Queen Elizabeth To Initiate Reconciliation Between William And Harry During Latter's UK Visit?

Queen Elizabeth could possibly make ways for Princes William and Harry's reconciliation during the latter's September visit to the United Kingdom.

The 96-year-old Queen is set to be in London to meet with the incoming British prime minister during Harry and Meghan Markle's visit to Manchester for the One Young World Summit. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are scheduled to travel to the UK and Germany in September to join in several charity events close to their hearts. After the Summit in Manchester, they will travel to Germany for the Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023 One Year to Go event. On Sept. 8, Harry and Meghan will return to the UK for the WellChild Awards.

Royal expert Robert Hardman claimed that reconciliation between William and his younger brother Harry could happen. He told AFP, "Obviously they are estranged but they are brothers, this is a family."

Harry and Meghan will stay at Frogmore Cottage during their UK visit in September. The couple will be closer to William and Kate Middleton's new home, Adelaide Cottage. After Harry's marriage to Meghan in 2018, the royal brothers relationship became strained. It was followed by Harry and Meghan's withdrawal from their senior royal duties in 2020.

Meghan and Harry's bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021 is also believed to be among the factors that affected the ongoing royal rift. Meghan previously claimed that Kate once made her cry. At the same time, Harry talked about the tension between himself and his older brother.

Meanwhile, Hardman also went on to talk about Harry and Meghan's "dignified role" when they returned to their homeland for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations and visited the Queen. "To me, that looks like a move towards semi-regular trips back to the UK. And each time that happens, things just gradually become less fraught," the royal expert added.

Hardman commented on Harry's upcoming tell-all memoir, which is set to hit the shelves later this year. "The book is going to be very explosive. I expect it to be extremely harsh on the media, fairly harsh on the palace establishment. I'd be very surprised if he starts making family relations any worse," he said.