Charles Spencer wedges Prince Harry between a rock and a hard place

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are currently standing at a crossroads, not of their own making and a warning has just rang through the PR grape vine about the consequences that stand in waiting for the Duke of Sussex.

For those unversed with what this is related to, the key is Charles Spencer’s upcoming book Swan Song, written about Princess Diana. Not only has it caught headlines for including some major accusatory undertones, but also goes as far as to call out King Charles’ alleged behaviour towards him and Diana’s wishes -- following her death.

Its also pertinent to mention that the viral statement “we’ll forget her soon enough” also come directly from one of the excerpts being serialized by the Daily Mail, ahead of the book’s release.

But that isn’t even the troubling part where Harry is concerned, because reports suggest it might be time for him to choose “where his bread is buttered” because of the apparent feud going on between his father and his uncle.

From claims that Charles “went nuts” and “hissed” about the world forgetting Diana ‘soon enough’. To demands that the Spencer’s have forgotten their ‘sense of duty’ when he allegedly apposed the plan for Harry and William to walk behind their mother’s coffin – which is rumoured to have been planned in order to ensure Charles does not get insults hurled at him while walking in her funeral procession.

Regardless of the old, royal author Chris Riches has made his thoughts public about what choosing silence will mean for the Duke who has been adamant about reconciliation for the last year.

Mr Riches explained his point of view with the Daily Express by saying, “now Harry and Meghan are back in the UK they need to be mending bridges, not burning them. And that means either mediating between Earl Spencer and King Charles or taking his father's side.”

In his view “staying silent while the book causes global headlines by laying into his father is not an option now he is living here.”

Moreover, Charles may not be the only person he has to consider, because, the ‘fractured’ relationship he shares with his older brother Prince William, must also be thought about.

Near the end though, his sympathies appeared to line up with the King more so than the Earl because he said, “Who can say what happened in a private phone conversation between two people? The Queen said of Harry and Meghan's racism claim against the Royal Family ‘recollections can vary’.” After 29 years I'm sure that can be the case. The book is Earl Spencer's recollections of conversations.”

However, while the first claim appeared to spark a more nuanced response, other claims like the ones where the Earl alleges Charles ‘sounded giddily elated’ at the prospect of her death sparked a more heightened defence of the King. In his efforts MR Riches said, “is that remotely believable? That he would sound thrilled when telling a brother-in-law that his sister is dead? Why would he not say that 29 years ago? There are images of Earl Spencer chatting to Charles at a banquet in Cape Town two months after Diana's death. They are both smiling and talking.”