8 Reasons Why Royal Family May Never Forgive Prince Harry

Will Prince Harry and Meghan Markle be able to reconcile with the Royal Family any time soon? According to multiple sources, the answer is no. While photographs of the couple might be still on the walls of King Charles' residence, the family is nowhere close to forgiving the couple, sources tell The Telegraph. "Under the circumstances, you might think that the pictures would be moved, but they've still got pride of place," a guest at a recent royal gathering dished to the publication. "To all outward appearances, they still seem to be a very happy family." Here are 8 reasons why the Royal Family may never forgive Harry and Meghan. 

The Royal Family was shocked when Meghan alleged that an unnamed member made a racist comment about what the skin of her unborn son would look like. Both Harry and Meghan have insinuated "unconscious bias" among family members. According to sources, King Charles is "sad" and "disappointed" that the couple made such damaging public allegations. 

Harry was brought up to follow the royal rulebook. One of the biggest of all has always been avoiding interviews, not commenting on news stories, and most definitely, not airing dirty family laundry. However, shortly after he and Meghan made their Megxit from the United Kingdom, it became clear they had little intention of playing by the rules. Starting with their bombshell interview with Oprah, and eventually, the publication of Spare, the family has little trust in the couple. 

One of the most damaging attacks that Harry made in Spare was the allegation that his brother, Prince William, heir-to-the-throne, physically assaulted him. He writes that in 2019, William arrived at the Kensington Palace home he shared with Meghan, calling the Suits star "difficult", "rude" and "abrasive." William "grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor," writes Harry. After William left Nottingham Cottage, he returned "looking regretful, and apologized." Then, he told Harry not to tell Meghan what happened. "You mean that you attacked me?" said Harry. "I didn't attack you, Harold," Harry says to his brother. Later on Meghan saw the "scrapes and bruises," but "wasn't that surprised, and wasn't all that angry. She was terribly sad."

Another reason why the King is hesitant to forgive his son is due to the not-so-nice things Harry has said about his "wicked stepmother," describing Queen Camilla as "dangerous" and a "villain" who left "bodies in the street" in Spare. "I have complex feelings about gaining a step-parent who I thought had recently sacrificed me on her personal PR altar," he wrote in the book, accusing Camilla of leaking a private conversation with William to the press.  

The family is also likely livid that Harry suggestion "there's enough for another book,"but that he "cut the memoir in half to spare my family," implying that they are a lot worse than he revealed. "There's not a lot of trust left to allow the family to maintain a good and open relationship. How do you speak openly without it ending up in volume two?" a source told The Telegraph. 

Harry and Meghan have repeatedly painted Princess Kate as the villain. While Meghan has vocalized that Kate made her cry on her wedding day over flower girl dresses, Harry wrote about what went down in his book. According to Harry, after the infamous argument Meghan made a comment to Kate, who was pregnant with her third child at the time, brushing off the incident due to her "baby brain." According to Harry, the future Queen told the Suits star, "we're not close enough for you to talk about my hormones!" William then pointed his finger at Meghan calling her "rude" and saying "it's not what's done here in Britain." Meghan then said to him "Kindly take your finger out of my face." Harry continued: "Meg said she'd never intentionally do anything to hurt Kate, and if she ever did, she asked Kate to please just let her know so it wouldn't happen again," Harry writes. "We all hugged. Kind of."

After being distracted by the Harry and Meghan drama, King Charles and Prince William are now focused on work. "It's a 1,000-year-old institution and they have long horizons," a source told The Telegraph. "It's a case of 'Let the work speak for itself.' The working family is working hard and it is working. The birthday parade was well received and no one seems to be missing the Sussexes on the Buckingham Palace balcony." Another insider added: "Having no contact seems to be the right answer for everybody right now. At the height of it, it was all-consuming – and that's not healthy for anyone."

In 2005, Harry was photographed wearing a German Afrika Korps uniform outfit featuring a swastika on his left arm, a stunt he never lived down. In Spare, he claims that Will and Kate encouraged him to wear it and that they "howled with laughter" when he told them about it. "I phoned Willy and Kate, asked what they thought. Nazi uniform, they said. They both howled. Worse than Willy's leotard outfit! Way more ridiculous! Which, again, was the point," he reportedly writes.