{"id":628321,"date":"2025-12-12T12:49:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/628321\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T12:49:32","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T12:49:32","slug":"the-royal-family-just-extended-a-major-olive-branch-to-meghan-markle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/628321\/","title":{"rendered":"The Royal Family Just Extended a Major Olive Branch to Meghan Markle"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul id=\"115f66b0-2713-4d51-abfc-65dc80234444\">\n<li>King Charles and Queen Camilla have a framed photograph of Meghan Markle and the monarch on display in their London home.<\/li>\n<li>The nod was spotted by fans, after the royal family uploaded photographs of Queen Camilla&#8217;s annual Christmas event at Clarence House.<\/li>\n<li>King Charles and Prince Harry are reportedly moving towards peace, meeting in London earlier this year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"0d9b58e1-2fcd-4047-b6f4-0924c0a05f22\">The <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-william-princess-kate-prince-harry-meghan-markle-temporary-truce\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-william-princess-kate-prince-harry-meghan-markle-temporary-truce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duke and Duchess of Sussex<\/a> stepped away from royal life and relocated to California in 2020, amid royal tensions. And in the years that followed, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-harry-king-charles-breaking-the-ice\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-harry-king-charles-breaking-the-ice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their relationship with the Mountbatten-Windsors<\/a> has become increasingly strained.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, after the release of <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/prince-harry\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/royal-family-despairing-harry-meghan-netflix\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/royal-family-despairing-harry-meghan-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;s memoir <\/a>and the Duke and Duchess&#8217; tell-all documentary series, <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/royal-family-despairing-harry-meghan-netflix\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/royal-family-despairing-harry-meghan-netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry &amp; Meghan<\/a>, the Sussexes and the rest of the Mountbatten-Windsors were reported to have ceased contact.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"a3030a3d-6621-44b9-be1f-a4477c638528-0\">However, in 2025, there has seemingly been movement towards peace from both sides, with <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-harry-uk-return-2025\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-harry-uk-return-2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry meeting with King Charles<\/a> in September this year.<\/p>\n<p>You may like<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-william-never-forgive-prince-harry-king-peace-talk\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/prince-william-never-forgive-prince-harry-king-peace-talk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">secret peace summit<\/a>&#8221; is said to have been the first time the pair had seen each other since February 2024. And according to sources, it marked &#8220;an important first step towards rebuilding their father and son relationship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:150.00%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fiw2HsfrrRHQTRMX8jsvnN.jpg\" alt=\"King Charles walks Meghan Markle down the aisle at her wedding to Prince Harry in 2018\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fiw2HsfrrRHQTRMX8jsvnN.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fiw2HsfrrRHQTRMX8jsvnN.jpg\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p id=\"bbf5f3b6-2c16-4738-aee3-1a2565befb81\">This week, it was <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/meghan-markle\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a>&#8216;s relationship with the royal family that got the world talking, as the Mountbatten-Windsors appeared to extend a subtle olive branch to her.<\/p>\n<p>The nod in question took place at Queen Camilla&#8217;s annual Christmas tea party, where the royal family had a framed photograph of the Duchess of Sussex displayed at Clarence House.<\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dyHso4wixQodRbQeFa3ujN.jpg\" alt=\"A framed photograph of King Charles and Meghan Markle on display in Clarence House\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dyHso4wixQodRbQeFa3ujN.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/dyHso4wixQodRbQeFa3ujN.jpg\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p>(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p id=\"2ac55152-678e-455a-8e48-ed4f5ac1732f\">The photograph in question is from <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/prince-harry\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan Markle&#8217;s 2018 wedding day, capturing the moment that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/king-charles-iii\" data-auto-tag-linker=\"true\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/tag\/king-charles-iii\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles<\/a> walked the Duchess down the aisle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Celebrity news, beauty, fashion advice, and fascinating features, delivered straight to your inbox!<\/p>\n<p>And next to it was a family photograph from Prince Louis&#8217; Christening, also featuring the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-collectionwidget-91765294b018f2f222b8c967296f0e1d\" data-url=\"\" href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-hl-processed=\"none\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FSpare-Duke-Sussex-Prince-Harry%2Fdp%2F1804991562%2Fref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dmarieclaireuk-gb-5181668940739375704-21\" data-model-name=\"Spare, by Prince Harry\" data-model-brand=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Spare-Duke-Sussex-Prince-Harry\/dp\/1804991562\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FSpare-Duke-Sussex-Prince-Harry%2Fdp%2F1804991562%2Fref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-21\" data-merchant-name=\"Amazon UK\" data-merchant-id=\"1027\" data-merchant-network=\"Amazonuk\" data-merchant-url=\"amazon.co.uk\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" style=\"padding-top:150%\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/njTqweJqDdLdxY5iMamH4g.jpg\" alt=\"Spare\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/njTqweJqDdLdxY5iMamH4g.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/njTqweJqDdLdxY5iMamH4g.jpg\" class=\"featured_image\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his best-selling memoir, Prince Harry details his life behind closed doors at the Palace &#8211; and his shocking decision to leave it all behind.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FPalace-Papers-Sunday-Times-bestseller%2Fdp%2F152915880X%2Fref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dmarieclaireuk-gb-7163799579188072813-21\" data-model-name=\"The Palace Papers, Tina Brown\" data-model-brand=\"Penguin\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Palace-Papers-Sunday-Times-bestseller\/dp\/152915880X\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FPalace-Papers-Sunday-Times-bestseller%2Fdp%2F152915880X%2Fref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-21\" data-merchant-name=\"Amazon UK\" data-merchant-id=\"1027\" data-merchant-network=\"Amazonuk\" data-merchant-url=\"amazon.co.uk\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" style=\"padding-top:150%\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rRMg9GYYHKUDvcsBLDoEDE.jpg\" alt=\"The Palace Papers: the Sunday Times Bestseller\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rRMg9GYYHKUDvcsBLDoEDE.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/rRMg9GYYHKUDvcsBLDoEDE.jpg\" class=\"featured_image\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Penguin<\/p>\n<p>The Palace Papers, Tina Brown<\/p>\n<p>Author and former Vanity Fair editor, Tina Brown, offers insight into how the biggest moments in recent royal history unfolded &#8211; from Camilla&#8217;s royal ascension, to Harry and Meghan&#8217;s departure.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FRevenge-Meghan-between-Windsors-bestseller%2Fdp%2F1788705874%2Fref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dmarieclaireuk-gb-1254931407044872828-21\" data-model-name=\"Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, by Tom Bower\" data-model-brand=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Revenge-Meghan-between-Windsors-bestseller\/dp\/1788705874\/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0\" target=\"_blank\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"sponsored noopener\" data-hl-processed=\"hawklinks\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\" data-placeholder-url=\"https:\/\/target.georiot.com\/Proxy.ashx?tsid=107650&amp;GR_URL=https%3A%2F%2Famazon.co.uk%2FRevenge-Meghan-between-Windsors-bestseller%2Fdp%2F1788705874%2Fref%3Dtmm_pap_swatch_0%3Ftag%3Dhawk-future-21%26ascsubtag%3Dhawk-custom-tracking-21\" data-merchant-name=\"Amazon UK\" data-merchant-id=\"1027\" data-merchant-network=\"Amazonuk\" data-merchant-url=\"amazon.co.uk\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" style=\"padding-top:150%\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YYLhoyVWCXiyN9dKBTkTTZ.jpg\" alt=\"Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors. the Sunday Times No 1 Bestseller\"   loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" data-original-mos=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YYLhoyVWCXiyN9dKBTkTTZ.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/YYLhoyVWCXiyN9dKBTkTTZ.jpg\" class=\"featured_image\"\/>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, by Tom Bower<\/p>\n<p>This was branded as one of the most &#8216;explosive&#8217; royal biographies in recent years, detailing the fallout between the monarchy, and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.<\/p>\n<p id=\"d65a6978-952b-410c-a710-2beb3d5f3764\">This, sources believe, was no coincidence, with the royal family reported to send messages with their photographs on display, changing, adding and removing portraits over time.<\/p>\n<p>And it comes after reports by the Mirror that <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/king-charles-subtle-olive-branch-prince-harry-meghan-markle-photos\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.marieclaire.co.uk\/royal-news\/king-charles-subtle-olive-branch-prince-harry-meghan-markle-photos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">King Charles now has framed photographs of his son and daughter-in-law<\/a> at his official Northern Irish residence, Hillsborough Castle, as well.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Royal Historic Palaces make decisions on what they believe to be appropriate,&#8221; a source previously told the publication. &#8220;They are also guided by members of The Royal Family, but the decision over what pictures of the family to use ultimately lies with the King.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to update this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"King Charles and Queen Camilla have a framed photograph of Meghan Markle and the monarch on display in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-628321","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-royal","9":"tag-royal-families","10":"tag-royal-family","11":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115706685931145267","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628321","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=628321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}