Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are planning a year-long thaw in relations with the rest of the royal family — but not until Harry’s controversial memoir is out and the couple’s highly anticipated Netflix series premieres.
Her plan to reconcile with her estranged relatives comes within weeks of the Queen’s state funeral, which forced Harry and Meghan to make a quick return to royal combat for the first time since the “Megxit” in early 2020.
Harry and Meghan had hoped to reconcile with the Queen next year but were never able to, The Sun reported.
It comes after reports that Harry had asked his publisher to reverse a number of bombshell claims in the upcoming memoir.
There are fears that the final version “may not go down well with the public” after the Queen’s death.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are also facing a make or break TV test in the form of the fly-on-the-wall documentary for the streaming giant, it has been reported.
The Sussexes are pictured holding hands during a visit to South Africa in October 2019, one of their last trips as working royals
The Prince and Princess of Wales are pictured at the Trademarket in Belfast on Thursday as part of a royal visit late last week
An insider familiar with the show told The Telegraph: “This is about where they’ve come from, what they’ve been through and where they are.
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“I think it will explain a lot about the choices they had to make and how they ended up here.”
When Harry was an Eton pupil he published his own newspaper full of facts about the royal family.
It is believed he will finally be able to “control the narrative” again in the form of the TV series, the newspaper added.
By now, the memoir had been signed off for an expected autumn publication, but the Duke – who is writing the book in a three-title deal worth almost £40million – was reportedly asking for some major changes.
“Harry threw a spanner in the works,” a source said. “With the death of the Queen, her funeral and the accession of his father Charles, he is very interested in refinements.
Harry was reportedly looking for last-minute changes to his memoir, which Penguin is due to publish this fall
Published sources suggested that the Duke may have had limited “leeway” as he was handed a seven-figure advance. Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II are pictured in Edinburgh at the end of June last year
“There might be things in the book that might not look as good coming out so soon after these events. He wants sections to be changed now. It’s by no means a complete rewrite. He really wants to change something. But maybe it’s too late.”
Publisher Penguin Random House had already called for a rewrite after the first draft was deemed “too sensitive” and too focused on mental health issues, The Mail on Sunday revealed last month.
The development comes as another new book lays out a series of explosive claims about Harry and his wife Meghan – although it’s not clear if the Duke now plans to address any of these new allegations in his memoir, which he describes as “accurate and complete”. has truthful account of his life.
No date has been officially announced for its release, but American sources have suggested publishers will have it in stores in time for Thanksgiving on November 24, ready for the lucrative Christmas market.
A truce appeared to be in place when William invited his brother and sister-in-law to join him and his wife Kate on the Windsor walking tour as a show of “unity for the Queen,” but body language suggested the rift was far from healed
Harry and Meghan have also spent more time with the royal family since the Queen’s death than at any time since Megxit more than two and a half years ago
In a statement announcing the worldwide publishing deal, Penguin Random House described it as “an intimate and heartfelt memory” and promised that “Prince Harry will offer an honest and compelling personal portrait.”
The editors added that the book would cover Harry’s “life in public life from childhood to the present, including his dedication to service, military service that took him twice to the front lines in Afghanistan, and the joy he found in being.” has husband and father”.
Harry and Meghan have also spent more time with the royal family since the Queen’s death than at any time since Megxit more than two and a half years ago.
They were in the UK for non-royal charity events when Her Majesty died the day before she flew back to Montecito, California.
After the death of his grandmother, Harry struck a fragile truce with his brother William – after the funeral they performed together for a tour of Windsor to well-wishers.