Archie and Lilibet's Future 'Resentment': Royal Grandchildren 'Will Not Be Happy' Harry and Meghan Denied Them Their Family
Prince Archie, 4, and Princess Lilibet Diana, 2, will likely grow up "to resent" Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for not allowing them to grow up royal.
"If it was me, I'd say, well, why didn't you take me to see the Queen?" Lady Victoria Harvey told GBN's Nana Akua. "Because there'll be those family photos, right at the family gatherings, and where's Lilibet and Archie? They're not in the pictures."
Akua responded by stating: "They'll be asking Harry and Meghan because when you see family photos when you're young, you always ask where was I? And then obviously as you get older, you learn about all of this, because it's all on digital, it's not going anywhere."
"So I don't know what they think they're going to tell their kids when their kids get older, but the kids will not be happy. I would be furious if my parents had done that to me," she added. "It'll be interesting to see how it progresses, because I suspect if this carries on, then the relationship will continue to fizzle. And if it continues to fizzle, those kids will get older and they'll know what's going on."
Lady Hervey replied: "Yeah I agree, I think there's going to be a lot of issues as they get older and become teenagers, they're going to get very resentful."
The California-raised royals became a prince and princess on September 8, 2022, when their grandfather, King Charles III, acceded to the British throne upon the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The Sussex children were always destined to be styled this way upon Charles' accession despite Harry and Meghan insinuating the kids were being denied the styles in their 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview.
It is believed that Prince Archie has not seen his royal side of the family in nearly two years. Princess Lilibet is rumored to have met the late Queen during her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022 and has not returned to Britain since.
Some blame the Duke of Sussex for the prevention of Archie and Lilibet's royal upbringing in the United Kingdom.
"He either wants to be part of the royal family, or he's leaving the royal family to pursue his California lifestyle," Lady Harvey observed. "But the problem is, he realizes that that life of Netflix, which is obsessed with the royal family, is only going to continue if he keeps coming back here."
Akua concluded: "I think he's using it as an excuse because he hasn't brought his kids to see their grandparents, and I think he's using it as an excuse so he doesn't look so horrible."