King Charles not meeting his youngest son, Prince Harry, during his UK visit is the monarch “denying a photo opportunity”, according to royal biographer Tom Bower.
The Duke of Sussex announced he would not be meeting his father during his trip across the pond due to the monarch’s busy schedule.
Speaking on GB News, Tom Bower said this is a case of Buckingham Palace “seeing through” an attempt by the Sussexes to garner some positive PR.
“What is really important is, he is going from here to Nigeria”, he said.
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“What this is about is Meghan is going to Nigeria because she says her mother’s family is originally from Nigeria.
“She is going to play the Duchess there and play the Royal Family. The woman who fled to California for her privacy is going to play the royal card.
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Nigel Farage spoke to Tom Bower on GB News
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“The King and his advisors have seen this for what it really is. It’s all about boosting the brand which is suffering terribly.
“The key is, Harry was desperate for a photo opportunity for the King so he could get to Nigeria and say ‘I come here as a member of the Royal Family’.
“The King has denied him of that, and rightly so.”
Asked by Nigel Farage whether this is a sign of the monarch “toughening up”, Bower said the King “realises he is on a losing card” with the Sussexes.
“He is finally seeing they are exploiting the misery in London”, he said.
“They are putting William and Kate in a terrible light. It should be them in Nigeria doing the work.
“The Sussexes have stepped in to embarrass the King and embarrass the Sussexes. Rightly Buckingham Palace decided ‘we’re not going to play their game’ on this occasion.”
Harry celebrated the 10th anniversary of his Invictus Games with family, friends and veterans.
He was joined for the service of thanksgiving by close relatives of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales and a mentor who supported him after her death, along with hundreds from the “Invictus family”.
Among the guests for the service were Diana’s siblings Lady Jane Fellowes and Earl Spencer, and former army officer Mark Dyer, who acted as the duke’s mentor, playing the role of a supportive big brother figure for Harry after the princess’s death.