The Invictus Games was founded when Prince Harry was still a royal and his father is now wondering what to do
King Charles is currently staring down the barrel of a pretty difficult life decision, and its all because of Prince Harry and his bid for reconciliation.
For those unversed, one of the rumored ‘biggest rapprochements’ is Prince Harry’s hope that his father attends the Invictus Games, that are said to return to England for the first time since their inception in 2027.
But its caused quite a lot of back and forth in the Palace. Some are worried the image it will portray, while others point out a divide between the King and his heir over this Sussex fiasco.
A well placed source has attempted to explain it in more detail and according to their findings, “some palace observers have questioned whether a high-profile appearance with Charles could also strengthen Harry's public position as he continues to campaign over security arrangements for himself and his family when they visit Britain.”
The thing is also that an appearance by the monarch would “ provide enormous international exposure for Invictus,” while simultaneously “producing images of Charles and Harry together after years dominated by reports of their strained relationship,” as they put it.
In all this his heir is said to be the most worried, because “William's worries are rooted partly in his desire to protect his family from further controversy following Harry's public allegations about royal life.”
So “the question now facing palace officials is whether those meetings should remain behind closed doors or develop into public royal appearances,” they also said.
Prior to concluding is when they added a bit of information about William’s emotional state at this prospect and said, “William is comfortable with his father maintaining a private relationship with Harry, but is reluctant to see those meetings turned into highly publicized events capable of shifting attention back toward the long-running family feud.”