According to royal expert Angela Levine, Prince Harry seems to be looking for a way to return to royalty, according to the British Daily Express. In an interview with BBC News, Levin revealed that Prince Harry's full reintegration into the royal family could pose a "great danger" to the royal family, as his disrespectful attitude towards King Charles and the royal family is worrying.
Levin said Prince Harry was eager to return to the UK because the various careers he pursued since leaving his senior royal job have not been as successful as expected. From the fact that not much content has yet to be generated in the big-money money-making contracts with Netflix and Spotify, to the controversy surrounding political activism in the United States, it seems that everything that Prince Harry is pursuing outside of the royal bubble has yet to achieve clear success.
According to Levin, "He wants to come back." He wants to be a member of the royal family again. She speculated that with commercial and advocacy attempts falling short of expectations, a return to his birthright rights and royal privileges seemed to be an attractive option again. However, Levine doesn't think it will be a smooth transition, or that the royal family should welcome him back with open arms.
In her view, Prince Harry has lost the trust and respect of King Charles and other members of the royal family through numerous betrayals over the past two years, including damaging interviews and revelations revealing private family affairs. Levin warned that if Prince Harry is allowed to re-engage in high-level royal duties and activities, he could pose a challenge to the authority of the current monarch due to his disrespect for tradition and etiquette.
"I think he's going to be a big danger because he's going to be competing with the royal family itself," Levine said horribly. She stressed that Prince Harry may try to undermine his father's more conservative leadership by continuing to modernize and commercialize the royal image in an inappropriate way. Prince Harry showed in "Megxit" that he did not hesitate to part ways with his family when he didn't get what he wanted.
Levin also revealed another motive for Prince Harry's desire to return - in order to allow Archie and Lilibet to grow up in England, which is close to their relatives. As Levin points out, in order for Prince Harry's children to truly live in their father's homeland, they will need "top-level protection" due to security risks. This suggests that the family has no intention of providing permanent British police security for non-working royals in private residences. This is a major obstacle and may illustrate that a full restoration of royal status may be unlikely.
So while Prince Harry seems dreaming of reasserting his royal status, reputation and privileges from across the Atlantic, the reality may not be so easy. It is unlikely that King Charles will forget or forgive the troubles that Prince Harry's actions have caused in Queen Elizabeth's final years. Some experts even say that the new monarch plans to run a "stripped-down" monarchy that focuses more on duties than individuals, leaving little room for part-time or rebellious family members.
If Prince Harry does say he wants to return, observers think he might hear some tough family truths first. Any welcome will only take place under the conditions of the new king, not on the condition of his self-centered nephew. Prince Harry has given up his family obligations in favor of a glamorous Hollywood life, and now he must come to terms with the consequences. The royals are also cautious about future betrayals, and if there is still a grudge against the stubborn Prince Harry, they will surely be worried.
This is undoubtedly an awkward situation. While many people understand that Prince Harry wants to keep the children close to their roots, he himself planted the bane of this high-profile one. Now, he has to accept reality without complaining or demanding. The mischievous prince, who once cheered people with his boyish charm, is now more of a wayward problem in the eyes of the royal staff. They certainly bear witness to how unreliable Prince Harry is when his waywardness is not satisfied.
For now, we can only watch from afar as the saga of this modern royal family unfolds. Will Prince Harry come to terms with the fact that his celebrity is disillusioned and humbly try to rebuild the broken relationship?Or will wounded self-esteem and stubbornness keep the lost prince trapped forever in a resplendent exile, despite his longing for his homeland?
Only time will tell if there is a possibility of Prince Harry returning to the other side of the Atlantic, but it seems that now the ball is entirely in the hands of King Charles, and he may not be forgiving. The future king's unwavering sense of duty and traditional notion would not easily succumb to the selfish interests of others, especially those who turned their back on their obligations.
Prince Harry has chosen independence, and now he must find purpose and peace in his path instead of bothering his family further. As the British people usher in a new era of King Charles, perhaps the distant prince will be wise to respect healthy boundaries and let go of the nostalgia for the glamorous life he once rejected.
We can only hope that, over time, once close relatives will be able to establish a new basis of understanding, if not fully reconciled. But the rebuilding trust needed for Prince Harry's potential redemption still seems elusive for the foreseeable future.