Royal historian Robert Lacey’s says that Prince William’s decision to cut Prince Harry out of Buckingham Palace’s 2019 Christmas photo sent a message that was received loud and clear. In fact, Lacey says the infamous photo set Mexgit into motion.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s dramatic Megxit caught Royal watchers by surprise. It was unexpected and announced in a very shocking fashion that bypassed the Queen.
Robert Lacey’s book “Battle of Brothers” details the tension between William and Harry that picked up after the younger brother’s marriage to Meghan Markle.
The Royal historian states the idea for the 2019 holiday picture was Prince Charles’s, but it was Prince William who used the picture to send a message to Harry.
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The monarchy is always gauging how it’s perceived by the British public.
Because optics matter, the idea of the family growing is a costly one to those footing the bill. Thus, the Prince of Wales wanted to showcase the idea of a smaller monarchy.
The writer reports that William had a different reason for wanting to use this picture. There had been issues with Harry’s bride Meghan for a while and Lacey reports the Duke of Cambridge felt this picture could send a message to her and Harry.
The Line of Succession photo got much praise when it was released in time for Christmas last year. It showed the Queen and the next three in line to the throne, Prince Charles, Prince William, and Prince George.
While this is understandable to many Royal watchers, the lovely photo apparently did not sit well with Harry or Meghan. It is very unlikely that Harry will ever be King and Meghan needs to understand this.
Shortly after the photo was released, The Times reported Harry and Meghan were angry at being excluded.
Meghan did not want Harry to play second fiddle to Prince William.
Even though Harry was now farther down the line of succession, she must have felt entitled to an elevated status since she married the son of the Prince of Wales.
“According to insiders, this formal photograph, taken in the Buckingham Palace Throne Room a week before Christmas 2019, was the idea of Prince Charles, anxious to promote his cause of the ‘slimmed-down monarchy,’ Lacey writes, “Palace sources have also let it be known that the plan of depicting the direct line of royal succession was enthusiastically supported by Prince William, who was not saying anything for the record—but who wanted to send his younger brother a message.”
The “Battle of Brothers” book also claims William had concerns about Harry’s relationship with Meghan before they ever got married.
He even asked his Uncle Charles, Diana’s brother, to have an intervention of sorts.
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“After several more peppery reactions, William turned to his uncle Charles Spencer for help,” the book reads.
“The result of the Spencer intervention was an even more bitter explosion. Once again Harry refused to slow down. He didn’t blame his uncle. He understood why Diana’s brother should want to help. Yet he was furious with his elder brother for dragging other family members into the row.”
Meghan and Harry apparently didn’t like their supporting role and felt it was time to pack up and leave.
They did so by announcing it on Instagram without coordinating things with Buckingham Palace.
Lacey connects the dots on that decision in this book. Here’s Lacey speaking about the Royals and his book in the video below:
Prince William wasn’t the only royal perplexed and alienated by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s choices.
Another biographer also documented Prince Phillip’s concerns with Harry and Meghan. Ingrid Seward is one of the most respected and prominent writers covering the Royal Family, and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine.
In her new biography, “Prince Phillip Revealed”, Seward looks at Megxit from the Queen’s husband’s perspective. She says he struggled with why Prince Harry, sixed in line to the throne, would walk away from the Royal Family.
Since the couple’s abrupt exist, Seward says that Prince Phillip has given up on the situation.
“For Philip, whose entire existence has been based on a devotion to doing his duty, it appeared that his grandson had abdicated his for the sake of his marriage to an American divorcee in much the same way as Edward VIII gave up his crown to marry Wallis Simpson in 1936,” Seward writes.
Only Prince Harry and Meghan Markle know the true reason they walked awya from the British Royal Family.
But these new biographies certainly help to shed some light on the discord that lead up to Megxit.
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