Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been back in the UK for a month, and senior members of the royal family still don’t know what their agenda is.
On Sept. 16, People reported that a palace source said, “The royal family still dont know what their motives are,” just weeks after Harry and Markle officially moved overseas.
Royal commentators told Fox News Digital they are divided over Harry and Meghans return to the U.K., with some accusing the palace of undermining the couple while others said the intervention was necessary to reaffirm that they remain private citizens and will not resume a “half-in, half-out” royal role.
A little over a week after Harry and Markle made their plans to relocate back to the U.K. public, King Charles issued a letter via the Lord Chamberlain, Lord Benyon, stating that they would be classified as non-working royals.
MEGHAN MARKLES UK RETURN POSES PALACE CONTROL NIGHTMARE, EXPERT WARNS
Royal broadcaster Ian Pelham Turner told Fox News Digital that the palace is undermining Harry and Meghans return while preventing them from creating royal-style events.
“Harry and Meghan simply want to be left in peace, allowing themselves privacy to protect their children and to cover some charity activities. The Palace, I feel, are being driven by officials and maybe William to constantly undermine this return. Officially they are making sure Harry and Meghan are not seen to be creating Royal style events,” he said.
According to Turner, the letter on behalf of the king was unnecessary.
“In my mind, the act of clarification was not necessary, creating humiliation for the couple and a cowardly act by those behind the letter,” he began. “William may see the return as a distraction from his popularity and, as it seems already Harry has received some favorable accolades from people he is meeting at events — this could be an annoyance to Williams ego.”
Hilary Fordwich, British royal expert, told Fox News Digital that the letter on behalf of the king was just clarification on what they already agreed upon when Harry and Markle stepped away as senior royals in 2020.
“Harry and Meghan claim to want a private family life in Britain with access to Harrys roots, while they repeatedly invade their own privacy. They are retaining their independent charitable and commercial careers while also posturing themselves as working royals which is directly thwarting the Sandringham agreement to refrain from monetizing their titles. The Palaces public intervention demonstrates the concerns surrounding their posturing with official royal type activities.”
“The public clarification from King Charles III was another line in the sand, restating what was already agreed regarding the Sussexes departure for the US in 2020,” Fordwich said.
“The Lord Chamberlains letter not only
