On January 15, local time, King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived at Krasikirk Church in Balmoral with great interest to prepare for Sunday worship services.
Thanks to Harry's memoir "Backup" and a series of interviews he gave to to increase sales, the British royal family once again experienced turmoil, except that judging by the bright smiles of Charles and Camilla, they wanted to "move on" and not be disturbed by "wind and waves".
But in the eyes of 76-year-old British writer Tom Ball, Charles's "optimism" is only superficial, in fact, he is afraid, he is afraid of his youngest son Harry.
Tom, a former BBC reporter and television producer, wrote a story for the Daily Mail that was featured on the front page. Tom Ball tells readers that Charles and Camilla recently hosted a private dinner at Clarence House, and the invited guests were clearly surprised that the king was reluctant to confront Harry over "infidelity".
Charles confided to the guests that he preferred to avoid a fierce battle rather than fight for an important principle.
It may be that Charles's words and his thoughts were revealed, so many British newspapers reported on the evening of the 14th, quoting "palace sources" as saying that the king may ignore Harry's betrayal and deception and "reconcile" with his younger son before the coronation in May, and Charles is likely to admit that he has made mistakes.
Apparently, this is Charles bending to Harry's pressure, and Buckingham Palace officials are also worried that they are losing control of the matter.
Tom Ball said that the most troublesome news for court personnel was that Harry claimed that he had deleted many of the pages before the publication of The Reserve, "these things can form another book", and he also bluntly stated that if these things were made public, Charles and William would never talk to him again. Analysis pointed out that Harry has begun to threaten his father, who is king.
No one knows better than Charles that Harry's turbulent marriage to Diana, his difficult relationship with his parents, and his adultery with Camilla are nothing more than scratching the surface. The embattled king knew that he had enough reason to fear his son", wrote Tom Power.
"Charles was self-aware enough that he didn't become a proper father after Diana's death, but he should have given his sons enough support," and "he snuggled up with Camilla on weekends or during school holidays, while Harry was left to babysitter."
Tom Ball pointed out that the natural reluctance to face personal problems and avoid contradictions is a major weakness of Charles himself, and this is the main reason why he wants to compromise in the face of Harry's provocations. Harry wrote a line in his book that after Prince Philip's funeral, Charles once pleaded with William Harry: "Children, don't make my old age miserable". "In that sentence, Charles has shown his weakness and he fears that his rule will be undermined by Harry and Meghan."
And Charles may not have expected that his daughter-in-law from the United States is the best at finding human weaknesses.
In Tom Ball's view, just as Meghan humiliated her own father and abandoned him, Meghan also has to take revenge on Harry's family because she feels that she has been slighted by them, and this is why Harry said that he wants the family to apologize to Meghan, "You know what you have done", obviously this is not the red-haired prince talking, but Meghan is saying what he asks through his mouth.
"As an old churros who has been successful in the competitive American television industry, Meghan can smell weaknesses a mile away, and Charles always smells like that", "Finding himself in a dilemma, Charles's first instinct is reconciliation, but at the same time he realizes that if he submits to Harry Meghan, he may jeopardize his position and reputation among the British people".
And not only the people, if Charles wants to "apologize and reconcile" as Harry said, William Kate will not agree. They actively defended the royal family and did nothing wrong, as can be seen from Harry's book, their only "mistake" was that the hierarchy gave them privileges, triggering strong jealousy and anger in the couple.