Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Duchess Meghan Khan Markle decided to leave the royal family in January this year to pursue a financial independence life. However, the couple expressed their dissatisfaction with the royal family life many times before leaving, and Harry also confirmed the rumors of disagreement with his brother Prince William in public.
During their stay in the royal family, people can clearly feel the huge rift between them and William Kate. What dissatisfied many royal fans was that the couple pushed the blame to Williams after leaving. However, it is surprising that Harry and Meghan's complaints about royal life and allegations against other members may be true?
Shortly after Harry and Meghan's wedding in June 2018, former Northern Ireland and Ireland Director General Simon Case left politics to become Prince William's personal assistant and was responsible for the daily operations of Kensington Palace. He was believed to have greatly helped William Kate gain greater popularity outside the world, but was also accused of neglecting Harry and Meghan in a series of public relations issues.
It is said that Mr. Case entered the royal family to work in the hope of a calmer working environment. However, the disputes within the royal family were far more serious than he thought. From his perspective, he just helped his service recipients to complete his work well, but what he didn't expect was that Harry and Meghan began to feel dissatisfied because of his handling of a series of issues, which eventually triggered a real dissatisfaction between the two brothers.
Royal expert Camilla Tomine pointed out that when Case worked according to his own ideas, he had no idea that the deteriorating relationship between his brothers would trigger a huge royal crisis—the resignation of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex two years later. Case developed a close partnership with Sir Edward Young, the Queen’s personal secretary and Buckingham Palace’s most powerful aide, and played a major role in enhancing William Kate’s public image, which caused Harry’s uneasiness and made him feel like he was being excluded.
To give a very simple example, when Harry and Meghan rejected Queen Elizabeth II's invitation in 2019 and took a private plane to Nice for vacation, William Kate took a special air ticket to the Queen's Balmoral Manor. Mr. Case made great publicity on this, however, the two formed a very stunning contrast at the time, highlighting the huge difference between how William and Harry handled royal life under the supervision of the public and media.
Ms. Tomini described Mr. Case as helping William and his wife modernize the royal operation, and he himself became the royal family's largest "public relations weapon". However, Harry believes he was "towed under the bus" by William's team, who will raise his brother at all costs. A person familiar with the matter told the author of the Harry's new biography that Harry's dissatisfaction was public, and that sometimes he thinks his brother's PR team is deliberately devalued and that William looks better.
In this way, Harry and Meghan's dissatisfaction is certain, and the reason for the cracks between Harry and William has finally been clear. However, royal expert Mr. Miles pointed out that William and his team did nothing wrong. The biggest problem is that Harry's mentality is too sensitive. Myers said: "What I want to say is that William's team describes what he and Harry said is actually praising their boss, but this is their job and the role they play within the royal family. All royal staff, whether they are for Harry and Meghan, William Kate, Charles or the Queen, their job is to promote their boss's work commitments and charitable achievements."
In my opinion, it may be that Harry and Meghan's efforts on public issues are too weak. The couple did not use the royal professional public relations team after their wedding. Meghan even chose to use the team that his friends lent to her. Without understanding the way the royal family works, they gave a series of wrong public relations measures to the problems Meghan faced without understanding the internal working methods, which ultimately led to the current situation that cannot just shift the responsibility to others.
