Major royal change could signal Prince Harry's return: 'Huge shock to the royal system'

King Charles' private secretary, Clive Alderton, may be contemplating retirement, which could pave the way for Prince Harry to return to the royal family. The Daily Beast's Tina Brown reports that Clive's exit could prove to be a "huge shock to the royal system".

Tina, who was a close friend of Princess Diana, revealed in her Substack, Fresh Hell, that an "intimate royal source" has told her that "the king’s all-powerful private secretary and gatekeeper" is considering retiring. She also points out that Harry and Clive are "avowed" enemies, with the Duke of Sussex calling him "The Wasp" in his memoir, Spare.

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Apparently, with Clive out of the way and a new aide in place, it could "create a new, friendlier path for negotiations with Harry".

Tina believes Clive is the reason King Charles and Prince Harry have had so few meetings in recent years.

'The Crown needs Harry'

Robert Hardman, the King's trusted biographer, has previously told The Daily Beast that "buy-in and consent" from Prince William would be required before Charles and Harry could reconcile.

"Despite the passing of years, there is still a gaping Harry-shaped hole in the depleted royal line-up," Tina writes. "As a veteran of two military tours in Afghanistan and founder of Invictus, the substantive charity that brings hope through competitive sports events for injured vets, the Duke of Sussex, now stripped of his military honours, surely deserved a place on the balcony. The British nation needs his human touch and so does his ailing father."

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Tina says William's "swaggery interview" with the Sunday Times, in which he said he plans to "do things differently" with more "empathy" made him sound "like a performative pinhead".

"No one would have been happier about a rapprochement than Queen Elizabeth, who took a harsh position on Megxit, but in times of crisis evolved her positions, albeit at a glacial pace, as she did when she finally allowed Prince Charles to marry his mistress in 2005. What was always paramount for her was the health of the crown," Tina says, adding, "And right now, the crown needs Harry."

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