(Boston) – Royal watchers hoping for a family reunion of Prince William and Prince Harry may be disappointed during Prince William and Kate’s visit to the United States.
A source close to his brother Prince Harry, who lives in the United States with William and wife Meghan, has confirmed that the two couples have no plans to meet during William and Kate’s three-day visit to Boston.
William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, are in Boston to attend Friday’s awards ceremony for the Earthshot Awards, an initiative William started in 2019 to create solutions for environmental problems.
During their stay in Boston, the couple met with Caroline Kennedy and toured the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.
Just days later, on December 6th, California-based Harry and Meghan will travel to New York City to receive the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award from Kelly Kennedy, Caroline Kennedy’s cousin and late John’s niece. . F. Kennedy.
According to ABC News contributor Victoria Murphy, the fact that the two couples briefly became very close on the East Coast but never met indicates an ongoing strained relationship. ing.
“I think the fact that the conference won’t be held says it all. The fallout is still very real and raw,” Murphy said. “Yes, Boston is a long way from California, but Harry and Meghan are going on a trip to New York in just a few days, so citing distance as an excuse not to meet doesn’t seem like the whole picture.”
The couple has only seen each other a handful of times since Harry and Meghan stepped down from their senior royal duties in 2020 and moved from the UK to California.
The last time William, Kate, Harry and Meghan were seen together in public was during the memorial service for the late Queen Elizabeth II in September. The two couples, who were called, hadn’t been spotted together in public for more than two years.
“While the brothers showed solidarity at the Queen’s funeral, the reality is that divisions and disagreements remain, and could grow further depending on Harry’s book and the couple’s documentary,” Murphy said. Told.
Harry and Meghan will be featured in a documentary series airing on Netflix in December, titled Harry’s Memoirs, which will air the following month. sparewill be published on January 10.
When the book came out last year, Harry said it would be a “direct account” of his life that was “accurate and completely true.”
According to Murphy, Harry and Meghan’s spotlight means that William and Kate’s first trip to the US in eight years came at an “interesting time.”
“Since stepping away from royal life, Harry and Meghan have been very visible at times, but there have been times when they were out of the limelight with their young family. Expectations are rising around the awards ceremony that I will be attending in New York, and I feel that I am receiving a lot of attention.”
Murphy continued, “It’s an interesting time for William and Kate to be in the United States, the country where Harry and Meghan built their home. There are certain topics and expectations about what Harry and Meghan have to say.” One moment, the next about royalty.”
William and Kate’s trip also comes at a crucial time for the couple as they take on new roles after the Queen’s death.
The trip will be their first trip abroad since assuming the new roles of the Prince and Princess of Wales. It also comes at a time of change in the monarchy under Charles III, father of William and Harry.
It’s also William and Kate’s first trip since their visit to the Caribbean in the face of protests against colonialism.
“The monarchy has received a lot of criticism over the past few years, so I think this visit will be interesting,” Murphy said. are so different, this visit can be seen as an opportunity to gauge how the American public feels about the royal family and monarchy at work today, and what that means for the royal family. family inside.”
The trip is also of personal significance to William, heir to the throne, who has made environmental protection central to his royal work.
“This is William’s passion project, something he’s been working on for over a decade, and I want him to be able to look his own children in the eyes of climate change,” Murphy said. Told. “Their biggest goal is to focus more on what we can do for awards and climate change.”
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