{"id":528723,"date":"2026-07-16T09:19:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:19:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/528723\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:19:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T09:19:16","slug":"prince-harry-and-meghan-markle-sent-warning-after-king-charles-meeting-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/528723\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sent warning after King Charles meeting | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harry\u2019s long-anticipated reunion with his father last Friday took place in top secrecy<\/a>, with only those involved, royals and aides, being made aware at the very last minute. It was the first time the King saw his American grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, in four years. Now, a PR expert has cautioned the Sussex couple about their next steps<\/a> following the top-secret meeting.<\/p>\n

Renae Smith, founder of PR and branding agency The Atticism<\/a>, told the Daily Express: \u201cI think we\u2019re all naturally curious. Family reconciliation is always a compelling story.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut if I were advising Harry and Meghan about this, my advice would be incredibly simple: say absolutely nothing. Literally nothing. Don\u2019t do interviews about it. Don\u2019t hint about whether it was warm or awkward. Don\u2019t reference private conversations on podcasts.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t even subtly allude to it. Let the King and Queen lead that narrative if they choose to, and realistically, they probably won\u2019t (which is correct for them from a PR standpoint as well).\u201d<\/p>\n

She explained that if they were to share information about the meeting any type of goodwill from their side would \u201cdisappear\u201d.<\/p>\n

Ms Smith said: \u201cThe moment private family conversations become public content, any goodwill generated by that meeting disappears.<\/p>\n

\u201cSilence here would actually speak volumes. It would show restraint, maturity and perhaps a genuine desire to rebuild family relationships privately rather than publicly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Harry and Meghan, not their team, have said anything about the meeting, a new report by US outlet Vanity Fair cited \u201csources close to them,\u201d which shared a glimpse of what had gone on behind the scenes.<\/p>\n

The sources said the meeting lasted for about an hour and that everyone involved was sworn to secrecy.<\/p>\n

They said: \u201cThey are keeping the meeting top secret. They haven\u2019t said anything to anyone. The agreement was made before they met the king that nothing would be shared\u2014no photos, no details. It was a top-secret arrangement and they pulled it off, and frankly, they are delighted about that.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Harry\u2019s long-anticipated reunion with his father last Friday took place in top secrecy, with only those involved, royals…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":528724,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[156,15858,22703,261110,15859,261109,23493,4866,22466,111,139,69,3578,3583,15854,3582,15853],"class_list":["post-528723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-harry-and-meghan","tag-harry-and-meghan-latest","tag-harry-and-meghan-leaks","tag-harry-and-meghan-news","tag-megha-news","tag-meghan","tag-meghan-markle","tag-meghan-markle-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-harry","tag-prince-harry-latest","tag-prince-harry-latest-news","tag-prince-harry-news","tag-royal-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/528724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}