Prince Harry’s relationship with the Royal Family is “shifting” amid reports that the estranged Duke is planning a return to the UK, it has been claimed.
Sources close to the Duke of Sussex claim he is “turning away from all sorts of Hollywood publicists” and seeking counsel from “old friends and associates”.
The source told the Mail on Sunday: “He is clearly reaching out thinking, ‘I need to do something different because what I’m doing is clearly not working’. In short, he is rethinking the way he operates.”
Reacting to the claims on GB News, Royal Editor Charlotte Griffiths said Harry wants to “move through UK circles again” in a way that doesn’t force him to “bury his head in the sand” every time he visits.
Prince Harry has contacted former aides in the UK amid a possible return to ‘light royal duties’
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Griffiths explained: “He wants to come to the UK in a way that he doesn’t have to come in cloak and dagger. He wants to be able to come to his old country, where he’s from every now and again, and it not be a huge, great big deal.
“I think he also cares about what the British people think about him a little bit.”
Highlighting his efforts to reach out to former UK aides as opposed to “Hollywood advisers”, Griffiths added: “He’s starting to take advice from people that aren’t Hollywood reputation managers, that aren’t all those people he’s been going through.
“He’s got a very high staff turnover at the moment. He’s sort of recognising that what he’s doing now isn’t quite working. Which could be the understatement of the century.”
The King has been seeking ‘spiritual advisers’ to explore ‘forgiveness’ amid his distance with Prince Harry
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Turning the discussion to the Royal Family, Griffiths claimed that the Duke is wanting to “turn back to his old life” and consider “what was working for him in the UK” before he fell out with his father and brother.
When asked by host Patrick Christys if King Charles will be able to “forgive” his son for his criticisms of the monarchy in recent years, Griffiths was optimistic and said there is “always a way” for the King to forgive Harry.
Griffiths said: “I think Charles will always think there’s a way to forgive his son. I think the tectonic plates are shifting slightly. I’m talking very early stages here, but I just hear mood music that’s less vitriolic towards Harry.
“Not from the general public, but from his friendship circles, even maybe even some family members that actually it can’t go on like this for decades and decades, where he’s in complete exile.”
In defence of Prince Harry, Griffiths revealed that a source close to the royals insisted he has “always had good intentions”, but went about them in the “most catastrophic way”.
