Prince Harry and Meghan Markle requested to work part-time, which was denied by the late Queen, and because of that, the royal rumble carries on.
Harry is on the verge of reconciling with his father, King Charles, which has been a longtime coming, but according to one royal expert, the public prefers when the royals are at odds.
Former royal photographer Ian Pelham Turner told Daily Express US the divide puts the Royal Family in a bad light.
“In public opinion, across both sides of the Atlantic, there seems to be more energy in the split, rather than bringing them back together again,” he said.
“This isn’t a good look for the Royal Family, it makes the Royal Family sound like ‘The Crown,'” he added.
According to Pelham Turner, what Harry and Meghan were suggesting in 2020 was groundbreaking.
“I think the reality is, what Harry and Meghan wanted to do, because they felt like they couldn’t live full-time in Britain, for whatever the reasons were, that they wanted to still do charity work in Britain, and they wanted to do half and half,” he said.
Based on Pelham Turner’s assessment, it seems like the Royal Family is stuck in the dark ages, which put Harry and Meghan in a tough spot.
He said there are a number of Royal Families who do allow members to pursue personal aspirations, especially siblings to the heir, as their responsibilities and expectations aren’t as grand.
Pelham Turner said: “For me, why not? In a modern age of Royal Families, if you look at a lot of Royal Families across the world, most of the Royal Families, or the siblings of Royal Families, all go to work.”
He added: “Why should one of the oldest monarchies in the world still think we’re living in the 18th century?”
Harry and Meghan’s idea of working part-time was shot down by the Royal Family, which Pelham Turner disagreed with at the time and still does.
He explained: “I think it was a very bad decision, and the reason I think it was a very bad decision is because what they wanted to do was not take funding from a public purse, just have protection when they were in the country, have business opportunities when they were in America, but they also still wanted to be able to perform charitable functions in Britain, for which they would pay for.”
What Pelham Turner is describing sounds like good with a side of good, which matches up with the Sussexes’ mantra — show up and do good – and now that there’s talk of Harry reconciling with Charles, possibly they can revisit the plan that was shot down in 2020 and make it new again in 2025.