HHarry and Meghan will be the first to admit it: they won’t mind in 2023 And one went well and, according to rumors circulating in Montecito, they themselves gave up, defining the year that is coming to an end in the same way in which, way back in 1992 (after the separations of three of his children and a serious fire that devastatedor Windsor Castle) Queen Elizabeth defthe his: a annus horribilis.
Harry and Meghan and the year to forget
The Sussexes are dealing with the last 12 months and the bitterness they have suffered. From the harsh reactions provoked by the accusations made against the Royal Family in Harry’s autobiography, Spare, until the humiliation of losing the contract with Spotify, who canceled Meghan’s podcast, 2023 didn’t go as they expected. And there was also an unexpected drop in popularityto among Americans, worsened with the arrival of the very recent accusations – not yet denied by the Sussexes – made by their journalist friend Omid Scobie in his book Endgame.
The strategy of total reboot for Harry and Meghan
For the new year, the Sussexes’ closest collaborators recommend a complete “reboot”, just like you do with computers when there isAnd something wrong. A general rethink of Harry and Meghan’s business activities but also the underlying principles of Archewelltheir charitable foundation, after recent revelations about the loss of major donors and a severe financial deficit that now puts their operations at risk.
The Sussexes at the “Invictus Games”, Dusseldorf, Germany, September 2023 (DPPA/Sipa USA)
For the “new” Sussexes this will not be necessaryto wait a long time
An announcement is expected already in the first weeks of January a new career for Meghan, who would have decided to break away professionally from her husband and launch herself in Hollywood as a film producer, and perhaps even with a return in front of the cameras. There would also be a reality show in the works with the Kardashians, her new friends.
A rapprochement with the Royal Family is urgently needed
The constant attacks on Charles, Camilla, William and Kate have had a contrary effect to the Sussexes’ expectations. They ended up alienating that American audience too that they thought they had on their side. This therefore convinced them of the importance of a rapprochement with the Royal Family for their survival in Hollywood: in 2024, Harry and Meghan would like to return to having contact with the rest of the Windsors, even if – Markle apparently said – only part time.
Harry and Meghan, from the most hated Royals to the most loved ones?
Harry and Meghan have not publicly distanced themselves from the recent revelations EndgameWhat did he do the names of the two alleged “racists” among the Royals (Charles and Kate). But despite the controversies that have forced the Sussexes to take several steps back in their already rare relations with the English royal house, all is not lost, say the English Royal Watchers: it is enough that in the coming months they follow to the letter the example set over the years from Camilla.
The Dukes of Sussex with Elizabeth II on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, July 2018 (Getty Images)
The secrets of Camilla’s “lesson”.
In the nineties, Camilla was the most hated woman in Britain and in the world, guilty of having destroyed the marriage of Charles and Diana. Within a few years, however, she managed to conquer not only Elizabeth II, who approved her marriage to her heir to the throne in 2005, but also most of her subjects. How did she do it? Putting himself at the complete service of the monarchy and the British people, working hard without ever complaining and making the rules at court his own.
Will the Sussexes really follow their hated stepmother?
In adopting the strategy followed many years ago by Camilla, under the guidance of a team of collaborators to whom Charles had assigned the exclusive task of rehabilitating the future queen, Harry and Meghan would find themselves at a turning point. A decision that would even force them to deny the very principles of Megxit, leading them to somewhat renounce independence from the Royals. But the alternative, say the British Royal Watchers, is to definitively fall into oblivion. And the Sussexes, for once, are listening.
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