It’s a question many royalists and fans of the late Princess of Wales have probably wondered about. What would it be? Prince Harry Meghan Markle If they have not yet renounced their royal duties, Princess Dianaif they were still here? What if she had, would she have supported their choice? We can’t know for sure, and members of the public can only guess at the answers. But Ken Wharfe, Diana’s former personal bodyguard, is opening up about how he thinks things might have transpired had Diana still been in Harry’s life.
‘She Would Have Understood’
Writing for this week’s edition of Hello!Ken Wharfe goes deep into his knowledge of Princess Diana of Wales and offers his thoughts on what might have happened if she hadn’t taken that late-summer car ride in 1997. Specifically, Wharfe delves into how Diana would have handled Meghan Markle’s introduction to The Firm.
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“As a newcomer to the royal family, she would understand the difficulties Meghan has faced as an American divorcée, a powerful, experienced woman in her own right, from a mixed heritage—but she would be instrumental in bringing that around to a state of acceptance and as an advantage to the monarchy,”Wharfe writes.
Wharfe says that Diana could have prevented Markle from receiving the cruel treatment she received.
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“I believe she would have the utmost sympathy for Harry and Meghan’s predicament,” the former bodyguard insists, adding that the British public hasn’t been very fair in their judgment of the couple. “It’s sad that people keep writing Harry and Meghan off—but I feel he’ll be back in some shape or form one day, and Diana would have been great at helping with this.”
Wharfe recalled how Diana had an easy way with people. “She’d listen to other people’s problems and give advice, and every week would receive hundreds of letters from people thanking her for changing their lives,”He writes.
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Wharfe’s perspective is especially refreshing given the harsh media scrutiny the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have faced ever since they went public with their relationship.
It’s impossible to know how things would have turned out if the Princess of Wales had been around. But there’s no denying that both Prince William and Prince Harry still carry their mother’s legacy with them, even if it’s led them down far different paths.