In recent weeks, speculation surrounding the website of the royal family and its content has been growing.
With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, he stepped away from his royal duties, the reflector became more and more turned to the dynamics in the family, especially as regards their past actions and statements.
The most spoken development is the sudden removal of the controversial statement of Harry, which has been publicly exposed for several years.
This unexpected change has increased the eyebrows, and many of them left to question the reasons behind it and what it could mean for the continuing tension between the Duke and the Duchess of Suss*x and the rest of the royal family.
Prince Harry’s courageous statement a few years ago was recently removed from the official website of the British royal family. Removal comes after an important milestone for Harry and his wife Meghan Markle when they celebrated an important moment in their lives with their children after their decision to retreat from royal duties.
The British Royal Family website reportedly reduced Prince Harry’s statements from 2016, in which he criticized the British media for the “racial undertones of pieces of comments” aimed at his wife Meghan Markle. This statement has been available on the web for seven years, but has now been removed. However, it can still be found on the official social media website Prince and Princess of Wales.
The statement that Harry sent shortly after his relationship with Meghan was shared with Jason Knauf, who at that time was a secretary of communication for Kensington Palace. Harry ordered him to release a strongly formulated press message.
This statement caused significant internal tension in the royal family. In his replacement Memoir Harry reveals that both Prince William and King Charles were “furious” because the statement made them look bad to avoid chilling their wives in the same way.
At that time, Harry’s book also immerses Meghan’s desperate experience. When traveling to meet him, Paparazzi at the International Airport in Pearson, Toronto, followed. Meghan felt anxious and uncovered and found temporary relief when Air Canada offered her a private room and some food, but the media attention continued when she arrived in London.
Harry’s aims to protect Meghan eventually caused a conflict in the royal family. According to replacement Charles and William criticized Harry for looking indifferent to the fight of their wives with the media.
“When she landed in Heathrow, my statement was everywhere, but it didn’t change anything.” The onslaught continued, ”Harry wrote and remembered the ongoing tension.
This situation meant a sharp contrast with earlier visits to Harry and Meghan, where Frogmore Gardens or dreaming of the future would go through. Instead, they found themselves dealing with stress, lawyers’ consulting, and finding ways to fight the madness of the media.
The removal of Harry’s statement from the royal website underlines the ongoing sensitivity and unresolved tensions in the royal family, especially when it comes to media control and how to manage public support.
This development comes shortly after the Duke and Duchess of Suss*x celebrated their sixth wedding anniversary on May 19, 2024 with a romantic dinner.
The removal of Prince Harry’s statement from 2016 from the official website of the British Royal Family serves as a reminder of the ongoing tension in the royal family, especially how it solves public control and criticism of the media. Despite the flow of time, the conflict surrounding Harry’s decision to publicly prevent Meghan still casts the shadow of the family dynamics.
As Harry and Meghan continue to go through their lives outside the royal duties, the reactions of the royal family to media attention remains a sensitive object. The recent celebration of the anniversary of the Duke and the Duchess of Suss*x underlines their ongoing journey, but unresolved problems concerning their relationship with the rest of the family are still cooked under the surface.