Royal commentator Duncan Larcombe has weighed in on the dilemma Meghan Markle may soon face if Prince Harry moves closer to reconciling with his family in the UK. Speaking to The Mirror, Larcombe suggested that Meghan could be approaching a decision of “great magnitude.”
By Meghan’s own account, her last extended stay in Britain without her children was deeply difficult. She has previously admitted that she did not feel well when she was “stuck” in the UK for three weeks while separated from her young family.
That experience, Larcombe argued, continues to shape her decisions today. “Meghan clearly hates being apart from her children, and when Harry comes to the UK, Meghan hasn’t come with him and has been blamed for snubbing Britain as a result,” he said.
The expert emphasized that Meghan’s absence should not only be read as a political or public relations decision.
“I think it runs deeper than that,” Larcombe explained. “She wants to be a hands-on mum and was never prepared to make the sacrifice that royal mums have to make.”
This, he suggested, is a central reason why Meghan has avoided accompanying Harry on his solo trips back to Britain. Still, reconciliation between Harry and the royal family could soon force a crossroads.
“If, and hopefully it’s a ‘when’ not an ‘if,’ Harry starts to reconcile with his family over here, Meghan will ultimately face an exceedingly difficult choice,” Larcombe said. “Does she come with Harry and look the people she’s criticised in the eyes, which is going to be tough? Or does she allow Harry to come with the children and stay away?”
Both options, Larcombe noted, come with consequences. If Meghan attends, she will face a strained family she has publicly criticized. If she stays behind, she risks both missing her children and fueling perceptions of hostility.
As Larcombe concluded, “If it’s the latter, she would miss the children, and it would be interpreted as an enormous snub by Meghan herself and the rift then becomes more about her than Harry. So she faces potentially difficult choices if we’re getting to a state where Harry’s prepared to bury the hatchet.”