Olive branch to Harry and Meghan
KING Charles extended an extraordinary olive branch to Harry and Meghan last night.
He included his love for the couple – who turned their back on royal life – in his historic televised address to the world.
Charles told the millions of viewers watching: ‘I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas.’
The 73-year-old King has never abandoned hope of rekindling his relationship with his youngest son despite Harry and Meghan moving to the United States and publicly attacking the royals. His dramatic peace offering – during the most important speech of his life – comes exactly 18 months after the duke and duchess declared war on the royal household during their bombshell interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey.
Harry told the television star that his father had ‘cut them off’ financially after they quit royal life to live in America – a claim later proved to be untrue and which caused ‘great upset’ to Charles. And Meghan’s unsubstantiated allegation that a royal made a racist remark before their son Archie’s birth left William and his father both ‘furious’. Following the interview, William insisted that the royals were ‘very much not a racist family’.
Since then, the Sussexes have continued to drop ‘truth bombs’ to friendly US media outlets as they try to justify their lavish deals with the likes of television, music and podcast streaming services Netflix and Spotify.
William, in particular, is said to have been avoiding all contact with his brother – until this week’s momentous events – in case their exchanges ended up in the pages of Harry’s forthcoming memoir.