I have been very critical about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their behaviour over the past few years, and I agree they should have been aware of the Queen's obviously declining health in the months before her death.
But I keep thinking ... denial is a very powerful thing.Particularly when you don't want to believe what is in front of your eyes. I know from my own experience how easy it can be to not confront the hard truth that a close relative is entering their last days. And we know how deluded Harry and Meghan can be in so many ways. Is it beyond the bounds of possibility that they chose blindly to believe what they wanted to believe and did not fully comprehend that the summer of 2023 was their last chance to see the Queen?
This does not of course take away their responsibility for not taking the opportunity to see her one last time. But perhaps puts it into a less callous context.
Denial can be powerful- agreed. But- if their denial was so strong they couldn’t believe their eyes, then why would anything their family said change anything? Especially given the friction there.
They seem to be blaming the family for their lack of awareness. And- I think it’s clear no one thought TQ’s death was imminent. Otherwise- everyone on that plane would have already been at Balmoral.
And- we have no idea- and no need to know- what doctors were communicating to the family about TQ’s health, much less how the information was or was not being relayed. She was elderly and clearly slowing down. What they may have known was essentially what was pretty clear.
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