Harry reveals his misery

Now I really do feel sorry for Prince Harry. He is becoming more and more like his relative the Duke of Windsor. The latter was of course king and abdicated because the monarchy as a whole could not accept his desire to marry and be with the woman he loved, a divorcee. He sacrificed duty for love. Harry is doing the same although he is a long way from ever becoming king. Like the Duke of Windsor, Harry has gone through agonies to make his decision, but as he said in his first personal pronouncement last night, he had no choice. He could not possibly give up his wife and there was nothing else he could do once the weighty establishment of Buckingham Palace had stipulated that he could not represent the Queen or continue with royal duties if he wanted to live most of his time in Canada and try to earn a living without public funds. The Palace was clearly rigid on that point. Harry had no option but to give everything up for the love of Meghan. I have to admit I was surprised after the Sandringham summit with the Queen, Prince of Wales, Prince William and Prince Harry, and assorted Palace advisers, that a semi-detached half-in-half-out role for Harry and Meghan was even contemplated. The statement put out by the Queen suggested at the time that she was in favour of this arrangement and called on everyone to sort it out in a few days. But that hint of a compromise lasted for only a short time. Once it became clear that Harry and Meghan were plotting to make millions out of commercialising their brand names, the Queen must have thought, "No this isn't going to work." So the door was effectively slammed in their face and Harry was told, by all means go and live in Canada with Meghan and Archie but don't expect to benefit from it by doing royal duties four months of the year. The semi-detached royal arrangement was dead. Last night Harry made it pefectly clear, even though he used careful understated language, that he is bitterly disappointed with the way things have gone and that what he and Meghan wanted which was to remain members of the Royal rota while enjoying a separate life wasn't going to happen. His speech to a charity event was a cry from the heart. I wonder what he told Meghan over the phone when he realised that his grandmother had given his blessing to his living away from Brtain but NOTHING else. It was I guess inevitable but poor Harry. As he said, he loves his country and wants to remain a cherished member of the Royal Family. But despite the Queen's loving words, he is going to be living in exile for most of the rest of his life. This is truly a tragedy. Maybe this was bound to happen as soon as he fell in love with and married a woman who was outside the usual British royal circle - an American divorcee from Hollywood. I wonder if Harry thought of that risk when he proposed to Meghan? Of course he didn't, he was in love. Now he has been effectively punished for falling in love with an outsider. It's a cruel world.