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King Charles, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle attend Royal Ascot Day 1.<\/p>\n
April 28 2025, Published 8:51 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior royals in 2020 to escape the British press. Despite now living a separate life in the US, Harry was ready to stand by his father, King Charles\u2019s, side when he was diagnosed with cancer. Royal expert Tom Quinn claimed Harry offered to take on a temporary royal role to take some of the burden off Charles and allow him to focus on his treatment<\/a>. Quinn also alleged that Markle, however, was \u2018absolutely against\u2019 this.<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Quinn told The Mirror<\/a> that Harry had made the offer \u201csafe in the knowledge it would be rejected\u201d during his visit to the UK while visiting Charles. The expert said, \u201cHarry will not move back to the UK without Meghan\u2013not even for a few months. But he had to make the offer because anything else would have looked callous and uncaring.\u201d He added, \u201cThe family no longer trusts him and, besides, Meghan is absolutely against it. There is far too much bad blood now for it to be even a remote possibility.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Quinn alleged that Harry was ‘shocked and upset’ when he learned of his father\u2019s cancer<\/a>. He explained, \u201cHaving lost his mother aged 12, he had come to assume that, whatever their ups and downs, his father would enjoy the longevity enjoyed by the late Queen and Prince Philip.\u201d The expert revealed that despite Harry\u2019s complaints in Spare and various TV interviews, he \u201cwanted to do something practical to help.\u201d However, Palace sources have denied any possibility of his temporary return to royal duties. An insider told The Telegraph,<\/a> \u201cThose terms were quite clear, and the King\u2019s illness hasn\u2019t altered that.\u201d Another confirmed that the views of the late Queen, the King, and Prince William, that a hybrid model of working royalty was not appropriate, \u201cremains the case.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Reflecting on Harry\u2019s offer to return to royal duties<\/a>, royal expert Ingrid Seward opined that he \u2018doesn’t understand\u2019 the damage he has inflicted. Speaking to GB News<\/a>, she slammed, \u201cHarry should have been more careful, really what he said, but he probably does think that he could walk back in, but he certainly couldn’t.\u201d Host Nana Akua agreed with the royal expert, chiming, \u201cThe British public wouldn’t have it anyway because we’re paying for them.\u201d Seward also believes that Harry\u2019s return to the royal fold could negatively impact them. She argued, \u201cIt’s almost as though he has literally no understanding of the damage that he’s caused and that he thinks he can just simply offer himself back in at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n