Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won’t share photos from their reunion with King Charles because they’re saving it as “fodder for their next book”, it has been suggested. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reunited the monarch with their two children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, for the first time in four years this week.
The meeting at Highgrove will likely be interpreted as a sign of the thawing relationship between the King and his youngest son after years of estrangement. But royal commentator Link Lauren warned that the US-based couple could simply be mining for content for “their next book or reality show”.
“No photos will be published now, because Meghan and Harry need fodder,” he said. “Every conversation will be regurgitated and filtered through their lens.”
The duke and duchess previously detailed their grievances with the Royal Family in a self-titled Netflix docu-series and Harry’s memoir, Spare.
They alleged that the Firm’s press offices would “trade” negative stories about them to protect other senior royals and argued that the institution failed to protect Meghan as a biracial woman.
Harry brought his family to the UK while he undertook a week-long series of events promoting charities and organisations close to his heart including the Invictus Games.
Security issues prevented Meghan and the children travelling with him on Monday, but it appears the concerns were sufficiently mitigated to allow the Highgrove visit to take place.
He has faced a protracted legal battle with the Home Office over the security arrangements for his family when in the UK after his level of protection changed when he stepped down as a working royal in 2020.
Harry had been waiting for a review by the Risk Management Board, part of the process by which the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures rules on his security requirements, but found out last Friday that this has yet to take place.
The Sussexes are not eligible for taxpayer-funded protection while in the UK, other than when within royal residences, so it remains to be seen whether visits to King Charles will become commonplace.