A veteran newspaper columnist has argued that Prince Harry needs to be welcomed back into the royal family to help heal his emotional wounds.
Sarah Vine claims that Meghan Markle has “re-opened or even rubbed salt” in these wounds, trauma said to continue to linger following the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
In her column for the Daily Mail, Ms Vine wrote: “These are complex, deep-seated emotional wounds that may well take a lifetime to heal, if they ever will. That’s why, fundamentally, taking steps to welcome the wayward duke back into the family is the right thing.”
She believes that the royal family can provide Harry with the love and understanding he needs to begin moving forward.
Ms Vine acknowledges that Prince William is likely to have experienced similar grief following the family tragedy, which happened 28 years ago next month.
However, she argues that William has had the “strength and stay” of his wife, Catherine, in recent years, while Meghan has had the opposite effect on Harry.
“Instead of helping him heal his emotional wounds, she seems to have re-opened them – or even rubbed salt in them, some might say,” Ms Vine wrote.
]The columnist’s opinion piece comes after another royal expert claimed that Prince William and Prince Harry should end their rift. Andrew Norman Wilson argued that a failure to do so soon would lead to great tensions when William becomes king.
“When Charles vacates the stage, as one day he must, and William is anointed, a middle-aged brother in exile, on non-speakers with the sovereign but with a potential audience of billions, could do incalculable damage,” Mr Wilson wrote.
Ms Vine’s column is a call for reconciliation between Prince Harry and the royal family. She believes that the family can provide Harry with the support and love he needs to heal his emotional wounds and move forward.
“If you can grab them and hold them to your heart, show them the love and understanding they need, soothe their hurt with the balm of forgiveness, you can perhaps help them begin to move forwards,” she wrote.
