The Duchess of Sussex, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet will soon arrive in the UK, per reports, joining Prince Harry in what is their first family trip to his birthplace in four years.
Now, the question turns to whether they will, in fact, reunite with members of the royal family, in particular King Charles, who has been diagnosed with and treated for cancer in the time since he last saw his US-based daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
Meghan, Archie and Lilibet are reportedly heading to the UK soon to join Harry. Instagram/@meghan
Royal commentator Victoria Arbiter says she would be very surprised if, after all their efforts, the Sussexes don’t meet with the King.
“[When] you remove all the pomp and ceremony, you remove everything, this is still a father and a son,” she told nine.com.au.
“I think the King is very aware of his own health crisis, and the fact that geography makes it very complicated and it makes it very difficult for him to be able to see his son.”
However, Arbiter still has reservations about the Sussexes’ true motive behind orchestrating this family reunion.
“Perhaps a slightly cynical view, but I wouldn’t be surprised if suddenly Meghan and the children did come in just to draw attention away from this humiliating court defeat.”
On Tuesday, the Duke of Sussex lost his case against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday, over alleged unlawful information gathering.
In a strongly worded statement, he and his six fellow claimants labelled the case “shocking” and “a complete and obvious whitewash”.
Victoria Arbiter has reservations about the Sussexes’ true motives. Supplied
She believes a meeting between the father and son’s family is to be expected. Nine
Now, the group – which also includes Elton John, Elizabeth Hurley, Sadie Frost and Baroness Doreen Lawrence – could find themselves liable to cover the media outlet’s court costs, which total about $96 million.
In a statement, Harry said he and the other claimants came to court seeking justice and accountability but received neither.
“This judgment represents a complete reversal of the position which previous judges have taken in relation to the hacking claims successfully brought against both News Group Newspapers and Mirror Group Newspapers (who were represented by, at the time, the Judge who made this decision),” he said in a joint statement with Lawrence.
“It is a complete and obvious whitewash, but sadly not altogether unexpected. However, the lengths to which the court has gone to exonerate the Mail is as shocking as it is totally unwarranted.”
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