After more than 19 months apart, King Charles and Prince Harry finally sat down for tea on September 10, something many royal observers had long thought impossible.

And the meeting was reportedly heavy with emotions.

But behind this step toward reconciliation was a new operator, a former diplomat whose influence within the royal household had grown steadily.

That figure is Theo Rycroft, Charles’s new deputy private secretary.

Until recently, a diplomat based in Paris, Rycroft, was also one half of one of Britain’s most influential power couples.

For decades, the Duke and Duchess of York have stood as a cautionary tale of how personal scandals can corrode the monarchy’s standing.

The recent string of embarrassments involving Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew, and their ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein has caused lasting damage to the Crown.

Charities have cut ties, and the Palace itself has had to shoulder reputational fallout it could scarcely afford.

And now, Meghan Markle, commentators suggest, should take heed from Ferguson’s trajectory.

The fractured family dynamics inside the House of Windsor appear to have reached a new tipping point.

While King Charles’s recent meeting with Prince Harry has been dubbed a small step toward healing, behind the Palace walls, it has reportedly triggered a furious response from Prince William.

The Prince of Wales feels blindsided by his father’s willingness to extend an olive branch.

“It sickens him [William] that Harry has wormed his way back to his father’s affections,” the insider claimed.

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