Royal sources: The Sussexes ‘gave their support’ to King Charles and the Waleses

King Charles’s enlarged prostate and Princess Kate’s surgical mystery have resulted in the most obvious of detours for the British media: wild speculation and commentary about what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex should do or are doing. Harry and Meghan are minding their business in Montecito, as they have been for over three years. What makes it even funnier is that it’s clear that Buckingham Palace likely authorized some of those “where is Harry, why isn’t he coming back” pieces as a way to get a reaction. Well, now “royal sources” have confirmed that Harry and Meghan did send their “support” to the Waleses and the king.

Harry and Meghan have given their support to the King and Princess of Wales following their health scares. It came as Charles prepares for a prostate operation and Kate spent her fifth day in hospital after major abdominal surgery.

The move, which will be considered an olive branch, comes nearly two months after Charles, 75, and Kate, 42, were publicly named in an alleged race row over the skin colour of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s eldest child Archie, four.

A source said: “The King and the Princess of Wales have received support from Prince Harry and Meghan regarding their health. The Duke and Duchess contacted both parties in different ways to pass on their concern and best wishes.”

It comes after months of claims of a severely strained relationship between the Sussexes and the rest of the Royal Family. This week, it was revealed the King has quietly made provision to stop Harry acting as a ­substitute for him if he falls ill or is abroad.

[From The Daily Mirror]

LOL, the palace really rushed out and yelled “Harry called, we got a reaction from him, what does it mean?” Anyway, I believe Harry probably sent a supportive email to his father and maybe sent a sad-face emoji to William’s private secretary and I hope that was the end of that. As for Charles “quietly” making that change – it wasn’t quiet, every outlet covered it:

Prince Harry and Prince Andrew won’t be among the Counsellors of State that King Charles could call upon when he heads to the hospital to treat an enlarged prostate.

Buckingham Palace announced on Wednesday that the King, 75, will have a “corrective procedure” for the benign condition next week, prompting royal watchers to wonder if other family members will be tapped for additional duties in his absence. While a royal source tells PEOPLE that the King 75, will be capable of fulfilling his constitutional requirements and duties during this time, The Times spotted that Prince Harry and Prince Andrew’s Counsellor of State eligibility was quietly nullified soon after King Charles’ accession.

In the second reading of the Counsellors of State Bill 2022-23 in the House of Lords on Nov. 21, 2022, Lord True said that the Royal Household confirmed that, in practice, only “working members of the Royal Family will be called on to act as Counsellors of State.” The bill became law in December 2022 and made headlines because it made Princess Anne and Prince Edward Counsellors of State for King Charles for life. The “working members” stipulation largely flew under the radar — until now.

In another catch, The Times reported that Prince Andrew’s eldest daughter Princess Beatrice is also prevented from acting as a Counsellor of State because she is not a working royal. While Princess Beatrice, 35, is a frequent fixture at royal family holidays and is a patron of several causes, she does not undertake official engagements on a full-time basis on behalf of the crown like Prince William and Kate Middleton do.

[From People]

Whatever. This is just another dumb pseudo-punishment intended for an audience of one: Harry. It doesn’t even matter because Charles is going to be fine and he’ll probably only need a few weeks of recovery.

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  1. Amy T says:

    Because Harry has just been sitting around in Montecito, dreaming of the glorious day he gets called upon to run the UK.

    These people need to get lives.

  2. equality says:

    “This week, it was revealed the King has quietly made provision to stop Harry acting as a ­substitute for him if he falls ill or is abroad.” They act as if PH will go rushing into the guarded castles and yell “I’m taking over as counsellor of state” while Pa is ill”. He’s not even in the country or caring who takes over. Whomever is appointed to do what is controlled by KC or, more likely, by the government anyway. They are just playing to the audience of haters and stirring up more vitriol against H&M. What a lovely family.

    • StillDouchesOfCambridge says:

      They’re so funny with their words. The duke and duchesses contacted them in different ways to wish them well: so they facetimed the king and probably sent a morse code message to baby brain so that the message would not be forwarded and leaked.

    • Tessa says:

      Lazy son William is the problem. Going on about the school rins.

  3. Sunshine says:

    I don’t believe it at all. Sorry

    • truthSF says:

      Because it didn’t happen. They know they can claim thay it did because H&M would never bother to respond to them about these trivial claims.

      • Amy Bee says:

        They did respond to the Palace lie that Harry was invited to Charles’s birthday part and he turned it down. But I don’t think he will respond to this story especially because it’s been leaked to the Mirror. I think he responded the last time because it was the Times that was spreading that lie.

      • Brassy Rebel says:

        I think they did send their best wishes to both for a speedy recovery only because that’s the decent thing to do. Harry and Meghan are nothing if not decent.

      • Amy Bee says:

        @Brassy Rebel: Their decency has got them nothing but attacks from the Palace and the press. There’s only so many times you can take that abuse and if the whole Lilibet episode wasn’t the last straw then I’m going to start believing that they enjoy being rejected and attacked all the time by the Royal Family.

      • ShazBot says:

        I agree, Brassy Rebel. They probably sent them both flowers with a card saying best wishes for a speedy recovery. I’m sure Kate’s were promptly discarded and lord knows what Camilla did with Charles’.

        @Amy Bee – I think at this point they probably have great boundaries. Meghan strikes me as someone who would say it never hurts to be kind, but knows kindness is not always an olive branch, it’s sometimes just a kindness.

      • Amy Bee says:

        @ShazBot: I hope you’re wrong about this. They made her suicidal, denied racism and accused her of bullying. Plus trying to be nice to them has got her nothing but rejection and attacks. At some point, you’ve just got to cut your losses and say I did my best. Meghan divorced her first husband and she’s cut off her father so why is so difficult to believe that she has cut off the royals.

      • ShazBot says:

        @AmyBee agree, but I think she’s also respectful of the fact that Harry would like to have some sort of relationship with his family. If it were solely up to her, I’m sure she’d never see, hear or speak to them again, but she knows what Harry wants (if that hasn’t changed). So I can see her keeping up the bare minimum of kindnesses with him even though she knows it’s a fruitless venture.
        And I do think she pities Kate. She knows what it’s like in that system, and while she’s justifiably hurt and furious that they wouldn’t protect her the way the protected Kate, I’ll bet she’s well aware of what a knife’s edge Kate is on and feels sorry for her. It’s no way to live. I’m sure she also pities her own father. It doesn’t mean she wants a relationship.

      • Amy Bee says:

        @ShazBot: If that’s the case all she has to do is let Harry make the overtures. It’s his family after all. She doesn’t have to get involved and Harry should be able to respect her position. I believe at one point, Meghan did have compassion for Kate but she has to start being kind to herself. Trying to have a relationship with Kate has only caused her harm.

      • Tessa says:

        Amy bee Meghan and her first husband never publicly commented about their divorce. And her father abandoned her.and went to the media many times.

    • Sunshine says:

      @brassy rebel, sorry I disagree. Before considering believing any part of a story with these people consider the source. The Mirror is not even a fake news legitimate source. The pull things out their arse.
      Even the wording “it is claimed that.” It’s nonsense.

      • Brassy Rebel says:

        Amy Bee and Sunshine: I’m not saying I want them to do it. I just believe they would do it because they would believe it’s the right thing to do, regardless of how badly they’ve been treated. If it had been me, I would have cut ties with this toxic family long ago, but Harry seems to need to keep the lines of communication open. And Meghan goes along for Harry’s sake and because she is a decent human. It doesn’t mean she ever wants to see any of them again.

      • Amy Bee says:

        @Brassy Rebel: Sometimes it’s better just to cut people off as Meghan has done with her father. I don’t understand why she would refuse to see or speak to her father but still try to be friendly to Kate. It makes no sense to me and it’s only setting herself up for more harm.

      • Ginger says:

        This story is from The Mirror, a tabloid that is on the brink of shutting down. I don’t believe it for a second.

    • Sunshine says:

      @shazbot Meghan may be compassionate but she’s not a fool. It she had reached out or sent flowers it would be used against her. Roya Nikkei would probably write how she’s a narcissist looking to ingratiate herself to the family and the flowers were put in the trash
      Please see what they wrote when she sent flowers for Phil’s funeral.

      • Hummingbird says:

        No doubt someone would analyse the flowers and find some nefarious hidden meaning as to why those particular blooms were chosen. Or M would be accused of trying to poison Kate by floral proxy. Lily of the valley anyone?

      • Debbie says:

        I don’t believe it either. For sure, it would have given way to stories about how Meghan sent what appeared to be orchids, you know, rosemary for remembrance and orchids for death. Or they’d say that Meghan sent Kate daisies with a handwritten note in elegant script saying, “Hey, Kate, here’s hoping that you’ll soon be ‘pushing up these daisies.'” Never happened, but nice try, BM.

  4. Indiesr says:

    Another olive branch…so many olive branches, they must have a few trees by now. 🤣

  5. Well good for Harry if he did because he is a very good human. He left the gilded cage and I’m sure he will continue to do his happy dance not having anything to do with the institutional cult.

    • Barb Mill says:

      Also Meghan is very generous. I am hoping she sent them both a Clevr Blends gift box to help with their recovery.

  6. Tessa says:

    William is the heir. He needs to step up not anyone else. The olive branch spin again

  7. Amy Bee says:

    This is “Harry was invited to Charles’ birthday party” all over again from the Palace. My guess is this time Harry’s not going to respond to this story. I have a hard time believing that Harry is going to send greetings to them after what they did to his daughter last week. If he did though, he’s a bigger person than me. Time to set some boundaries, Harry.

  8. Robert Phillips says:

    Can someone explain to me WHAT DUTIES DOES CHARLES HAVE? The whole families jobs are photo ops. And schmoozing politicians. Any Hollywood agent does a better job than any of these buffoons.

  9. Mimi says:

    Harry &Meghan don’t use sources. If they aren’t confirming it through their official channels, they’ve warned us not to consider it true. I really do not believe that Meghan has any communication with the family directly or indirectly. She refers to them explicitly as her husband’s family. Harry has a soft spot for his dad but I suspect he knows this is a relatively routine procedure for a man of his father’s age. I’ve seen no evidence that Harry gives a damn about Kate at all and we know he doesn’t deal with his brother.

  10. Pittie Mom says:

    It wouldn’t surprise me if Meghan sent Kate flowers simply because she’s a class act. No note, just signed “H&M” on a little “get well soon” card stuck in the bouquet. M is too good for that family but she has impeccable taste, manners, and class.

    • Brassy Rebel says:

      Totally agree 💯.

    • Amy Bee says:

      Why are we expecting Meghan to be nice to Kate after all that she has put her through? It’s okay to believe that Meghan hasn’t sent flowers to Kate. Meghan has to be a glutton for punishment for continuing to make overtures towards Kate.

      • Brassy Rebel says:

        It would be fine with me if both H&M just ignored them forever. But that hasn’t been the pattern, at least for Harry. And I don’t “expect” Meghan to be nice to Kate. But in the case of serious illness, Meghan would be the kind person she’s been in the past. I do think we can look to past behavior to predict current behavior.

      • Amy Bee says:

        If she’s making overtures towards Kate then she’s asking to be attacked. It’s ok for Meghan to be kind to herself by not having contact with Kate. Let Harry be the whipping boy if he wants.

    • Dee says:

      Meghan should extend best wishes and donate to Mayhew in Kate’s honor.

    • Cessily says:

      She may have and that would make her a much better person than me. I wouldn’t even wast my time sending a black rose 🥀 bouquet.

    • Shiera_S says:

      I completely agree. That would be the polite and nice thing to do. It doesn’t mean that you forgive, forget or want any deep relationship with these people.
      I know that’s something that I would have done, either via email or a bouquet.

      • Amy Bee says:

        Kate will perceive their “kindness” as groveling and an indication that she can do and say anything about Harry and Meghan with no consequences.

  11. Dee(2) says:

    These are the type of stories that they feel comfortable making up because they know that it would be churlish to deny, and aren’t negative enough to get a response for clarification. I think this past week really got some of the holdouts though that believed that eventually Harry would come back. They seem to be in this weird state of shock that he isn’t trying to ride to the rescue of the monarchy.

  12. Jay says:

    This is the BM flailing, big time, desperate to include Harry and Meghan any way they can. It’s going to be a lean few months for them!

    This story definitely sounds more like it came from Charles, with the “olive branches” and the ER emphasis on the king getting back to work as soon as possible.

    • Brit says:

      This. This is also a phishing expedition to confirm or deny and that’s why they’re still complaining about it because they know it’s not true. They just want a comment to keep the drama going because they’re going to have a hard time getting clicks without it.

  13. Eurydice says:

    Sure, it makes sense that Harry would care about his father and Kate’s situation sounds so serious that makes sense that H&M would react to that, too.

    • Saucy&Sassy says:

      Eurydice, did you notice that they used the word ‘source’ but not ‘royal source’? This is just another make work article.

  14. MsIam says:

    So the people who say that they can’t trust Harry and Meghan because they are constantly “leaking” stories have run to the press to leak that the Sussexes sent well-wishes (allegedly)? Make it make sense!

    • Christine says:

      That’s an impossible task. I really do not understand how people do not understand, by this stage in the game, that Harry and Meghan told the truth about everything. It’s glaringly obvious.

  15. Jais says:

    While this may be the palace just making it up, either way, it checks off the box that the Sussexes were in touch. So at the very least, can it end all the articles discussing whether they got in touch or not.

  16. aquarius64 says:

    Unless the Sussex spokesperson confirms this is a made up story.

  17. Lulu says:

    From royal.uk; Counsellors of State are appointed from among the four adults next in succession (provided they have reached the age of 21).

    The current Counsellors of State are The Queen, The Prince of Wales, The Duke of Sussex, The Duke of York and Princess Beatrice. — No mention of ‘working’.

    • windyriver says:

      Take another look at the end of the second excerpt above. As of December 2022, COS also include Anne and Edward. That they’re not listed on the official website after more than a year shows how up to date it is (not). What the article is saying, is at the time the bill to add these two was introduced, the RF said that “in practice” only working members would be appointed as COS. That was supposedly part of the rationale for adding Anne and Edward in the first place, though the issues with Harry and Andrew in particular are more involved.

  18. Lucky Charm says:

    “…she does not undertake official engagements on a full-time basis on behalf of the crown like Prince William and Kate Middleton do.”

    Lol, PW and KM don’t do anything on a full-time basis! And I’m pretty sure Princess Beatrice does more work with her charities than both of them combined.

    • Lulu says:

      What I don’t like about the term working royal is it is just whoever Charles says is a working royal. Bea is a counselor of state, but shouldn’t be because Charles doesn’t want her to be a working royal? The line of succession is legally defined, working royal is just who is being favored by Charles. William declares he won’t work for 3 months, is he still ‘working’?

      • kirk says:

        “William declares he won’t work for 3 months, is he still ‘working’?”

      • BeanieBean says:

        If that actually appears in a law, I would hope there’s a definitions section in that law that states precisely what a ‘working royal’ is; otherwise, it’s just nonsense.

      • bisynaptic says:

        William is Schrödinger’s royal. 😆

  19. Moniquep says:

    So last week there was the Harry has no heart, he doesn’t care about “dear old dad” and poor ailing Sil. And now we get ok he sent an olive branch, now let’s get back to hating on him. My eyes have rolled all the way to the back of my head.

  20. Over it says:

    If this did happen, I would not have sent any messages to Kate . Why? Well William did tell Harry not to concern himself with his family. So i would heed his advice and just leave them to it . Plus Wank and buttons were so incandescent with rage about Meghan innocent baby brain ,hormonal comments that I would stay in my corner least they take my genuine well wishes and get well thoughts as me saying something ridiculous like I heard you aren’t feeling well and wishing you a speedy recovery. This William and Kate would translate as in the United Kingdom. We do not wish people well. It’s jUst not done . It’s extremely rude of you to do it . Then Meghan would be like please take your incandescent message and shoved it up your place of no sunlight.

  21. VilleRose says:

    If they sent any messages at all, my guess is maybe they coordinated with Kensington Palace staff to send flowers and brief “get well soon” message on a card. Meghan is very thoughtful and we know she is generous with her friends. We know she and Kate aren’t friends but Meghan will always rise above the pettiness and do the right thing. And if they didn’t send any flowers, maybe they just sent a “we hope you are okay and have a speedy recovery” brief type of message through staff. If the situation was very dire, my guess is Harry would have reached out directly to his brother or someone from William’s staff would have reached out to Harry to tell him it was super serious. But it doesn’t look like that happened so while I’m sure whatever going with Kate is serious given the lengthy recovery period, it isn’t life ending.

    • Mary Pester says:

      Nah, if Harry and Megan made contact it would be an email to Charlie, along the lines of “good luck with the pain in the arse pa (no I don’t mean will).
      And it would be just a sad faced eggplant emoji to kate lol.
      Megan is to soft hearted and wouldn’t want to think of anyone in pain, but I think she has set her barricades and won’t let anyone through them.

  22. Jk says:

    Dear 👑and🍆,

    💐🎻☹️

    And I would have left it at that.

  23. tamsin says:

    My guess would be a phone call or email to Charles and flowers for Kate. The fact that they’re being deliberately vague is suspicious though. But Harry and Meghan are both kind, decent and compassionate human beings so I do not think that they would be petty about this in any way.

    • Libra says:

      But where would they send flowers? No one seems to know where she is. The Clinic I think is a smokescreen

  24. Lovely Rita says:

    Am I the only one who wonders if Charles’ detailed medical news is meant to be in sharp contrast to the mysteriously vague surgery and ailment Kate is suffering from? Like, he is wanting to increase speculation by saying, “See, I’ve been quite transparent, too bad WandK want to keep you in the dark.” A way of showing them up, as he seems wont to do.

    • Lioness says:

      Yes. You are the only one who sees some grand conspiracy behind the King announcing he’s having a procedure that is common in men his age.

      • Saucy&Sassy says:

        Lioness, why? Are you suggesting that KHate’s procedure is NOT common? What do you base that on?

    • PrincessK says:

      Absolutely. Also Fergie’s admission of cancer is in sharp contrast to the way the Kensington Palace operates.

  25. Kay says:

    What’s wrong is all the palace aides run the show. Grey suits given a little power it goes to their heads. Harry often said the men in Grey suits were dangerous. No one in the royals seem to speak to one another in person it’s all done through aides. That is no way to live. Then on occasion like Christmas etc they all try to put on a show of being a normal loving family. The Dail daily mail meanwhile only prints articles that might get them on the honors list. If this illness spell for them has shown us anything it’s that nobody really wants or needs them.

    • Debbie says:

      “Nobody really wants or needs them”? That’s nonsense, who would wave and accept flowers? Ever thought of that?

  26. Lulu says:

    If Charles were smart he would invite Harry and family to fill in for 3 months. Harry and Meghan would still be superstars and it would teach William he cannot just decide to take 3 months off to take his kids to school and Kate that she is very replaceable. Chance of happening is zero but chuck is passing up a good opportunity because he would cut his nose off to spite his face.

    • Nick says:

      The world would be a better place if bullies suffered the consquency of their action. If Charles can not cope there is William. If william can not copy then disband the institution.

    • Tessa says:

      Charles can’t seem to control William. I doubt harry and Meghan want to help out after Charles evicted them from frogmore

  27. Saucy&Sassy says:

    Well, so at the end of 2022 KFC not only added Anne and Edward, but has decided that non-working royals are also not to be Counselors of State. Then very early in January 2023 before Harry’s book came out, he took Frogmore Cottage away from them.

    I doubt that Harry cares if he’s CoS. They have more than enough people who can do that including the Escort, right? They only need two.

    I guess this is supposed to show the world once again that the brf isn’t finished punishing Harry. Okay, you’ve made your point and the world understands. Idiots.

  28. LRob says:

    it seems to me a technicality, they slipped in a change of DUTIES for the working member tier of the Counsellors of State. I don’t believe either Harry or Andrew lost their constitutional place as Counsellors because that would require an act of Parliament.

  29. LRob says:

    it seems to me a technicality, they slipped in a change of DUTIES for the working member tier of the Counsellors of State. I don’t believe either Harry or Andrew lost their constitutional place as Counsellors because that would require an act of Parliament and no one is advocating for that.

  30. phlyfiremama says:

    H&M definitely got out in time. Now they get to be the golden ones who left the gilded cage still intact, while the left overs will be crushed by the dead cages weight. No one will be able to blame them when the monarchy crashes and burns, the BRF & BM did it all themselves. Lights out for both entities, and they did it ALL to themselves. Glorious`

  31. Anonymous says:

    This is a fake story. Harry already told us there is no communication with the tabloid press. Also, Harry and Meghan do not use “sources”. Every official communique comes from the Archewell Official Spokesperson.