{"id":1176331,"date":"2026-08-29T23:59:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T23:59:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1176331\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T23:59:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T23:59:24","slug":"royal-family-wont-help-prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-when-things-go-wrong-palace-insiders-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1176331\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Family &#8216;Won&#8217;t Help&#8217; Prince Harry and Meghan Markle When Things Go Wrong, Palace Insiders Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have returned to the U.K. spotlight, but The Firm reportedly has no intention of rushing to the rescue if their British comeback backfires, <a data-ylk=\"slk:RadarOnline.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">RadarOnline.com<\/a> can reveal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Instead, the royal family reportedly intends to play the &#8220;long game&#8221; when it comes to the Sussexes.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Family Plans to Play the &#8216;Long Game&#8217; Against Sussex Publicity Onslaught<img alt=\"The royal family intends to patiently wait for the media to tire of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/radar_online_557\/15e1cdbc2e287d20f0cb2bb00ba041d0.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The royal family intends to patiently wait for the media to tire of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.MEGA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Harry and Megan only see five to 10 minutes into the future. They play the here and now,&#8221; Rob Shuter added on The Nerve <a data-ylk=\"slk:podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JcZHl9gle04\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The royals play not next week, but the next 10 or 20 years. That&#8217;s how far ahead they are looking. They plan that company, that family, like it&#8217;s a major business. It is a business. And so, they&#8217;re not looking for the easy hit,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Royal Family Knows the Sussexes Will Dominate Headlines<img alt=\"The royal family fully expects Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to dominate the headlines following their U.K. return. MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/radar_online_557\/ec0a7e83101c465c25d4379420c8a910.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The royal family fully expects Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to dominate the headlines following their U.K. return. MEGA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The royal family is keenly aware the Sussexes&#8217; return is blockbuster news in Britain, with Harry and Markle&#8217;s every move destined to dominate front pages for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A potential concern is how any charitable work by the couple could muddy the waters and create a <a data-ylk=\"slk:&quot;half-in, half-out&quot; royal image;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-marriage-trouble-half-in-half-out-uk-return-plans\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;half-in, half-out&#8221; royal image<\/a>, an idea originally shot down by the late Queen Elizabeth II, especially since the duo continues to carry their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;They know that when Harry and Megan turn up, they&#8217;re going to be on the cover of every paper,&#8221; Shuter noted. &#8220;They know they&#8217;ll go to every hospital. They&#8217;re going to go to every soup kitchen. They&#8217;re going to be crying at Phantom of the Opera in London with camera crews.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Royals Are Going to Just Let Them&#8217;<img alt=\"Britain's royal family carried on after the 2020 departure of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/radar_online_557\/0ed612d3ec3d0e68a2327c706521e76c.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s royal family carried on after the 2020 departure of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.MEGA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I&#8217;m told that the royals are going to just let them. Just let them do it. Just let them,&#8221; Shuter said about the publicity that will surround the couple. &#8220;And a year from now, 6 months from now, 5 years from now, &#8216;we&#8217;ll still be standing.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">King Charles III and Queen Camilla still have busy schedules, as do their successors, Prince William and Kate Middleton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">When the Sussexes quit as working royals, the late queen&#8217;s youngest son, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Edward;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/prince-edward-addresses-andrew-windsor-sarah-ferguson-epstein-ties\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Edward<\/a>, and his wife, Sophie, quickly stepped up their duties and have become much-loved and valued working members of The Firm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charles&#8217; sister, <a data-ylk=\"slk:Princess Anne;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/princess-anne-queen-elizabeth-legacy\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Anne<\/a>, remains one of the hardest-working royals, carrying out more than 400 engagements annually on behalf of the family.<\/p>\n<p>Palace &#8216;Won&#8217;t Be There to Clear Up&#8217; Any Poor Publicity<img alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won't get any help from the royal family when it comes to cleaning up their public images. MEGA\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/radar_online_557\/c0843d5f8d3c203ce6da3becaecad83c.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Meghan Markle won&#8217;t get any help from the royal family when it comes to cleaning up their public images. MEGA<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Shuter also claimed that if Harry and Markle&#8217;s attempts to step back into the spotlight <a data-ylk=\"slk:backfire spectacularly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/prince-harry-meghan-markles-driver-car-chase-not-scary\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">backfire spectacularly<\/a>, the problem will be theirs alone to clean up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;The other thing, too, is if you give them enough rope, they just can&#8217;t help themselves. They <a data-ylk=\"slk:mess everything up;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/radaronline.com\/p\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-australia-tour-failure\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">mess everything up<\/a>,&#8221; the former publicist explained about the Sussexes. &#8220;The palace won&#8217;t be there to clear up. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been told from my sources inside the palace is that they&#8217;re not going to help them. But maybe worse than that, when things go wrong, they&#8217;re not going to fix it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have returned to the U.K. spotlight, but The Firm reportedly has no intention&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1176332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7718,1281,21034,447,532,5105,7710,519,448,301093,58414,72135],"class_list":["post-1176331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-royals","tag-harry","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-edward","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-william","tag-royal","tag-royal-families","tag-royal-family","tag-royals","tag-shuter","tag-sussexes","tag-theyre"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/117181520572966308","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1176331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1176331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1176332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1176331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1176331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1176331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}