Will the move to the UK last? Former royal employee breaks silence on Prince Harry

The UK has turned into a monumental battle ground and it’s come to a head around the same time as the Sussexes’ return after six years in Montecito.

In light of their own controversy, as well as those enveloping Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and now the King— the late Queen’s secretary from 1988 to 2000, Dickie Arbiter decided to come forward.

His thoughts about the prospects Harry and Meghan have, came during his appearance on the At Home with Vanessa podcast. In that conversation he touched, rather candidly, on whether this return has any staying power.

Right at the very start he delivered the verdict he said, “I don't believe for a moment they will last in the United Kingdom.”

But he didn’t end there, in fact he also explained why he thinks this and admitted, “I think one of the main reasons Harry's come back is that he wants a hand on with the Invictus Games which is in Birmingham next year, July. I'm not sure the organisers want him too hands on, but they'll welcome his presence to publicise it.”

A bit later into the conversation the topic converged into his own reaction when he heard of the couple’s move – which was famously kept under such tight wraps that not even Princoe Archi and Princess Lilibet’s school knew until the last moment.

To that end he said, “surprised about coming back? I think everybody was surprised.” He referenced the King in his explanation too because, as he puts it, “even the King was surprised because he didn't know when they had tea at the beginning of July. Nothing was said. And he only learned three days before they arrived that they were coming back.”

Near the end was when the conversation got less friendly and tittered on the edge of a call out because he said, “Harry probably thought, well, go back to England, get the red carpet treatment, get the security I want, and everything will be fine, that'd he'd try and finagle his way back into becoming a working member of the Royal Family. Well, he got a comeuppance last Monday when he was told that nothing had changed from the 2020 Sandringham Summit, in the January of that year, that he's not a working royal.”

His concluding words for the Duke of Sussex were as follows, “he chose to opt out, he chose to be financially independent and he's not a working royal. I think he also thinks that he might be able to work around his father to get him back in the fold, but his father's made it very clear there ain't no job for you. You're on your own, son.”