With Lisa Marie Presley’s passing, the world has lost a precious soul.
However, no matter how much her fans mourn her loss, it is her three daughters and her mother who are left with the greatest void in their hearts.
Presley’s daughter, actress Riley Keough, has broken her silence and shared her heartbreak over her mother’s tragic death.
The singer-songwriter died following a cardiac arrest she suffered in her LA home on January 12, 2023. According to her mother’s statement, Presley was rushed to the hospital where she was placed in induced coma, but died shortly after.
After taking some time to process her grief, Riley posted a stunning throwback photo of the two.
Her friends and fans shared words of condolences.
“I am sending you and your family love and prayers as you grieve the loss of your beautiful mother, @rileykeough,” and “I am sorry, this is such a devastating loss” were just some of the comments. “I’m thinking about you and your family and giving you my love and strength.”
Riley has spoken of the importance her mother had in her life numerous times before. Speaking to People mere days before the tragedy took place, Riley described her mother as strong and bright and someone who had always chased her dreams, pushing Riley to do the same.
Presley always shielded her daughter from the stress and the pressure of being part of one of the most famous families in the show-business and encouraged her to pursue whatever interested her.
In the final months of Presley’s life, she and Riley collaborated to promote the biopic Elvis, staring starring Austin Butler, whom Presley supported at the Golden Globes event.
Riley was born years after her famous grandfather, ‘The King of Rock and Roll,’ passed away, but her mother made sure she learned everything about him through the stories she shared and the legacy she had always tended to keep alive.
We are so very sorry for Lisa Marie Presley’s passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with her daughter and the rest of her family.
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The Bahamian-American actor, film director, and ambassador Sidney Poitier passed away on January 6, 2022 at the age of 94. He was the first black actor to ever win an Oscar, thus he will always be remembered as someone who broke down Hollywood’s racial barriers.
Born to parents who owned a farm in Cat Island in the Bahamas, Poitier was welcomed into this world three months prematurely during his parent’s visit to America where they sold their products. This granted Poitier an American citizenship. He spent his childhood years in his native country before moving to America at the age of 15. He lied about his age in order to serve the country during the World War II.
After leaving the army, he dreamed of becoming an actor, but due to his poor reading skills and his distinguishing thick accent, he couldn’t land any role.
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Instead, Poitier started working as a dishwasher but spent much of his time practicing reading and mimicking the accent from people he heard on the radio. With the help of one Jewish waiter, he perfected his reading skills and was ready to do auditions once again. This time, he got a role with the American Negro Theatre in Harlem, New York, and that was the start of a career which spanned many years. Poitier made his Broadway debut in Lysistrata in 1946 and went on to stare in over 55 movies, winning an Oscar for the film Lilies of the Field.
Many of the movies he was part of examined racial tensions, including Edge of the City, Band of Angels, and The Defiant Ones among the rest.
One of the films he held dearly to his heart was The Lost Man. Some may wonder why. It is because during the filming of it, he met the woman who became the great love of his life, Canadian actress Joanna Shimkus. Before her, Poitier was married to Juanita Hardy with whom he had four daughters. His first marriage was marked with infidelity. Poitier had a nine-year long affair with actress Diahann Carroll.
Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier at the 39th Academy Awards in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, 10th April 1967. He is presenting the award for Best Supporting Actress. (Photo by Archive Photos/Getty Images)
Poitier married his second wife in 1976 and stayed by her side until the last day of his life. Their love was profound and he never missed a chance to remind everyone how much she meant to him. They had two daughters, who both followed into their parents’ footsteps.
“I guess we were just destined to be [together],” Shimkus said of Poitier in 1998.
Speaking of the key to their long and happy marriage, the actor revealed in an interview with Closer, “There is one key ingredient my wife has helped me to recognize over the years, and that is the importance of articulatinglove for one another on a daily basis.”
“My wife and my children mean the most to me,” he told People in 2016, while Shimkus added, “We’ve been together 49 years and I’m a good cook. I cook every night. … I take good care of him.”
Despite divorcing his first wife, Poitier remained very close to her and his daughters.
Over the course of his life, besides receiving numerous awards for his incredible acting, Poitier also received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, and a knighthood from the Queen. He was also awarded an honorary Academy Award for his work in the entertainment industry.
Being an interracial couple, Poitier and Shimkus never really experienced any inconveniences. In thedocumentary Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light, she said, “I grew up in Canada and I never really had any kind of prejudice — it’s unlike America. I just never had those feelings. And we’ve never had a problem, actually. It could be that we lead a very quiet life. It could be that it’s just the way it is, I don’t really know. But I never really did see him as a Black man. I mean, I know he is Black, but I just saw him as a man, and he was just a wonderful person. An amazing human being.”
Sidney Poitier, wife Joanna Shimkus and daughters attend the opening of “Dreamgirls” on March 20, 1983 at the Shubert Theater in Century City, California. (Photo by Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
Many of his colleagues and friends issued statements remembering Poitier’s greatness, both as an actor and as a gentle human being loved by many.
“For over 80 years, Sidney and I laughed, cried and made as much mischief as we could,” Harry Belafonte wrote. “He was truly my brother and partner in trying to make this world a little better. He certainly made mine a whole lot better.”
Oscar winner Morgan Freeman honored Poitier and described him as “my inspiration, my guiding light, my friend.” Oprah Winfrey wrote, “Friend. Brother. Confidant. Wisdom teacher.”
Sidney Poitier (left) with wife Joanna Shimkus during 2004 Vanity Fair Oscar Party at Mortons in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic)
Rest in peace, Sidney Poitier. The memory of you will live on forever through the memorable roles you portrayed.
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Sir Rod Stewart is a legendary British rock and pop legend. Having sold over 250 million records worldwide, he is among the best-selling music artists of all time.
In 2008, Billboard magazine ranked him the 17th most successful artist on the “Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists.” Stewart was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 as a solo artist, the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006, and he was inducted a second time into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of Faces.
Back in 2019, the Grammy and Brit Award recipient revealed that he had successfully been treated of prostate cancer which he battled for three years.
Stewart went public with his diagnosis at a fundraising event for the Prostate Project and European Tour Foundation charity in Surrey, England.
“No one knows this, but I thought this was about time I told everybody,” the father-of-eight said. “I’m in the clear, now, simply because I caught it early. I have so many tests.”
He then said he wanted to raise awareness and urged men to get checked on a regular basis to ensure early detection. “Guys, you’ve got to really go to the doctor. Finger up the bum, no harm done,” the musician whose hits include “Maggie May” and “I Don’t Want To Talk About It” added.
Prostate Cancer UK s the most commonly diagnosed cancer in men, and it’s estimated that by 2030, prostate cancer will be the most commonly diagnosed cancer overall.
This wasn’t the first time for Sir Rod Stewart to be diagnosed with cancer. In 2010, he felt a lump on his throat which turned out to be cancerous.
“I felt fearful, vulnerable to a degree that I never had before,” he later wrote in an autobiography, but the tumour was quickly removed. “No chemotherapy was required – which, in turn, meant there was no risk that I’d lose my hair,” he wrote. “And let’s face it: if we’re ranking threats to the survival of my career, losing my hair would be second only to losing my voice.”
Luckily, today he’s in great health.
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Harry didn’t spare any of the members of the Firm in his all-tell memoir Spare which is expected to become the best-selling book of 2023.
Among the rest, he spoke of his life as a royal, his upbringing, his late mother and the pain her death brought into his life, William and Kate, as well as his step-mother and his father, King Charles.
Speaking of his mother’s passing, Harry revealed that he felt like King Charles didn’t support him enough after the tragedy took place. He even recalled the moment his father told him the horrific news.
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According to Harry, Charles sat next to his bed and said, “Darling boy, Mummy’s been in a car crash.
“There were complications. Mummy was quite badly injured and taken to hospital, darling boy.
“He always called me ‘darling boy,’ but he was saying it quite a lot now. His voice was soft. He was in shock, it seemed.
“With a head injury. They tried, darling boy. I’m afraid she didn’t make it.”
Harry then revealed that Charles put his hand on his knee, saying, “It’s going to be OK,” but that he “didn’t hug” him.
Harry further added, “Everyone knows where they were and what they were doing the night my mother died.
“I cried once, at the burial, and you know I go into detail about how strange it was and how actually there was some guilt that I felt and I think William felt as well, by walking around the outside of Kensington Palace.”
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At the time the world learned of the affair between Charles and Camilla, everyone saw them as villains in Diana’s story. In order to help herself create a better image among the British people, Harry claimed Camilla leaked stories to the media.
“That made her dangerous because of the connections that she was forging within the British press,” Harry said.
“And there was open willingness on both sides to trade of information. And with a family built on hierarchy, and with her, on the way to being Queen Consort, there was gonna be people or bodies left in the street because of that.”
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“If you are led to believe, as a member of the family, that being on the front page, having positive headlines, positive stories written about you, is going to improve your reputation or increase the chances of you being accepted as monarch by the British public, then that’s what you’re gonna do.”
All these ‘accusations’ and the fact that Harry said the initial drafts of his book was around 800 pages and that it could be two books instead of one if he didn’t decide to leave some things unsaid made the royals even more worried and furious to say the least, experts claim.
“There are some things that have happened, especially between me and my brother, and to some extent between me and my father, that I just don’t want the world to know. Because I don’t think they would ever forgive me.”
Harry added, “And there were other bits that I shared with [ghost writer of Spare] J.R. Moehringer, that I said, ‘Look, I’m telling you this for context, but there’s absolutely no way I’m putting it in there.’”
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Tim Bower, for one, believes that the king fears his son “has barely scratched the surface” with his revelations about the royals included in the memoir.
“No one knows better than Charles that Harry has barely scratched the surface when it comes to his tumultuous marriage to Diana, his difficult relationship with his own parents and his adulterous relationship with Camilla,” Bower wrote.
“The embattled King knows he has good reason to fear his son.”
Further, he claims that Charles might feel guilt over Harry’s words that he didn’t provide proper support to his sons following their mother’s tragic passing.
In Spare, Harry quoted his father allegedly saying, “Please boys, don’t make my final years a misery,” and Bower claims that “All too often, at weekends and during school holidays, Harry was left in the care of his nanny at Highgrove while his father pursued his own interests or nestled in another home with Camilla.”
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Further Bower writes that he doesn’t believe any compromise between the Sussexes and the rest of the royals could be reached in the near future because all Harry and Meghan want is for the Firm to offer them an apology and admit they did them wrong, which according to Bower would undermine the monarchy.
“For the Royal Family to in any way seek a compromise with a couple who have proven themselves to be so unreliable, untrustworthy and deceptive is a recipe for undermining the monarchy,” he believes.
“I think Harry has no other option for his own profit and Meghan’s profit to continue these allegations into infinity,” Bower explained.
“At some stage, the Royal Family has to draw a line and say that these allegations are untrue and the institution – which is supported by the majority of Britons – represents us and will not be traduced by this couple in California who hate them but keep their titles.
“They’ve so far earned over $120 million just by rubbishing and fabricating, in my view, about a family who provides a huge service to Britain,” Bower added.
We are yet to see what the future holds for Harry and Meghan and the royal family.
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The British royal family is one of the most famous families there are, and with that, it doesn’t come as a surprise that the wide public is interested in everything there is about their private lives.
Living a life under the watchful eye of the paparazzi and the media isn’t easy, and out of everyone, Harry and Meghan know that best.
In fact, according to the Prince himself, this was one of the reasons why he and Meghan decided to move to the States. Harry has accused the paparazzi of his mother’s suffering many times and he certainly didn’t want his wife to go through the same ordeal.
The couple now tends to live a more quieter life and keep their children away from the spotlight.
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When Archie Mountbatten-Windsor was born on May 6, 2019, Harry and Meghan posed with him in front of the Portland Hospital in London, where he was born, as is the tradition.
“Today The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are delighted to share their first public moment as a family,” the Sussexes wrote.
They also shared photos of the little one meeting his great-grandma, Queen Elizabeth, for the first time.
Later, Harry and Meghan took a trip to South Africa where they met Archbishop Desmond Tutu. “Thank you Archbishop Tutu for your incredibly warm hospitality, Archie loved meeting you!” they wrote on Instagram along with a series of photos of their son.
Except for that, they have tried keeping both their children out of the spotlight as much as possible.
However, that changed when the Netflix documentary about Harry and Meghan, consisting of six episodes, aired. In the first episode of the documentary, the Sussexes provided people from all over the world with an intimate look into the family life at their home in Montecito, California which was previously described as “Fort Knox,” and security is tight.
With that said, fans were able to take a closer look at Archie and Lilibet as well.
Archie, being the older sibling, stole the show quite a few times and viewers were able to hear him speak for the first time.
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In one of the scenes, the father and the son are seen birth-watching from their patio. As they were eager to watch the hummingbirds, Harry asked from Archie to be quiet so that he could hear the sound of the nature.
“We won’t get a chance to be this close to hummingbirds ever again,” Harry told Archie.
Well, being just a toddler, Archie did quite the opposite and started speaking in a loud voice. In one moment, he could be heard saying, “I’ve got a dirty foot mama because I was with you,” which made his parents laugh.
“You’ve got a dirty foot, sweetheart,” Meghan replied. “Papa is a birdwatcher so this is a really big moment for him.”
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The series treated the fans with plenty of other beautiful family photos and videos, including one where Harry is resting on Meghan’s baby bump. Then, Meghan and Archie feeding their chickens, and Harry pushing Lili in a baby stroller. What fans found the cutest of all is a photo of Harry and Archie posing under an umbrella while the little one wears a knitted hooded jumper with bear ears. There was also another photo of Archie which made people emotional. He could be seen looking at a photo of his late grandmother, Princess Diana.
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Another short video of Archie was also included in the documentary. It showed a beautiful sunset and Meghan asking him what he thinks of it.
“Well, it’s all done, beautiful,” he answers.
And as much as many found Archie adorable, they couldn’t help but share their thoughts on the way he speaks, or better said, on his accent. It is obvious that he has adopted an American accent.
“Not Archie having the most adorable American accent,” one user wrote on Twitter.
“Prince Archie has an American accent? I didn’t have any expectations of what he’d sound like but it was not that,” a second person tweeted.
Experts spoke of the possibilities of Archie speaking with an American accent and that is totally normal as he’s constantly interacting with local children. This doesn’t mean, however, that he wouldn’t be able to switch between accents once he grows older.
“If Archie’s first experience of mixing with other kids is in a Los Angeles preschool, he will develop a Californian US accent,” Geoffrey Pullum, linguist and emeritus professor of general linguistics at the University of Edinburgh explained.
“He may learn to speak like an American kid in California, but be able to switch to a British accent when he visits in England,” Berko Gleason, an emerita professor at Boston University who researches language acquisition, added.
The Sussexes might be causing a stir with their series and Harry’s book Spare which was published two weeks ago, but they are definitely seem to be living their lives to the fullest.
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On April 30, 2022, singer Naomi Judd was found “unresponsive in her home by family.” Shortly after her passing, it was revealed that the 76-year-old died of suicide and that she left a note before taking her own life.
The official autopsy report stated, “[Naomi Judd] had an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and was transported to Williamson Medical Center where she was pronounced dead shortly after arrival.” Further, it was revealed that Naomi’s family spoke of her intentions to claim her life in the past as she suffered from anxiety, as well as depression, bipolar disorder, chronic idiopathic pneumonitis, hepatitis C, hypertension and hypothyroidism, as per the NY Post.
Naomi’s lifeless body was discovered by her daughter, actress Ashley Judd.
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Shortly after her mother’s tragic passing, Ashley appeared on Good Morning America and spoke of the pain the loss caused.
On the first Mother’s Day without her loving mother, Ashley said that she felt raged because her mom “was stolen from me by the disease of mental illness, by the wounds she carried from a lifetime of injustices that started when she was a girl.
“My mama was a legend. She was an artist and a storyteller, but she had to fight like hell to overcome the hand she was dealt, to earn her place in history. She shouldn’t have had to fight that hard to share her gifts with the world,” Ashley added.
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Naomi gave birth to her daughter Wynonna a week before she was supposed to graduate from high school. Being a mother at 18 wasn’t easy, let alone a single mom. Her boyfriend left Naomi because he wasn’t ready to be a father so she was forced to raise her daughter all by herself. Some time after welcoming Wynonna into her life, Naomi met Michael Ciminiella whom she married in 1964. Four years after tying the knot, Naomi gave birth to her second daughter, Ashley Judd. Unfortunately, Naomi’s union with Ciminiella didn’t last long and she was once again left to take care of her children alone.
One day while on the job, Naomi met someone who helped change her life forever.
A patient at the hospital happened to be a man whose father was a record producer who arranged for Naomi and Wynonna to get to a live audition at the music label RCA in Nashville in 1983 and that was the start of something huge.
One thing led to another, and the mother-daughter duo became a sensation. They signed their first record and released their first album Wynonna & Naomi, as The Judds. The world became fascinated with the mother-daughter duo. They released number one hits and sold records for more than $20 million.
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On January 2023, The New York Post shared an image that was allegedly obtained by the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office and was a sticky note Naomi left before taking her own life.
The note read, “Do not let Wy come to my funeral. She’s mentally ill,” with the word “not” underlined. Wy, likely referred to Wynonna.
In an attempt to defend her mother and her sister, Ashley spoke of the note which she didn’t want published in the first place.
“Our family is deeply distressed by the galling, irresponsible publication of and ongoing requests for details and images of our beloved mother and wife’s death by suicide because of the trauma and damage it does to those who view such materials and the contagion risk they pose to those who are vulnerable to self-harm,” the actress wrote.
She then called out the publication that shared her mother’s note, and said, “this so-called ‘journalism’ is merely the crudest monetization of a family’s suffering and despair, and a flagrant, cynical disregard for public welfare.
“It is equally a deep violation of our right to a modicum of decency and privacy in death. We remonstrate media to take as fact the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s guidelines on coverage of suicide both for public safety and to avoid re-traumatization of survivors of such a devastating tragedy.”
Speaking of the note itself, and what was written on it, Ashley stated that those words “came from the complex disease of mental illness and not from her mother’s heart. We hope the public and elected officials now see, with us, the keen importance of strengthening and changing state privacy laws so that police reports in the event of death by suicide are not, in fact, public record. The consequence of the law as it is presently serves only the craven gossip economy and has no public value or good.”
Ashley then shared the details of a bill that has been adopted by Tennessee Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson that is referred to as Tennessee Senate Bill 9. The goal of the Bill is to “limit access to death records, investigative reports, and 911 calls if no crime was involved in the death of an individual.”
“If passed, this bill will give Tennessee families the privacy they deserve without having to fight for it. Senate Bill 9 gives families the privacy that is critical for them to grieve appropriately, and it can be obtained without compromising the importance of government transparency,” Ashley wrote.
Spare might have helped Harry make millions, but it certainly made things between him and the rest of the royals worse.
Although they are not making any comments nor they are issuing statements regarding his all-tell memoir, rumors are that the members of the Firm are far from happy with the accusations brought up by Prince Harry.
For one, his book ruined his already weakened reputation among the people of Britain. However, as one would assume that Spare would help increase that of Prince and Princess of Wales, that’s not the case as recent survey shows that William and Kate’s popularity among the Brits decreased as well.
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Among the many things he detailed in his book, Harry also spoke of William and Kate. Among the rest, he recalled the day William knocked him on the floor and challenged him to hit him back, but Harry refused to do so. He also opened up of the devastation which followed after he wasn’t invited to his brother’s home as often as he expected upon Prince George’s birth.
As of William and Kate’s wedding day, Harry wrote, “The public had been told that I was to be best man, but that was a bare-faced lie. The public expected me to be best man, and thus the Palace saw no choice but to say that I was. In truth, Willy didn’t want me giving a best-man speech. He didn’t think it safe to hand me a live mic and put me in a position to go off script. I might say something wildly inappropriate. He wasn’t wrong.”
He then added, “Also, the lie gave cover to James and Thomas, two civilians, two innocents. Had they been outed as Willy’s best men, the rabid press would’ve chased them, tracked them, hacked them, investigated them, ruined their families’ lives. Both chaps were shy, quiet. They couldn’t handle such an onslaught, and shouldn’t be expected to. Willy explained all this to me and I didn’t blink. I understood. We even had a laugh about it, speculating about the inappropriate things I might’ve said in my speech.”
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Allegedly, William didn’t want to wear the uniform he wore on his big day and wanted to wear his Household Cavalry Uniform instead but the Queen didn’t approve so he ended up putting on the red uniform of the Irish Guards.
“I assured [William] that he looked bloody smart in the Harp of Ireland, with the Crown Imperial and the forage cap with the regimental motto: ‘Quis Separabit? Who shall separate us?’ It didn’t seem to make an impression. I, on the other hand, did not look smart, nor did I feel comfortable, in my Blues and Royals uniform, which protocol dictated that I wear. I’d never worn it before and hoped not to wear it again anytime soon,” Harry recalled.
“I recall Kate walking down the aisle, looking incredible, and I recall Willy walking her back up the aisle, and as they disappeared through the door, into the carriage that would convey them to Buckingham Palace, into the eternal partnership they’d pledged, I recall thinking: Goodbye,” Harry said.
Due to Harry and Meghan’s departure from the royal family as well as the many interviews in which they made plenty of accusations against the royals and Harry’s book being released, the Sussexes’ reputation went down from 80 percent a decade ago to only 24, with 68 percent of those surveyed being critical of him.
What comes as a surprise to many is that William and Kate’s reputation went down as well.
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According to the recent YouGov poll, the Prince and Princess of Wales have received the “lowest figures on record.” They got 70 percent and 68 percent, respectively, which isn’t bad as numbers, but it does show significant decrease compared to previous years.
“Those hard workers over at YouGov have been at it though, polling Brits to find out how they are currently feeling about the House of Windsor. The numbers paint a grim picture for anyone with a personal cipher, notably William and Kate,” royal commentator Daniela Elser wrote in a column for the New Zealand Herald.
“Their net favourability sits at 49 percent for the Prince and 50 percent for the Princess. The lowest figures on record for the duo since polling started in 2011.”
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Prince Harry’s all-tell memoir Spare might easily become the best selling book of 2023 according to statistics and the fact that it was sold in 1.4 million copies across the States, UK, and Canada on the first day of its release. However, this success comes at a price as it is obvious that regardless of the fact that the royals stay quiet regarding the book, it will certainly affect the already damaged relationship between them and Harry.
In four months time, the world is about to witness King Charles’ coronation, an event that hasn’t taken place in Britain for over 70 years, the time late Queen Elizabeth reigned with the country.
According to the media, Harry and Meghan have been invited to the important milestone for the country, but not many believe they will attend it.
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Royal historian Hugo Vickers, a friend of the royals, predicts that Harry won’t accept the invitation to his father’s coronation.
“Harry has made it clear that he has certain conditions before he will accept any invitation,” he told Page Six.
“It is always possible to reconcile if both parties are willing to do so. But I don’t think the Harry side will budge.
“He’s never wrong about anything. so that’s not a very good start … I do hope Harry won’t come, as it could deflect from the ceremony. After all, that’s why they don’t invite crowned Kings and Queens to a coronation.”
When saying this, Vickers is probably referring to Prince Harry’s recent interview with The Telegraph in which he claimed his family considered him “delusional and paranoid” and asked for an apology.
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“There is a lot that can happen between now and then. But, you know, the door is always open. The ball is in their court,” Harry said when asked whether or not he will attend the ceremony which is to take place on the day of Archie’s birthday.
“There’s a lot to be discussed, and I really hope that they are willing to sit down and talk about it,” Harry added.
Royal sources claim that a reconciliation meeting is likely to take place, but it certainly needs to happen before the coronation.
“It’s going to take flexibility on all sides, but it can be done, it’s fixable,” the source said. “It needs Harry over here, in the room with the King and [Prince Williams], a couple of other family members, some of ‘his people’ he trusts who always had his back, so he doesn’t think he’s being ambushed. Someone like Elf [Ed Lane Fox, Harry’s former private secretary] and Christopher [Lord Geidt, the late Queen’s former private secretary who advised the Sussexes].”
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Since the coronation is an important and definitely a joyous occasion, relationship expert Valon Asani shared with the Daily Express that it is as well the perfect time to make amends.
“The occasion of the coronation is cause for celebration as we celebrate the beginning of the King’s reign, and such a meaningful and happy occasion may be the perfect backdrop for reconciliation.”
Hopefully, this meeting will take place and it will help repair what needs to be repaired between Harry and the rest of the royals. Having in mind that Spare clearly made many furious, we hope there are still chances that things may turn for the better for the royals.
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Among the rest, Harry spoke of his niece and nephews, saying that he wasn’t invited to William and Kate’s home as much as he wished to upon Prince George’s birth. Harry also spoke of Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis and said that he fears they could “end up” just like him.
“Though William and I have talked about it once or twice, and he has made it very clear to me that his kids are not my responsibility, I still feel a responsibility knowing that out of those three children, at least one will end up like me, the spare,” Harry said in an interview with The Telegraph.
“And that hurts, that worries me.
“I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy, I was summoned to provide backup, distraction, diversion and, if necessary, a spare part. Kidney, perhaps. Blood transfusion. Speck of bone marrow. This was all made explicitly clear to me from the start of life’s journey and regularly reinforced thereafter.”
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Although Harry’s book attracted both positive and negative opinions by the wide public and the royal experts, most of them agree that he shouldn’t have involved William and Kate’s children in it.
“Harry should lay off Prince William’s children. In fact, he should lay off everybody and button it now,” royal author Ingrid Seward told The Sun. “It is a very dangerous road to go down, to start talking about other people’s children.
“And what he says Prince William said to him is absolutely right – they are William’s responsibility and not his, so he should keep out of it.
“It is none of Harry’s business. But Harry has become dangerous to his family, and to himself, because he can lob in his little asides whenever he wants.”
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