Following the recent VE Day commemoration, which celebrates the unconditional surrender of Germany’s armed forces and its WWII allies, Prince Harry’s perceived isolation in the United States once again became a prominent topic of discussion. Royal author Robert Jobson and royal photographer Arthur Edwards candidly addressed the apparent struggles the Duke has been experiencing.
Their detailed discussion took place during an interview for The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, where Mr. Jobson was the first to theorize this “sadness.” “Maybe there was a degree of that bitterness in what he gave that interview with the BBC, a sense, again, he wasn’t there – and he knows he should be there,” the expert began by stating.
He continued by emphasizing that while “a lot of people blame Meghan for a lot, I don’t blame her at all. I think he’s got to be man enough to make his own decisions and some of the decisions he’s made have been absolutely got wrong.”
In Mr. Jobson’s view, “nobody said you shouldn’t go away and have a private life but if he hadn’t done the book and if he hadn’t done the Oprah interview, there’s no doubt in my view that he would have been invited back to do certain things.”
Mr. Edwards concurred towards the end of the discussion, stating, “And when he had the chance to correct a lot of it, he didn’t do that. He didn’t say ‘look, I probably got that wrong, Dad, and I’m sorry, William.’ I mean, what he did, it was pretty treacherous.”
For those unfamiliar with the “treacherous” remarks mentioned by The Sun’s photographer, one example emerged from his BBC interview after he lost his appeal for taxpayer-funded security. In that conversation, he had stated, among other things, “I have no idea how much longer my father has – he is no longer speaking to me – but it would be nice to reconcile.”
Accusations were also part of his commentary, such as when he spoke to 60 Minutes and said, “They will feed or have a conversation with the correspondent, and that correspondent will literally be spoon-fed information and write the story. And at the bottom of it, they will say that they’ve reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment, but the whole story is Buckingham Palace commenting.” He added, “So when we’re being told for the last six years ‘We can’t put a statement out to protect you,’ but you can do it for other members of the family, there becomes a point when silence is betrayal.”
Another instance was in the Apple TV+ series The Me You Can’t See, where he again criticized the Firm’s silence regarding Meghan’s issues, stating, “I thought my family would help, but every single ask, request, warning, whatever it is, just got met with total silence, total neglect.”
Beyond these specific examples, numerous other interviews have been conducted throughout the years, ranging from a sit-down with Oprah in 2021, to Harry: The Interview with ITV in 2023, and a 2024 interview in NYC where he discussed his fears regarding history repeating itself with Meghan Markle.
