Apparently it’s called Operation Bring Back Harry, the bid by the Prince’s friends to return the Prodigal Son back to the fold. Prince Harry himself has, it’s reported, been in touch with a number of old associates to sound them out about the possibility of a partial return to the Royal Family. One of them, Edward Lane Fox, his former private secretary, is well placed to put in a good word for the exile with the King.
Even a partial rehabilitation will be tricky. The funeral of Lord Fellowes, William and Harry’s uncle by marriage, the other day was enlivened, if that’s the word, by the spectacle of the two princes in separate pews in church, not talking. From what we have seen so far Prince William is not a forgiving soul and he has a lot not to forgive — his brother’s memoir, the Meghan and Harry interview with Oprah, the attempts from Montecito to exploit the royal connection: Sussex Royal jam etc.
