Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s return to Britain could end sooner than expected, according to a royal commentator. Their recent public appearances and Harry’s candid interview about family tensions have reportedly raised fresh questions about their reception in the UK.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex relocated to Britain in August with their two children, initially keeping a low profile. However, their recent appearances have drawn renewed attention, prompting criticism from royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams over their approach to the Royal Family.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s UK return ‘could be shorter than planned’ for a reason, per expert
Speaking the Daily Express, Fitzwilliams suggested the couple’s recent actions could undermine their plans to remain in Britain. He pointed to Harry’s interview with GQ, which aired on the same day as the Sultan of Oman’s state visit to Windsor. “We know how traumatised Harry was and undoubtedly still is by his mother’s tragic death. He finds interviews about trauma therapeutic, like the GQ interview,” Fitzwilliams said.
The commentator also criticized the timing of the interview and the Sussexes’ recent visit to Nottingham. He argued that their appearance overshadowed the King’s opening of the Welsh Assembly, despite describing their own engagement as a public relations success.
Fitzwilliams compared Harry’s latest remarks to his lengthy BBC interview following his security-related court defeat in May 2025. He questioned whether the prince’s public comments helped repair family relationships.
“If he does want some form of reconciliation, he needs to shut up, and he and Meghan should stop using the press, which they affect to despise, to build the profile of their brand,” Fitzwilliams said. He further claimed that polls showed the couple remained unpopular in Britain. Their actions, he argued, appeared to resemble “some sort of guerrilla war against the Royal Family.” He warned that their UK stay might have “a shorter shelf life than they imagine.”
Harry’s interview offered a different perspective on the family rift. Asked whether he grieved his relationship with his father and brother, he replied, “Yes, of course.” He described broken family relationships as widely relatable and stressed that he wanted reconciliation.
“Some people don’t want it to work out. I want it to work out,” Harry said. He added that people should try to release the past, even when old wounds remained difficult to overcome.
