Scotland Times

Thursday, Mar 28, 2024

Prince Harry's return to UK for Diana statue unveiling in 'serious doubt'

Prince Harry's return to UK for Diana statue unveiling in 'serious doubt'

Prince Harry’s planned return to the UK to help unveil a statue of Princess Diana is in ‘serious doubt’, it has been claimed.

The Duke of Sussex was due to fly back from his home in LA to attend the event alongside Prince William on July 1.

It would have been the first time the brothers had been reunited since Prince Philip’s funeral and only the second time since Harry’s controversial move to the US last year.

Harry and Meghan’s biographer, Omid Scobie, wrote in Bazaar.com last month: ‘He (Harry) will join William at Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden for a ceremony that was rescheduled from summer 2020.’

But a royal watcher says the prince’s trip is now in doubt – and Meghan is unlikely to want to cross the Atlantic either.

Phil Dampier, author of Royally Suited: Harry and Meghan In Their Own Words, told the Sun: ‘I personally don’t think Meghan will return to the UK.

‘And there must now be a serious doubt as to whether Harry will come over for the unveiling of a statue for Princess Diana on what would have been her 60th birthday in July.’

It’s after Russell Myers, the royal editor of the Daily Mirror, suggested that Harry may use the birth of his second child in the summer as a ‘convenient excuse’ not to turn up ‘and face the family’.

A statue of Diana will be unveiled on what would have been her 60th birthday

Prince William was Harry’s best man at his wedding in Windsor Castle in May 2018 but their relationship has since soured


He told talkradio the ‘frosty reception’ Harry received on his last trip to the UK ‘shocked him somewhat’ and may have put him off flying back again in the near future.

Tensions between the princes have been high since Harry’s decision to leave his role as a senior royal and move to the US with Meghan.

The couple’s interview with Oprah Winfrey – in which they accused an unnamed member of the family of racism – exacerbated the issues still further.

The so-called ‘fab four’ have barely spoken since Harry and Meghan moved to the US


The brothers took their first steps towards repairing the relationship at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral but experts believe there is still a long way to go.

A new Diana statue is set to be unveiled in Kensington Palace on what would have been her 60th birthday.

Designs for the memorial have been closely guarded with the planners at the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea said to have given their approval without seeing an image of what it might look like.

The princes, who commissioned the statue, signed off on the plans last month, according to reports.

Newsletter

Related Articles

Scotland Times
0:00
0:00
Close
UK Island Orkney council to look at proposals to become territory of Norway
Woman Awarded Over £100,000 After Being Fired for Transgender Tweet
A provocative study suggests: Left-Wing Extremism and its Unsettling Connection to Psychopathy and Narcissism
A Real woman
Brand new security footage has just been released to the public showing the Active shooter Audrey Elizabeth Hale drove to Covenant Church School in her Honda Fit this morning, parked, and shot her way into the building
China's foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong urges British gov't to stop the biased and double standards Hong Kong report
Double standards: UK lawmakers attack EU chief over Ireland claims
Democracy? Not for UK. UK PM rejects Scottish independence referendum, cancel democracy in BVI
UK urged to brace for economic storm
Women's own body dissatisfaction appears to influence their judgment of other women's body sizes
Prince William To Move Family Into Cottage Near Queen Elizabeth II
BOOOOOOS: Tony Blair receives royal honour
Captured Britons sentenced to death in Ukraine
Barbados PM Mia A. Mottley among Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People
Today's headlines
"Just One Of the Boys In School:" Years That Shaped Prince Charles
BVI Premier Rubbishes Claim Of Causing COI Delay
Comments on "Human Intelligence in a Digital Age" - A brilliant Speech by MI6 Chief Richard Moore, and the elephants neglected in the room
Bitcoin: BoE Deputy Gov wants to cancel democracy and protect the banks with regulations which infringe on people’s freedom, independence and benefits they get from their own money.
What are the Pandora Papers?
Taiwan-China relations at their 'worst in 40 years'
The attempt to hold Epik.com accountable for the content of its clients' websites is like blaming Gutenberg for the NYT's fake news that dragged the US into the pointless war against the nuclear weapons Iraq never had
×