Harry’s reunion with Prince William in July in doubt with a ‘get-out clause’ now in play

Prince Harry might have a “get-out clause” that could allow him to miss a joint event with his brother Prince William honouring their late mother.

The Duke of Sussex is expected to return to London in July to attend the unveiling of a statue depicting his mother Diana, to be installed within the grounds of Kensington Palace.

The event is scheduled for July 1, on what would have been Princess Diana’s 60th birthday.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be in present.

But the birth of Harry’s second child could throw a spanner in the works, if wife Meghan goes into labour earlier than expected.

Harry is now back in California following a short visit to England, where he attended the funeral of his grandfather Prince Philip.

It was the first time Harry was able to see his brother and father Prince Charles face to face in more than a year.

Despite the family reunion, “there was no sorting out of their relationship over the last few days”, The Mirror’s Russell Myers told Today Extra.

The next opportunity for Harry to see his brother and father is likely to be in July, but Myers says even that remains under a cloud of doubt.

“Harry has said he still wants to attend that,” Myers said.

“Obviously William and Kate will be there. If Meghan has just given birth to the baby, maybe [Harry] will have a get-out clause.

“We will all wait and see what happens. It will be great to see them all together and putting the rift behind them.

“[But] I don’t think it will happen anytime soon. There’s still a lot of bad blood and things are pretty, pretty raw at the moment.”

However, Omid Scobie, who appears to be friendly with the Duchess of Sussex, is confident Harry will be in London on July 1.

“Though no plans have been officially confirmed yet, the Duke of Sussex is expected to return to the U.K. this summer for the unveiling of a statue of his late mother, Princess Diana,” Scobie wrote in a piece for Bazaar dot com.

“He will join William at Kensington Palace’s Sunken Garden for a ceremony that was rescheduled from summer 2020.”

Prince William and Prince Harry commissioned the statue of their mother in 2017 to mark the 20th anniversary of her death and to “recognise her positive impact”.

The installation of the sculpture had been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, but it will be unveiled in the Sunken Garden on July 1.

The statue has been created by artist Ian Rank-Broadley, whose portrait of the Queen appears on all UK coins.

When William and Harry announced the commission, the princes said they hoped the permanent sculpture would help all those who visited Kensington Palace to “reflect on her life and her legacy”.

“Our mother touched so many lives,” they said.

The Princess of Wales died on August 31, 1997, when Prince William and Prince Harry were aged just 15 and 12.

Designerzcentral