Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are planning a year-long thaw in relations with the rest of the royal family, but not until Harry’s controversial memoir is released and the couple’s long-awaited Netflix series premieres, according to reports. it states.
Their plan to reconcile with their estranged relatives comes just weeks after the Queen’s state funeral, forcing Harry and Meghan to rush back into the royal fray for the first time since ‘Megxit’ in early 2020.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex hoped to reconcile with the Queen next year, but were never able to do so. Sun informed.
It comes after PR and communication experts suggested the Sussexes had been trying to seize the moment to dictate their own narrative, a clear reference to the barrage of podcasts, interviews, Netflix series and Harry’s promised biography.
And just last month, reports surfaced that Harry had pleaded with his publisher to reverse a series of explosive claims in an upcoming memoir.
It is feared that the final version “will not go down well with the public” after the Queen’s death.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are also facing a “make or break” television test in the form of the flying documentary for the streaming giant, it has been reported.
The Sussexes are shown holding hands during a visit to South Africa in October 2019, one of their last trips as working royals.
The Prince and Princess of Wales are pictured at the Trademarket in Belfast on Thursday as part of a royal visit late last week.
A source familiar with the show told The Telegraph: “This is about where they come from, what they’ve been through and where they are.”
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“I think it will explain a lot about the decisions they’ve had to make and how they ended up here.”
When Harry was a student at Eton, he edited his own newspaper full of facts about the royal family.
It is believed that he will finally be able to “control the narrative” once again in the form of a television series, the newspaper added.
The memoir, meanwhile, had been signed and ready for its expected autumn release, but the Duke, who is writing the book as part of a nearly £40m three-title deal, reportedly asked to make some significant alterations.
“Harry has thrown a monkey wrench into the works,” a source said. “He is interested in refinements in light of the Queen’s death, her funeral and her father Charles taking the throne.
Harry reportedly sought last-minute tweaks to his memoir, which is due to be published by Penguin this fall.
Editorial sources suggested the duke may have limited “wiggle room” given that he received a seven-figure advance. Charles and the late Queen Elizabeth II appear in Edinburgh in late June last year.
‘There may be things in the book that might not look so good if they come out so soon after these events. You want the sections changed now. It’s not a total rewrite by any means. You desperately want to make changes. But it may be too late.
Publishers Penguin Random House had already demanded a rewrite after the first draft was deemed “too maudlin” and focused too much on mental health issues, The Mail on Sunday revealed last month.
The development comes as another new book makes a series of explosive claims about Harry and his wife Meghan, though it is unclear if the Duke now plans to address any of these new allegations in his memoir, which he has labeled an “accurately and fully” claim. . true account of his life.
No release date has been officially announced, but US sources have suggested that publishers will want it in stores in time for Thanksgiving on November 24, ready for the lucrative Christmas market.
There seemed to be a truce when William invited his brother and sister-in-law to join him and his wife Kate on the Windsor promenade as an expression of “unity for the Queen”, but body language suggested the gap was far away. curing
Harry and Meghan have also spent more time with the Royal Family since the Queen’s death than at any time since Megxit more than two and a half years ago.
In a statement announcing the global publishing deal, Penguin Random House described it as “an intimate and heartfelt memoir,” promising that “Prince Harry will deliver an honest and compelling personal portrait.”
The publishers added that the book would cover Harry’s “public life from childhood to the present day, including his dedication to service, the military duty that took him twice to the front lines of Afghanistan, and the joy he has found in being a husband and dad’.
Harry and Meghan have also spent more time with the Royal Family since the Queen’s death than at any time since Megxit more than two and a half years ago.
They were in the UK for non-royal benefits when Her Majesty died the day before they were to fly back to Montecito, California.
In the aftermath of his grandmother’s death, Harry struck an uneasy truce with his brother William: they appeared together for a walk among the well-wishers in Windsor after the funeral.