Prince Harry is making a last-ditch attempt to get into the royal family’s good graces in time for Christmas Day, according to a royal expert.
Royal biographer and expert Tom Quinn said that Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, are hoping to “patch up” their fractured relationship with the royals in time for December 25 — even though reconciliation is far-fetched at this time.
“I suspect that because Harry is beginning to realize he needs the royal family more than the royal family needs him, he may well try again to patch up the relationship as we get towards Christmas Day,” Quinn, who wrote “Gilded Youth: An Intimate History of Growing Up in the Royal Family,” told the Daily Express.
The royals typically spend Christmas at Sandringham House, however, the Sussexes have been absent from celebrations for the last three years.
Instead, they spent the festive season in their $14 million Montecito mansion with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Quinn notes that as the furor over Omid Scobie’s explosive tell-all biography, “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival” continues to unfold, a royal reunion is off the table at this time.
“I don’t think Harry and Meghan will be able to overshadow Kate and William this Christmas, or at least not in the UK,” he told the outlet. “I expect the Royal family will make sure William and Kate and their children are very visible right across the Christmas holidays as it’s a special time.”
“I think Charles wants to make it very clear at a time when families get together, that he at least has a good relationship with one son, and of course with his daughter-in-law,” he added.
The Sussexes shut the door on royal life in 2020 when they packed up and moved to California in search of privacy.
Since then, the couple have released a slew of projects detailing their struggles with royal life, including Harry’s bombshell memoir, “Spare,” their shocking sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey, as well as their Netflix doc, “Harry & Meghan.”
In his memoir, Harry penned a multitude of explosive anecdotes about his family, causing their rift to further deepen.
What’s more, Harry portrayed William as his “arch-nemesis” in the autobiography.