Harry's 'wrath has cooled' since he stepped back as working royal, expert claims
Since Harry and Meghan stepped back as working royals in early 2020, the landscape of the Royal Family is hardly recognisable - and neither is the Duke of Sussex himself, an expert has claimed.
In Spare, Harry's bestselling memoir that was released last year, it was clear that emotions were running high at the time of the Sussex's royal exit, and Harry spared no detail when it came to expressing exactly what, in his version of events, led to the couple's eventual break with the House of Windsor.
Now settled in California, Meghan and Harry have broken records with their Netflix docu-series, won awards, and appear focussed on their young family, but back in the UK, the Royal Family is undergoing a challenging period, to say the least.
With King Charles undergoing regular treatment for cancer, he is unable to undertake "public-facing duties" for the time being, and Kate is recovering from an abdominal surgery she underwent in January, and will only return to duty by Easter at the earliest.
The King has long wanted to 'slim down' the monarchy in an attempt to modernise the institution, and crucially cut down its costs to the taxpayer, in line with other European monarchies. However, at times like these, with William also reportedly wanting to focus on his family, and missing his godfather's memorial service because of an undisclosed "personal matter" the royals are left seriously short-staffed.
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Anna Tyzack, writing for The Independent, believes the "obvious thing" would be for Harry to return in some kind of hybrid role - the kind which he and Meghan first suggested when they wanted to step away from life as full-time working royals.
"For the King's sake, one can't help but hope that a true reconciliation with his beloved youngest son is imminent. He has stateside grandchildren to get to know and the obvious thing would be for Harry to pick up some slack while the King is off duty. And increasingly he is needed," writes the journalist.
His charisma and long-standing popularity - which has dipped in recent years amid his royal exit, series of familial revelations and allegations made against the royal household - Tyzack believes would shore up the Windsors in this time of crisis.
In the four years since Harry left the UK behind, there has been a changing of the guard with the death of the ever-popular Queen Elizabeth, and the newer, slimmer model of the monarchy has yet to establish itself fully. Tyzack claims that Harry himself has changed as much in the time that has passed, explaining, " Prince Harry isn't the same persecuted man who sat on Oprah's sofa. He will be 40 years old in September and it's time to grow up. Shaken by the sign of his father's mortality in his cancer diagnosis, his wrath has cooled."
Tyzack points out that speaking to Good Morning America in a recent interview, the Duke of Sussex expressed the possibility of reconciliation in light of his father's health scare, and that people like Sarah Ferguson - whose HRH style was removed after her divorce - show there is precedence for a former working royal with a focus on both business and philanthropic ventures that has been welcomed back inside the royal fold.
Even if a temporary return to duties wouldn't be welcomed by all of the public - or everyone at the palace - the commentator believes it would be worth giving it a shot in these exceptional circumstances: "as many people at the palace who are determined to keep the gates closed, there are as many who may start to feel uncomfortable if there is a sniff he is being kept away from his sick father by any other forces at play."
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