Prince Harry was heartbroken, and wanted to meet his long-lost father Charles on the occasion of returning to the UK to participate in the 10th anniversary celebration of the "Undefeated Brave Games", but his hopes were disappointed.
According to his own account, the reason is that King Charles has a "full schedule", so the two will miss out again.
But royal expert Richard Fitzvelin gives a different explanation in the Daily Express:
"While King Charles has shown amazing energy in public, given the fact that he has cancer, I personally think there are two prerequisites that Harry needs to meet if he wants to see his father."
The two prerequisites mentioned by Richard are "private meetings" and "pre-planned meetings", which can be understood as Charles's "Chapter 2" of the covenant with Harry.
The so-called "private nature", netizens who care about the royal family will definitely understand its true connotation.
In 2022, Harry and Meghan sent out several unlicensed photos of Buckingham Palace in the trailer of their documentary.
For example, the photo above was taken in March 2020, just as Meghan Harry left the royal family. In the photo, the young couple walks out of the carpet of Buckingham Palace holding hands, and two male servants standing at the door are humbly opening the door for them.
According to the royal family's regulations, anyone taking photos at Buckingham Palace must get official permission from the royal family, and public release requires an application and approval.
Apparently, Harry and Meghan's photo was not licensed, so much so that many senior executives at Buckingham Palace protested strongly against it at the time.
What makes Harry's royal family even more indignant is the following photo:
It was an anniversary event at Westminster Abbey, and William and Kate, as the crown prince couple, sat with King Charles and Queen Camilla, and Harry and Meghan sat in the back row. Megan's personal photographer secretly captured this moment, and Kate's gaze staring at the camera looked unfriendly.
From these "candid shots" that are not private enough, we can probably understand why Charles, who has learned from the pain, must emphasize the "private nature".
Yes! What if one of Harry's entourage was a "personal photographer" with a special mission? What if when father and son met, Charles's unintentional words were used by Harry to make public and blame them?
At the beginning, Meghan's criticism that "some senior members of the royal family are worried about whether my son's skin color is too dark" made Charles bear the accusation of "racial discrimination" for a long time.
Charles hopes that the meeting between father and son is really just "between father and son", not to be wantonly found fault, not to be maliciously amplified, not to be deliberately rubbed off on traffic to make quick money, and it is really just an old father's helpless "self-defense".
The so-called "pre-planned meeting" is even more understandable.
Since Harry and Meghan are "meeting men", Charles definitely needs to make enough preparations in advance.
For example, properly prepare the clothes you will wear during the meeting so that the other party will not be picky; Anticipate what the other person is likely to say and prepare your own responses; Estimate what the other party may ask for, and think about your own excuses; Check to see if the other party is secretly carrying a recording or candid recording device, think of your own way out, and so on.
And all this preparation, not only Charles himself had to bother, but also submitted to his assistants and the security team for review, and all parties thought that it was foolproof before it could be implemented.
The problem is that although Charles, who is seriously ill, seems to be in good spirits on the surface, he knows the actual physical situation best: he can't stand the toss, especially psychologically.
Another key factor is that Charles, as the king of a country, can really be described as having a lot of opportunities, and his activities were arranged a few months ago.
If Harry really wants to see his father, he should understand that it is reasonable to make a request as soon as possible and let the royal family make overall arrangements.
In the context of the new era, it is not easy for the royal family to exist, and it is even more difficult for the head of the royal family. Charles needs to put the country first and the interests of the royal family first.
Knowing the son is more than the father, Harry's little caution, how can Charles not understand. Therefore, Harry could not see his father this time, completely because of himself.
In other words, Harry and Meghan also predicted that it was not a good time for father and son to meet, so they had already prepared a pleasant vacation for themselves.
At that time, on May 9, Meghan quietly flew from Los Angeles to London, and after getting together with her husband Harry at Heathrow Airport, the two took Boeing first class to Nigeria to start a journey of Meghan's 43% bloodline.
At the event, Harry once again complained about the hardship of losing his mother at an early age, confessed that he had suffered for many years, and encouraged others who had suffered similar pain to speak up and seek treatment and support.
To be honest, Harry's loss of his mother does deserve sympathy, but it is a bit despicable that he is about to turn 40 years old and keeps revealing his scars and even talking about them and turning them into a kind of wealth.
Adults, who hasn't lost a loved one? Who hasn't suffered the thrashes of life? Accepting the misfortune of the past and letting it become a motivation to move forward is a mature and responsible approach.
In short, Harry and Meghan are very popular in Nigeria, and the local population receives them with the hospitality they treat the members of the British royal family. In the final analysis, these two people are still eating the dividends of "former royal personnel".
Meghan, who was in a good mood, wore a cool backless dress to express her joy, although the dress skirt didn't seem quite suitable for the occasion.
Meghan may be paying tribute to her late mother-in-law, Diana.
In 1994, Diana, who was snubbed by her husband Charles, wore a black off-the-shoulder dress skirt that was not suitable for royal status to attend a fashion party in a high-profile manner, which was interpreted by the outside world as a "revenge dress" against Charles.
Diana that night was stunned and turned everyone upside down. But her boldness and rebellion angered the royal family, especially Charles, and Diana not only failed to win back her husband's heart, but her royal status was even more precarious.
Now, Meghan, who has left the royal family, can follow the example of her mother-in-law Diana and wear the clothes she likes, without suffering cold violence from her husband and the royal family.
Compared with Kate, who is still bound by the rules of the royal family, how happy Meghan's free flight is.
Hypothetical, just hypothetical: if possible, would you rather be the beloved but big Kate, or the reviled but free and easy Megan?