Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s “Mexit” and Prince Andrew’s controversies could be detrimental.In an interview with Canada’s CBC News, Princess Anne, 72, was asked about the idea of a “slimmed down” monarchy.The Princess Royal shared that the concept was originally proposed “when there were a few more people around.”But now, with Harry, 38, and Markle, 41, out, Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip both passed away, and Prince Andrew stripped of his royal title, Princess Anne doesn’t think there’s any good reason to slim the royal family down even further.“It doesn’t sound like a good idea from where I’m standing, I would say. I’m not quite sure what else we can do,” she said.Princess Anne also defended the crown after recent polling suggested that there are fewer people who would like to see the monarchy live on.The late Queen Elizabeth’s only daughter said that “there will be [conversation], everywhere” about the relevance of the polling, and that the coronation of King Charles will give the public a moment to ponder the relevance of the monarchy.“It’s not a conversation I would necessarily have.
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It may have just been confirmed that Prince Harry will be attending King Charles’ coronation on May 6, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll get to sit down and have a proper talk with his father.
ET Canada chatted to royal expert Alexander Larman — author of The Windsors at War: The King, His Brother, and a Family Divided — just before Buckingham Palace released a statement to us revealing Harry would be attending the event without Meghan Markle and their kids Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1.
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Before it was known for sure whether the Duke of Sussex would be at the coronation, Larman discussed whether he thought he might come to the U.K. a little early or stay afterwards to catch up with his father.
Larman doesn’t think that’ll happen, telling us: “If I was King Charles and I had just had my coronation, I think the last thing I’d want to do would be to hang around and talk to my son. Because ultimately, what is commonly known around Buckingham Palace and around St. James’s Palace is that Harry and Meghan leak to the media like nobody’s business,” which goes against Harry’s allegations about the Palace being the ones to constantly leak stories.
Larman continued, “I mean, the number of times you see a friend of the Sussexes being quoted somewhere is really quite extraordinary. So, in the very unlikely event that King Charles sits down with Harry and says, ‘Oh, I’ve been a terrible father, forgive me…’ But, actually the chances of all that making it into the media is pretty much 100 percent.”
The author added that you’ve got to think about “Charles’ actual feelings as a father, actual feelings, of I’m sure, betrayal
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