Ever since Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle decided to step back from their Royal duties and relocate to the US in 2020, it's fair to say that his relationship with his father King Charles has been somewhat strained.The release of Harry's memoir Spare and subsequent Netflix documentary, where he criticised the Royal family, only added fuel to the fire.
Despite hopes for a reconciliation between the father and son following Charles' cancer diagnosis earlier this year, Royal biographer Robert Hardman believes that a resolution isn't on the horizon "anytime soon." At this year's Hay Festival in Wales, Robert, who penned Charles III: New King, New Court, suggested that a "trust issue" is at the heart of the ongoing feud, after Harry revealed his personal experiences of Royal life.
According to The Independent, Robert claimed that many are still hurt, particularly Prince William, by the intimate family moments shared in Harry's book. "It's not what Harry said, it's the fact that he said it, and he gave away so many secrets.
And he was, effectively, at the time of the Queen's death, you know, he was taking notes," argued the author. He went on to praise the book as "amazing" but hinted that there's more beneath the surface, reports the Mirror. "If you get to the bit about his wedding to Meghan [Markle], it boils down really to about four or five pages," he observed. "Now, as an author, that says to me one thing and one thing only: part two might be on its way." The biographer also suggested that Charles is "unhappy" with the ongoing family drama, speculating that the King finds the situation "unsettling." Yet, there's a silver lining in the possibility of reconciliation, sparked by Harry's response to his father's.
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