Overview

• Princess Delphine expressed deep sympathy for Harry’s struggles, saying he has suffered enormously due to his mother’s death.
• She linked his fight to restore state-funded UK protection to lingering grief over Princess Diana’s fatal accident.
• Harry lost his appeal for government-funded security earlier this year after stepping back from royal duties in 2020.
• On July 9, Sussex aides Meredith Maines and Liam Maguire held their first informal meeting with King Charles’s communications secretary, Tobyn Andreae.
• An insider called the sit-down “a good first step” toward healing after Harry’s May BBC interview in which he said he wanted reconciliation.