Trooping the Colour, the G7 Summit, Royal Ascot, and Harry and Meghan’s baby name drama are amongst the topics covered in a jam-packed new episode of The Royal Beat, available now on the True Royalty website.
The royal experts joining host Kate Thornton in this week’s episode, titled “The Royals: Out in Force,” included Vanity Fair royal correspondent Katie Nicholl, Majesty‘s editor-in-chief, Ingrid Seward, and royal author Phil Dampier.
From The Queen hosting tea for President Biden to Royal Ascot, it’s been a busy royal week. The programme analyses the first few days of Royal Ascot (and why Her Majesty didn’t attend), and for those unfamiliar with Trooping the Colour, the panel does a deep dive of the reason for the event and the history behind it.
One of the continuing royal headlines discussed in the episode was whether or not Prince Harry sought out permission to use his grandmother’s childhood nickname, Lilibet, for his daughter.
Dampier told The Royal Beat that Prince Harry’s threat of legal action against the BBC and other media outlets was: “absolutely extraordinary and this is what worries me about him. Whenever something critical appears he runs straight to his lawyer. It’s very LA. It’s okay for Hollywood stars, but not to solve a family feud… I think the BBC correctly reported what she had told her royal aide to say, which was she hadn’t been asked in advance.”
Nicholl added: “I think the fact that there was no Palace denial to the BBC story spoke volumes.”
Discussing the plans for William and Harry to reunite next month for the unveiling of a statue of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, Dampier said: “I don’t think William trusts Harry anymore and he is always worried that anything he says will end up in the press in two or three days’ time. That’s what he is worried about, and he needs to be cautious of what he can actually say to him.”
Nicholl said she thinks The Queen is the one member of the Royal Family who may be able to resolve the difficult relationship between her two grandsons next month: “She is the only person who can talk to Harry in a certain way and make him see sense.”
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