Eden: For Prince William, the Sussexes are ‘a subject that is not even discussed anymore’

Prince William has apparently been going through the five stages of grief for the past two weeks, and he’s been vocal about it via press briefings. Denial: maybe Prince Harry and Meghan won’t visit Britain, maybe they won’t visit King Charles, maybe they won’t bring the kids. Anger: This is William’s wheelhouse, where he lives full time, so we know he was furious. Negotiation: If Sussexes stay at Sandringham, William will never go there again! He just runs away, far away, and they get upset! Depression: this is also William’s wheelhouse and he does everything he can to stay afloat. Acceptance: Well, the Sussexes are visiting, but better come up with some dangerously unhinged plans to ruin their trip. Well, Richard Eden’s latest Mail Plus column is obviously about the Sussexes’ visit to the UK, but it’s really about William and how badly he’s handling the news. Eden always talks about “Project Thaw”, which is his nickname for this conspiracy: “the British establishment would do anything to bring back the Sussexes because William and Kate are lazy and boring.” I’m paraphrasing, but only barely. Some highlights from Eden’s column:

The success of Project Thaw: With the couple arriving in the UK in less than a fortnight, accompanied by their children Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, it would appear that Project Thaw has been a success. After all, it will be the first time Meghan has stayed here since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in September 2022 and even longer since their children were here in June of the same year for the late monarch’s platinum jubilee celebrations.

Security in the UK: The reason Harry and Meghan needed the help of establishment figures in government and at the palace was because they had lost their automatic right to taxpayer-funded security after they moved abroad. This infuriated Harry, who took legal action against the Home Office, which he lost… However, he seems to have been happy with the security arrangements for next month’s visit.

William won’t even discuss the Sussexes!! But while all these developments may point to the success of Project Thaw, there are two important ways in which it has failed to achieve its goals. First, while the king will no doubt see his grandchildren (in Lily’s case for only the second time in her life), there is no change in the frosty relationship between Harry and his brother Prince William, I hear. “It’s a topic that’s not even discussed anymore,” a friend of William and Catherine told me. “He made it clear some time ago that he wanted nothing to do with his brother and that hasn’t changed as far as I know.” The friend added: “I doubt anyone knows what his views are on his dad seeing Harry and Meghan because he doesn’t talk about it.” Like the king’s dealings with his disgraced brother, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, William is happy to leave the ‘Harry problem’ to his father.

The British people still hate the Sussexes! The other way in which Project Thaw has failed, at least so far, is in its aim to ‘warm up’ Sussex’s relationship with the British people. I feel no more enthusiasm for the couple than there was last October. And it is hardly a surprise when they have failed to apologize for their insults to the rest of the royal family. When I revealed the existence of Project Thaw back in October, a friend of the Sussexes told me: ‘Meghan will return to the UK before the year is out.’ The friend jokingly added that she would ‘wear humble pie’.

(From The Mail)

I’ve said this before about the “Project Thaw” crap, but it’s worth noting again: If there are high-level establishment and government figures trying to bring back the Sussexes, why aren’t William and Kate agreeing? As apolitical royals, they should simply do as they’re told, right? If the government and the establishment want the Sussexes to receive a royal welcome, then the Welsh have to submit to the will of Britain’s deep state, right?

As for “It’s a topic that’s not even discussed anymore” – lmao. Rota’s WhatsApp begs to differ, as do all the journalists who have received nasty calls and emails from Kensington Palace in the past week. In fact, I doubt William has been able to shut his mouth about Harry and Meghan for a whole day in the last fortnight. As for the reception Meghan will get in the UK… I think people will be genuinely happy to see her and it will also cause a lot of palace consternation. And no, she will not be apologetic or humble. I am asking these people to get their psychosexual degradation fantasies out of the British tabloids.

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