{"id":107825,"date":"2026-08-21T01:03:38","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/107825\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T01:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T01:03:38","slug":"the-sussexes-strategy-for-a-quiet-life-and-a-fresh-start-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/107825\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sussexes\u2019 strategy for a quiet life and a fresh start in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex turned their backs on the UK in search of financial independence and freedom on the other side of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>The angry manner of their departure hardly cemented familial relations. But it was the <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/08\/20\/all-the-times-harry-and-meghan-criticised-britain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">series of hugely damaging allegations<\/a> about the Royal family that came next, through television interviews, documentaries and books, that sent shockwaves through the monarchy that reverberate to this day.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2026\/08\/19\/exclusive-harry-and-meghan-move-back-to-britain\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry and Meghan are returning<\/a> and want to make a fresh start. To do so will involve winning back support and trust both from within the royal fold and the wider public.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, sources insist, <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2026\/08\/20\/harry-meghan-move-back-tax-bill\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">will not expose private details<\/a> about other members of the Royal family.<\/p>\n<p>As the Duke and Duchess prepare to relocate to the UK with their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, part of their strategy <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/royal-family\/2026\/08\/20\/prince-harry-will-hold-his-tongue-to-regain-kings-trust\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">firmly rules out television interviews<\/a> in which they might be encouraged to overshare.<\/p>\n<p>The tactic should prevent the Duke from berating the \u201cestablishment\u201d, or suggesting that members of the Royal family are racist or the Queen is a \u201cvillain\u201d whose quest for good publicity left bodies in the street.<\/p>\n<p>There will be <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/08\/20\/welcome-back-harry-you-might-even-save-the-monarchy\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">nothing said in public about the Royal family<\/a>, it is claimed.<\/p>\n<p>That will prompt much eye-rolling at Buckingham Palace. Trust has broken down almost beyond repair. It is understandable why many <a class=\"ck-custom-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2026\/08\/20\/royal-exiles-looking-work-get-ready-meghan-eastenders\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">would not dare risk saying anything to Harry or Meghan<\/a> that could be repeated in months or years down the line. Trust must be earned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex turned their backs on the UK in search of financial independence and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107826,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[13,34831,32879,15958,18,2594,44698,2618,330,1797,1182,333],"class_list":["post-107825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-britain","tag-britain","tag-duchess-of-sussex","tag-duke-of-sussex","tag-meghan-markle","tag-news","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle","tag-royal-family","tag-standard","tag-top-story","tag-uk-news","tag-us-content"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@UnitedKingdom\/117130808740633852","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107825\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/britain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}