'Prince Harry's plan to pursue taxpayer security may have an added motive'

Since leaving the royal family, there’s one thing that has been largely absent from Prince Harry ’s world - silence. Six years of ranting and besmirching the family he left behind as he sailed off into the Californian sunset, six years of earning millions of pounds off the back of his former life and an association that he clearly has no intention of ever giving up. Can’t live with em, can’t live without em. Yet, the fact no party is willing to spill the beans on the latest instalment of Harry’s reconciliation tour speaks volumes. Sure, there is still time for Harry to pop up on American breakfast television, perhaps even Meghan’s “friends” reveal all to one of the favourable US magazines they Sussexes are happy to brief from time to time. But just imagine if things really are different this time around. What is clear according to sources in both camps is that both the King and Harry wish to see each other again. Furthermore, Charles has been desperate to see the grandchildren who he hardly knows. As optimistic as anyone may choose to be, there is a nagging among certain people in royal circles that Harry’s insistence on moving heaven and earth to arrange an audience with the King and his family is for reasons other than genuine remorse for his behaviour. The Duke of Sussex, along with his wife Meghan - whose own planned triumphant return to the UK under the cloak of her husband’s incredible Invictus Games was derailed - have long since attempted to convince everyone, including themselves, that the path they set upon is a noble one. Service is universal, they said. Yet, the “progressive new role” they trumpeted on swinging a wrecking ball through the institution as soon as it appeared they wouldn’t get their way, appears to have stalled. Harry’s protracted legal battles with the British press finally seem to have concluded after varying levels of success. Yet his continued gripe with his father’s government and his demands to security afforded to working members of the institution he left behind show no sign of abating. Which begs the question, does Harry genuinely want to return to the UK with his family to repair his damaged relationships, allow his aging father to spend time with his beloved grandchildren, or is there an ulterior motive. Only time will tell.