Prince Harry is making a “big ask” of the Royal Family to expect that he will be welcomed back into the Firm, a royal expert has said.
According to reports, the 39-year-old Duke of Sussex indicated to his friends that he plans to return to Britain to assist with royal duties while his father receives cancer treatment.
It was claimed last night that there have been multiple “warm exchanges” between them since the Monarch’s cancer diagnosis, although the type of cancer remains unspecified.
However, following the premiere of the Netflix docuseries “Spare,” as well as the explosive Oprah interview nearly three years ago, a royal expert has asserted that Harry has minimal prospects of being welcomed back into the royal circle.
Dickie Arbiter, Queen Elizabeth’s former press secretary, said he does not see “a forthcoming invitation from the family,” adding in the words of the late Queen, “you are either in or out”, reported MailOnline.
He said: “A visit of 30 minutes, where he said he was lucky to jump on the plane after almost four years of antagonising, is not going to pave over the cracks – not to mention his brother and the rest of the family.
“He has rubbished them for four years. I don’t see a forthcoming invitation from the family (to come back). You have got to remember the late Queen made it very clear either you are in or you are out.
“Making these sort of olive branch offers to come in and help the family, there’s still the question of his commercial obligations – they won’t go away. It goes right against the grain of what the late Queen said.
“Suggesting coming back would inevitably mean public appearances – but there is the question of whether the British public would want to see him.
“We must remember he did the interview when Prince Philip was very sick and the Queen was suffering from mobility issues, and getting frailer by the day – all this was happening while Harry and Megan were doing their thing rubbishing the family.
“We had one hour of Oprah, six hours of Netflix and over 400 pages of Harry’s book, Spare. Are we asking the royal family to turn the other cheek? That’s a big ask.”
In his latest olive branch interview with Good Morning America, during his trip to Whistler, Canada, Harry said that his father’s illness could have a “reunifying effect” on the family.
Harry also said “I love my family” and that he was “grateful” to be able to spend time with his father when he flew back to the UK last week.
