{"id":510759,"date":"2025-10-19T01:18:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/510759\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T01:18:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T01:18:15","slug":"harry-and-meghan-influenced-by-coded-photo-to-leave-uk-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/510759\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry and Meghan influenced by &#8216;coded&#8217; photo to leave UK &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After their first in-person meeting in months, there&#8217;s hope that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a> and King Charles can <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/186956\/prince-harry-king-charles-reconcilliation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mend their strained relationship<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This comes after <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry<\/a> alleged that his father had stopped communicating with him following a family dispute. The tension between the Sussexes and the Royal family dates back to when they decided to step away from <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/british-royal-family\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Royal<\/a> duties.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">According to one Royal author, a photograph of the Firm featuring Prince George was a &#8220;wake-up call&#8221; for Harry and Meghan, solidifying their <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/royals\/111671\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-family-america\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">decision to leave the UK<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The photo in question depicted the late Queen with her three successors, then-Prince Charles, Prince William, and six-year-old Prince George, in the throne room at Buckingham Palace to usher in a new decade in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>This image was released just days before Harry and Meghan announced their intention to step down as working royals. At first glance, the picture simply represented the monarchy&#8217;s future and echoed many historical portraits, reports <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/prince-harry-meghan-served-wake-36084520\" target=\"_blank\">the Mirror<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>However, it reportedly caused distress behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p>In his book Meghan: A Hollywood Princess, Andrew Morton wrote, &#8220;The royal couple suspected that the entire institution was conspiring against them. As they saw it, the evidence was all around them. The unspoken code was straightforward: the future of the monarchy was assured, with or without Meghan and Harry.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a recent episode of The Mirror&#8217;s podcast Pod Save The King, Morton revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/meghan-markle\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a> had contemplated leaving the Royal family much earlier than previously believed, with discussions beginning just six months after their wedding. He stated, &#8220;Harry was having conversations in a London hotel with Oprah Winfrey back in November 2018, just six months after they&#8217;d been married. So they were thinking about a different direction of travel pretty early on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, it was suggested that any potential reconciliation between Harry and his father could be jeopardized by Harry&#8217;s latest actions regarding his security arrangements in the UK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DON&#8217;T MISS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/187697\/meghan-markle-style-royal-past\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"Meghan Markle fans spot rare detail in photos and it&#039;s all about royal past\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Markle fans spot rare detail in photos and it&#8217;s all about royal past<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/187685\/prince-harry-uk-return-kids\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"Prince Harry&#039;s &#039;dog with a bone&#039; move could pave way for return to UK\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry&#8217;s &#8216;dog with a bone&#8217; move could pave way for return to UK<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/news\/royals\/187523\/Prince-Harry-needy-meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\" data-name=\"Prince Harry&#039;s &#039;needy validation&#039; exposed in red carpet moment with Meghan \" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry&#8217;s &#8216;needy validation&#8217; exposed in red carpet moment with Meghan\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A source close to the Duke of Sussex revealed that he penned a letter to Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood shortly after she assumed her position, formally requesting a risk assessment from the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which is supervised by the Home Office.<\/p>\n<p>This follows Harry&#8217;s unsuccessful appeal in May against the dismissal of his High Court claim against the Home Office over Ravec&#8217;s decision that he should receive a different level of taxpayer-funded protection while in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Since stepping down from his Royal duties, Harry is not automatically entitled to police protection and currently receives &#8216;bespoke&#8217; protection on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n<p>However, an insider has informed The Sunday Times that the King&#8217;s letter to Ms Mahmood will make him hesitant about communicating with his younger son, stating, &#8220;It&#8217;s not going to help matters. We&#8217;re back to where we were.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those close to Harry had previously hinted that the King could have stepped in regarding the case, but palace insiders have dismissed this idea.<\/p>\n<p>The Sunday Times reveals that the King and his counselors had hoped the Court of Appeal verdict would resolve the matter &#8211; and aid in mending his relationship with Harry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After their first in-person meeting in months, there&#8217;s hope that Prince Harry and King Charles can mend their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,1281,1761,447,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-510759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-meghan-markle","10":"tag-prince-george","11":"tag-prince-harry","12":"tag-royal","13":"tag-royal-families","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115398201100471768","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510759","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=510759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}