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King Charles' approach towards his great-uncle Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson shows a 'recurring theme' of trying to build bridges with members of the Royal Family, a royal author has claimed.
Gareth Russell drew attention to King Charles' approach to his great-uncle while speaking to US-Weekly.
Edward became king in January 1936 after the death King George V, but abdicated in December of the same year when asked to choose between the monarchy and marrying Wallis Simpson.
Russell highlighted that Charles was one of the only members of the royal family to visit his great-uncle.
He said: "This has been a recurring theme in his [King Charles] life, actually.
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Russell suggested that Charles could try to extend an olive branch to Harry and Meghan (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)"I found out that in the late 1960s, and early 1970s, when Charles was still pretty young, he was one of the only members of the Royal Family who was prepared to go over to Paris to visit his great-uncle, Edward VIII, and Wallis Simpson.
"He said to the Queen Mother and to the Queen, 'I think we should try to build bridges between this side of the family'."
He added: "He thought his great-uncle and aunt should be brought back into the fold a bit.
"So there is a past track record of Charles doing things like this and, in that sense, it tracks as consistent with what we know of him as a person."
Harry and Meghan moved to the US after stepping back as working royals (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Meanwhile royal commentator has commented that Harry and Meghan could face similar circumstances to Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson.
He said: "My fear is that Harry will become like Edward VIII and Meghan will become like Mrs Simpson.
"They lived in this beautiful house in France, but we know they were desperately unhappy.
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"Edward VIII was a bit like King Lear, where he gives away all his power, but somehow thinks he can still exercise power through his children.
"I think Edward VIII, when he abdicated and went to live in France, thought he would still be an important figure.
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"And he was for a little while, in the same way that Meghan and Harry are kind of significant now because there's so much coverage and commentary about them.
"But that will fade and, unless they can escape all this negative stuff and find something positive that people are interested in, they will become insignificant in the way that Edward VIII became insignificant and very unhappy."