Senior aides to King Charles III of Great Britain and Prince Harry held a secret meeting, which became the first step towards resolving conflicts in the royal family, reports the Daily Mail newspaper, citing sources.
According to sources the meeting took place at a private London club, whose patron is the king of Great Britain. The meeting was the first step in the “process of rapprochement“, aimed at restoring relations between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the rest of the royal family. The information about which party initiated the meeting remains confidential.
„There is a long way to go, but now, for the first time in many years, the channel of communication is open. There was no official agenda, just a casual conversation.“ “There were things that both sides wanted to discuss“, one of the newspaper's sources told.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are among the three most unpopular members of the British royal family. This is due to the numerous critical statements they have made about other members of the family in television interviews, and the prince's autobiography “Spare“.
In January 2020, Prince Harry and his wife decided to step back as senior members of the British royal family. They lost the ability to officially represent the monarch on trips, perform other ceremonial duties, and use the title Their Highnesses. The couple moved to the United States, bought a house in Santa Barbara, California, where they are raising their son Archie and daughter Lilibet Diana.
After they stopped receiving the budget funds that were due to the prince and his wife as members of the royal family, leading active public activities, they signed contracts for the production and creation of audio and video content with the Swedish streaming audio service Spotify (which subsequently terminated the agreement with the spouses) and the American... Netflix.