by Enrica Roddolo
“Harry rejects life before Meghan,” Jonny Dymond Royal Editor BBC told Courier. “Coronation? Strange when the king’s son doesn’t go, but will he have the courage?”
“I want reconciliation, but first there has to be “some accountability” (someone has to take some responsibility, ed.). The truth, it seems, is that there’s only one side of the story, right? But every story has a double face, »says Prince Harry in an interview with the English ITV for the launch of his book «Spare». And that’s not the only negotiation option. Between venom and revenge, Harry seems to sow seeds of reconciliation here and there.
But is there room now to heal the wound, to ease the pain and anger on Harry’s side, but also on the side of his father the King and the Windsors? “In a short time I would be very surprised if there was a reconciliation between them, there is so much bloodshed and then Harry has now carved his new life in California. I see in this book the rejection of the life Harry had before meeting Meghan,” Bbc News Royal correspondent Jonny Dymond tells the Courier Service. And as for Charles III’s attempts to mend his ways, he says: “The Queen first and now the King have spoken of their love for Harry and Meghan and I think there is no doubt that Charles is hoping for some relaxation , which leads to a reconciliation , but at the moment the conditions are not good at all».
Yes, Harry’s words to the family are very poisoned arrows that seem to shoot in all directions, against William (who is accused of jealousy towards Harry even for his beard, as for the idea of the Invictus games for war-maimed soldiers), against Kate (who would never have loved Meghan, so unlike her) and of course Carlo and even Camilla (Harry writes that he asked his father not to marry her). But the coronation on May 6 is approaching. And King Charles is determined to invite his “rebellious” son Harry too.
So why this invitation to the coronation? “Let’s assume that on the one hand it would be extremely strange if the king’s son did not attend his father’s coronation. But it’s also true that the book is such an affront to both father and brother that I wonder: will Harry have the strength, the courage, to show himself at the coronation? I do not know”.
By the way, which coronation will it be? A crowning glory codenamed Operation Golden Orb, something cheap as promised? “Inexpensive? Instead, it will be glorious, celebratory and not demure. Yes, it will cost less, but the royal household and government know that the monarchy loses all of its charm if it isn’t in a sumptuous, exciting way », Dymond replies, convinced that when one speaks of the British crown one must remember that « it is not a football game, it is a millennial monarchy ». In short, in the long run it will be time to close everything heal.
So will the millennial Windsor monarchy be damaged or will it survive this earthquake? “Both. There’s no question that it’s all bad for the monarchy: the press, with pages and pages of gossip and allegations and personal details, precisely everything the Palace detests, is at the center of the debate. But the monarchy is very resilient, it has a lot deep roots.”
They said there is an “unanswered allegation” in all of this, an unresolved question, an accusation that deserves an answer, in this tip Harry makes to palace staff who allegedly fabricated stories against him and Meghan. “Harry said there was no way he could tell the whole truth while he was in the Palace car. Worse, behind their backs, he claims staffers at the Palazzo — the people you hire to speak for them — worked to harm them. If these were allegations against a ministry, a party, you would expect an answer. The lack of any reaction or rejection would be taken by many as an admission.”
But for now, Carlo is staying true to what even Harry in the book calls the “motto” of the royal family: never complain, never explain. “There is one word that sums up the debut of King Charles well: continuity, continuity, that is the real strength of a constitutional monarchy – concludes Dymond -. For my part, I was surprised at how minimal, almost imperceptible, the changes in the new rule were compared to Elizabeth’s. When I thought about the relay, I had always believed that there would be an earthquake, but the state machinery, the machinery of the monarchy (the architecture of the institution, the monarchy) was faithful to tradition and … Carlo personally benefited from it until now» .
January 8, 2023 (change January 8, 2023 | 18:48)
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