harry got counseling and was able to determine his future.
It’s weird that the stiff upper lip doesnt seem to exist anymore… everyone now has the right to defend themselves and to give explanations….
Yes, that’s really an interesting observation!
Holy crap: “But while the Prince of Wales was forced by tradition to marry Diana in 1981 instead of his true love Camilla, causing him two decades of pain and anguish,…”
Off topic a bit, but this is honestly the most laughable take I’ve read in a long time. Camilla married the man she wanted to marry (he was his generation’s “catch,” not Chuck) who for a long time turned a blind eye to the fact that his wife was the POW’s mistress; Charles chose to marry a teenager without any intention of being faithful or particularly respectful. Kept other women as his sidepieces throughout his marriage and during his magical romance with Camilla…poor, poor put upon Charles. I hurt myself rolling my eyes too hard.
Also, Charles was involved with other women (to say the least) and not just Camilla and Diana. He proposed to at least two other candidates, came close to proposing to one until her ex went to the media, and had another married mistress–Lady Dale Tryon. Charles was not forced. Camilla also wanted to marry Andrew Parker Bowles, I doubt Charles wanted Camilla as wife and mother of his royal children. If he did he would have been serious about her and if he wanted to marry her…later…he would have told her to wait for him.
One of my favorite side pieces of Charles is Eva O’Neil. It is an interesting rabbit hole to go down.
Oohhh BTB that’s really good!
Is Eva O’Neil any relation to Chris O’Neil – Princess Madeleine’s husband?
did you see him with Diana being interviewed? when asked if they were in love? “sure” he says, “of course…whatever being in love means”. while watching the teen girl in her eyes after he’d entice into believing he cared about hee. all he was interested in was her virgin womb that was never introduced to another man’s sperm. I. CAN.NOT.STAND.THAT.MAN.
Chas is PoW. The only reason I can think of for him to be “afraid” of severely irritating William is that if Chas dies before Liz does, that Wm would then be king & somehow make life truly miserable for Camilla plus abandon / destroy the charities & green businesses in which Chas has invested so heavily. Camilla has her own manor home & plenty of money, horses, etc., so I’m not sure how Wm could really hurt her but Chas being a spineless wuss for Harry’s family from “fear” of Wm makes no sense to me otherwise.
I think Chas is spiteful (they stole his thunder when he was in India) or so removed from reality that he underestimated the damage occurring until it was too late for him to fix it without losing face, big time. After all, this is a guy who has “people” to paste his toothbrush & button his shirts.
Charles probably has had documents already drawn up Re: Camilla so she does not have to depend on William. She would get a residence willed to her by Charles and the legal team would bar william from changing anything. Camilla won’t be invited much by William to royal events which would not matter in the long run if Charles provided for her.
It kind of tickles me this book really tries to be civil and neutral about the other royal players. But I understand this approach.
As a minority Omid likely tries not to be seen as speaking up for Meghan because of their race (it’s always minorities who have to try harder to fit in and remain neutral lol). Also they are trying to maintain good professional relationship with the other royals. End result is just a middling book trying to rock “both sides” argument. Not too controversial, more commercial, not as bad as what the panicking courtiers thought.
I also go back and forth with the extent of Charles’ involvement. I settled on this: he did contribute a bit to the smear campaign but it didn’t go farther than that cause he’s not stupid and can think long term. He knows he’ll need H&M for his reign. The worst thing he’s done is nothing to reign in Kate and William. Harry is also not stupid and isn’t gonna cut off Charles.
the silence we heard from Charles in public … he was not silent in private . going on from now…. watch the interaction between charlie and willnot. just watch. someone is pissed and angry at Willnot like incandescent angry., Willnot drove his beloved son away drove him right out of the country and continent where he’d see meghan and harry and archie regularly in person to now. Willnot made the surroundings so toxic harry feared for meghan ( she was not ok, not eating etc, in tears asking why do they hate her so?)
He’s had duty and honour drilled into his head breathed into his bones , the stiff upper lip, etc. he displayed major cowardice , but H and M get it….. he has two sons one who is an insufferable dick ( who will withhold him seeing his children if he feels slighted or wronged) and the other who is absolutely lovely. he wishes harry was first born , he wishes harry could be king after him , willnot knows this and that irks the shit out of him … so charlie decided long ago to apologize to harry and meghan and vowed to support them however and wherever he can. He is in a tight spot, harry knows and understands this. one rumor a fam has hinted at is they think Harry and meghan will return for charles reign and only his reign they do not think Willnot will be king as in the fashion we see betty is now. hence all the Keen future king and keen future king rhetoric. their market share is slipping and these idiots know it and keep shooting themselves in the foot.
I have no more current tea to spill only 40+ years old . this is all i could ring out of her… Charles isn’t innocent but he has to walk a fine line Willnot is not a nice person.
Charles was ruthless when it came to the mother of his children. He could do the same with William. William was pampered and cosseted by Charles which made WIlliam’s bad traits even more obvious and Charles enables William’s bad behavior.
Unfortunately this may also make Charles stuck. Probably both have unsavoury information about each other, so the end result is a tense relationship and then Harry gets the end of the stick.
Now…it would be very very unfortunate if William persists in his nasty ways, with George. Sad.
Diana’s death and aftermath scared him in a way… that family will eat their young. Harry seems to be the only one who knows how to love selflessly and Charles is learning slowly as well.
Oooh thanks for the tea!☕☕
Thanks for your post. I figured Charles knew how awful William is, but is too scared to challenge him. I feel William has some monumental dirt on Charles which he holds over him, so he has to play nice. That Father’s Day picture of them was nauseating and awkward, I could tell it was all willies idea, his way of saying ‘look everyone, my dad is on MY side’, and Charles has to literally grin and bear it.
I love when PC leaks these feel good stories about himself to the press 😂😂
Harry and Meghan did the right thing in fleeing the BRF. For whatever reason, they both came from toxic families and both turned out to be sane, smart, and emotionally healthy. But it would be very hard to remain those things if they were gaslit, thrown under the bus, accused of all kinds of made-up nonsense, and called racist names regularly, so they left. Good for them. No one who has a chance at well-being and self-care should remain indefinitely in a deeply harmful family environment if they have any kind of choice or agency.
I don’t know if I buy this story. When Harry gave his farewell speech he talked about how supportive the Queen was, not Charles. Also the official statement was from the Queen, nothing from Charles. I know these people live and die on protocol hill but nothing from Harry’s father FFS? Sure doesn’t sound “strong and close” to me but maybe they are trying to hide it from Will. But if that is the case what is the point of this article? It doesn’t add up to me.
FF says right out that Charles needs the press on his side for when he becomes king. Charles is not going to rock the boat with the tabs after what went on in the Diana years which was very bad. If Harry understands this, it might be why he knew he couldn’t stay in England anymore.
It really bugs me how history is being re-written about Charles and Camilla; yes he loved her but he was also shagging Dale “Kanga” Tyron during his marriage to Diana.
Did this fanfic writer from The Sun even read FF? I actually came away from it liking Charles a little more JUST from the tidbit about how he has a framed photo of him and Meghan walking down the aisle. Honestly, the ones who take the brunt of it from FF are Willnot and Keen Kween Kate, and Prince Pedo. Others look mild in comparison.
Does FF name who the courtiers are? What are their backgrounds? I mean Angela Kelly is trash, so who else advising the royal family?
I feel like Charles is hedging his bets. He’s tried so far to appear neutral but he publicly has leaned towards William, because he thinks that’s the popular vote. If he was smart he would pay attention to what the Sussex’s squad are saying about them. But he also knows exactly what William and Kate are like and they have slandered him too in the past, whereas harry hasn’t. He knows which son is trust worthy and which one is a snake. If Charles sides with William, he is only making Willie more powerful, and that is something Charles doesn’t want to see. I think Charles deep down wants to see Willie and Kate brought down a peg or two, especially after that whole ‘skip a generation’ campaign a few years ago, that clearly came from Middleton PR.
Maybe devastating fall out would be a good thing but I don’t think there has been even minor fall out. Just a bunch of tabloids having a field say.
He future king has two sons. The oldest is jealous of his younger brothers popularity and smears his brother by leaking fake stories to the tabloids. The second son sees clearly what his older brother has done. He does not retailate, he just breaks ties. All is revealed in a book.
So what is the future king going to do?
The royal family is a completely mess when the Sussex’s we’re getting attacking Daily no one had their backs . The Cambridge’s actively helped the press attack Meghan everyday for years straight Charles did nothing but now that the Sussex’s are getting some decent press it’s leaked that but of course Charles is close to Harry they talk daily. But where was Charles when Archie was being compared to a monkey three days after his birth where was Charles when Meghan charity was being called label a Muslim extremities. Where was Charles when the negative press was so overwhelming that Harry and Meghan were on the last oversea trip in South Africa they admit they were struggling it was too much. What did Charles do leaked stories that he was quiet worried about them .Thats all the Sussex’s got as supporter from royal family not a official public announcement telling the press to stop it instead we got royal sources speaking off the record .Charles knows who to side with when their getting press good coverage and now Charles wants to be seen as the loving supportive father who is willing supporters his son while also repacking his Love story with Camilla as the same as Harry and Meghan when in reality it’s not and it’s incredible insulting to Meghan and Harry to try to make their seem marriage their courtship was the same as Charles and Camilla who were both married to other people while they carried on a long term affair. Camilla and Charles relationship or the Wallis’ relationship that everyone loves to try to compare Harry and Meghan relationship is ridiculously both relationship were affairs and wallis was nazi supporter and actively involved with the third Reich how are those Relationship anything things like Meghan and Harry .
I do believe Charles is really close to Harry and Meghan. That smile and knowing look Meghan gave him as she curtsied (commonwealth) was completely different from the stiff/zen smile she had on for William and Kate.
With Charles, his issue was that he has never publicly defending them. I believe he has advocated for them privately though, according to the book.
That being said I don’t think Harry and Meghan resented him for being silent. I think they knew he was trying to navigate the politics of the situation and his own publicity and while disappointed, they were more focused on William instead. I never liked Charles, but they have an ally and father in him and I hope he has a long reign to piss William off, and to protect Meghan from William as King.
Agreed. Charles IS a forward-thinker and maybe…just MAYBE…patient enough to (seemingly) silently ride this out while making plans to lower the BOOM when/ if he finally becomes king by providing substantial and irrevocable (ie, Wiilileaks-proof) support for H&M. wouldn’t THAT be a pisser!
I think you can be close to your children, and are about them deeply, and still throw them under the bus because of what you feel your job requires of you. It’s all contingent on how well you’re able to compartmentalize all of these things in your mind. I think Charles, as loving and nice as he is towards Harry, is still firm in his belief regarding who is to be prioritized in this family. And as far as he’s concerned, after the Queen, he’s the no. 1, as the Prince of Wales and the immediate heir to the throne. And he expects everyone to get the memo, and act accordingly, with no hard feelings in the process.
And I think that Harry understood that, but still felt constrained by this hierarchy. I think he accepted it as a hazard of his father’s job, and not something personal, but still felt frustrated that he couldn’t get the proper funding and focus for his projects, which he’s passionate about. I think Harry has always understood that Charles wanted the spotlight, and would have worked with it, but also didn’t want the fear of him overshadowing Charles to affect what he wanted to accomplish with his platform. And this clash is a part of the reason he left the royal family.
lol talk about damage control🙄
His inaction even when his grandson was attacked & made as chimpanze was telling
The idiot jeopardized the monarchy by turning a blind eye to tabloids attacking his own son. Now they’re all fair game. Just wait till Charlotte and louise are older. Theyll go after them just like harry
George at age 6 was already treated as more “special” than his siblings. Little Charlotte was placed on the other side of the family picture away from her parents and brothers.
I have a small smidge of tea.. Charlotte loves loves Harry and Meghan I mean adores her! WantEd to go to Canada with them to be with Archie level . She thinks Meghan is awesome and of so cool! She mentioned her daily saying how much she loves her daily ( I think bill and Cathy were annoyed )
This is sweet and sad at the same time. Poor little girl would so benefit from a relationship with her uncle, aunt and cousin and her parents are literally standing in the way.
yah FF can miss me with all that bullshit about both men loving inapprorpiate women and Diana’s death by pap bonding them yaddayadda. I can never have any kind views towards Charles. that man was 32 and took a 19 yr old wide eyed innocent girl as his wife and punished her bc she did not know how to act, she was too clingy and she was not the woman he wanted or loved or what ever. He was old enough to do better, to have treated her better, to have at least protected her some. He ruined her!!! And left her all alone to cleanup the mess, to glue back together the pieces he and his parents created. Trust me were it not for the public outcry they would have left Diana’s family to deal with her death and burial. Charles is a carbon copy of his father and his 1st son William is a carbon copy of him.
I do not want to hear it…I am sorry for Harry, in this regard only, that he has to fool himself into thinking his family are good ppl inspite of all evidence they are not. And so that is for him not me…
me I could care less about the BRF but when I saw that senior royals *stand by look* as Meghan and thus Harry went through fire at the hands of the racist xenophobic and malicious british media I became incensed. and started following celebitchy, sussesquad podcast and meghanpedia. I was appauled to find out that William, Kate and kate’s family were most likely the source of much the fodder for the evil and wicked media campaign angainst Meghan. I did not carry brief for Meghan bc as far I saw her, she was that typical half white child who grew up mostly among white folks. They usually use their blackness when it serves them and forgot it and other black people strugle when it doesnt. But it irked me to no end to see her treated like she was, so unfairly to me, an unsympathetic bystander. And that Charles if he was not feeding shit to the media was just sitting on his hands as he did with Diana. He had learnt nothing from her death. NOTHING! So I was livid!!
I.DONT.GIVE.A.F*CK.ABOUT.CHARLES. the authors of FF are just SAFEGUARDNNG their future access to the BRF at this point. Celebitchy, thanks for the excerpts and reviews but I will never buy that book! N.E.V.E.R.
ok i stand corrected. the excerpt was from the Sun and not FF. But you were saying the FF does similarly as the Sun in setting Charles in good light as it concerns HM. So my positions above remain..