RICHARD EDEN: 'Harry's heart is not in the TV stuff': Hidden detail in Harry and Meghan's new Netflix show that's 'convinced' courtiers he wants to return

Netflix released its trailer for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's tacky-sounding bid astir polo past week, with the royals' favourite pastime breathlessly described arsenic 'a sexy athletics – dirty, sweaty boys riding'.

A satellite away, the Duchess of Edinburgh had an announcement of her ain – that she had go the royal patron of Plan International UK, a planetary children's foundation of which the precocious Prince Philip was formerly patron. Separately, Sophie aboriginal met survivors of the Yazidi genocide successful Iraq astatine their photography exhibition, The Women Who Beat ISIS, successful London.

There is nary denying that Harry and Meghan person done admirable enactment for foundation – peculiarly done their Archewell Foundation.

But the opposition betwixt Sophie's heartfelt enactment and the Sussexes' latest unregal, money-making task highlights the markedly antithetic paths their lives person taken.

However, Palace sources person made wide to maine that Sophie and her hubby Prince Edward could constituent the mode for Prince Harry and Meghan to instrumentality to royal duties.

Courtiers are progressively convinced that Harry wants to resume his aged mode of life, erstwhile helium felt helium was utilizing his privileged presumption to marque a quality for worthwhile causes.

'Harry's bosom is not successful the TV worldly – anyone tin spot that,' 1 root told me.

Indeed, the Prince himself made wide successful his and Meghan's infamous interrogation with Oprah Winfrey backmost successful 2021 that they had signed multi-million-dollar deals with media giants Netflix and Spotify lone due to the fact that they had been chopped disconnected financially by the Royal Family.

It's notable that Harry does not look to diagnostic overmuch successful the polo bid himself, adjacent though helium is simply a keen player. In the trailer, lone his sanction appears, successful a accumulation recognition alongside that of his wife.

After King Charles's crab attraction was announced successful February, Harry fto it beryllium known via friends that helium was consenting to instrumentality connected a impermanent royal relation successful enactment of his father. His connection was ne'er taken up, but the California-based Prince is understood to beryllium keen to walk much clip successful his homeland.

Meghan's manner business, American Riviera Orchard, is yet to merchantability a azygous merchandise astir 9 months aft it was launched online amid large fanfare. The couple's woody with audio elephantine Spotify was ended unceremoniously and their declaration with Netflix comes up for renewal adjacent year, truthful their thoughts whitethorn good beryllium turning to however to instrumentality to royal roles – and the backing that goes with it.

And that's wherever Edward and Sophie travel in.

Although astir radical person agelong forgotten, Queen's Elizabeth's youngest lad and his woman were caught up successful controversies of their ain aft they tried to harvester concern with royal duties.

Edward was forced to adjacent his TV accumulation company, Ardent, successful 2002 aft it was caught filming Prince William astatine St Andrews University – breaching agreements with the media to permission the aboriginal king unsocial portion helium was a student.

The erstwhile Sophie Rhys-Jones, meanwhile, was encouraged by an undercover News of the World newsman posing arsenic a affluent Arab businessman to marque embarrassing comments astir the royals and the past premier curate Tony Blair and his woman Cherie.

Many thought Sophie and Edward would ne'er retrieve from the 'fake sheikh' ungraded successful 2001.

Yet the mates decided to wantonness their paid enactment and ore connected royal duties. In return, the precocious Queen Elizabeth stuck by them and they person gone connected to go much-loved and respected stalwarts of 'The Firm' implicit the past 20 years.

True, they volition ne'er beryllium paid millions by overseas firms, but they unrecorded a privileged and rewarding life.

'If the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are prepared to springiness up their backstage enactment and instrumentality to royal life, they would beryllium welcomed back,' 1 courtier tells me. 'Certainly, arsenic agelong arsenic King Charles is monarch.'

Therein lies a informing to the Sussexes: Prince William is improbable to beryllium arsenic forgiving arsenic his father.

And, fixed Harry and Meghan's disgraceful attacks connected the Princess of Wales, successful particular, I tin afloat recognize why.

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