RELATIONS WITH THE ROYALS MEGHAN’S MISCARRIAGE BRAVERY
Harry and Meghan’s dealings with the royals they left behind have been limited to phone and video calls amid the pandemic.
The couple have kept in touch with the family and exchanged gifts between William and Kate’s three children and their son Archie.
Prince Charles has also worked hard to keep in touch with his son, although royal sources have suggested it was “noted” how he was not mentioned on the couple’s new Archewell website.
The home page features a picture of a young Harry on the shoulders of his mother Princess Diana, alongside an image of Meghan and her mum Doria with the text: “I am my mother’s son. And I am our son’s mother.”
Harry was due to return to the UK before the 12-month review deadline on March 31, but his plans have been dashed with the new coronavirus lockdown.
The prince still plans to return in the spring for several major events, including the unveiling of a commemorative statue at Kensington Palace of Princess Diana on July 1. He has worked on it with William since 2017.
In November the 39-year-old duchess bravely opened up about losing her second child while pregnant in July.
In a heart-wrenching letter in The New York Times she described how she was changing Archie’s nappy at the family home in Los Angeles when she “dropped to the floor” in pain.
She wrote: “I knew, as I clutched my first-born child, that I was losing my second.” She told how she watched “my husband’s heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine”. The article was widely praised for its searing honesty and ability to connect to millions of women and men around the world who have experienced baby loss. The tragedy reportedly helped bring Harry and William closer, as the Duke of Cambridge reached out to his brother following the news. Baby loss charity Tommy’s praised Meghan’s “honesty and openness”, saying that it had sent a “powerful message to anyone who loses a baby: this may feel incredibly lonely, but you are not alone”.