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But if he comes up with something unattractive, I think it will backfire, in this country anyway,” said Vickers. Presumably, the publishers will want him to come up with something. “I really can’t imagine what Prince Harry can say that will be constructive. Some question if he has much left to reveal, having been vocal since he decamped to California. Harry, who is working with the Pulitzer prize winner JR Moehringer as his ghostwriter, has said: “I’m writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become.” The publishers have described it as an “honest” and “inspiring, courageous and uplifting human story”. Penguin Random House pulled off a coup in landing Harry’s memoirs. They did not meet when Harry was in London in July for the unveiling of a statue of his mother, Diana, and Charles has still not met Lilibet – named after the Queen’s family nickname. Observers have suggested an unravelling of the father-son relationship, with the two last speaking face-to-face at Philip’s funeral in April. His comments that he wished to break the cycle of “genetic pain and suffering” in the royal family was seen as a swipe at Charles’s parenting, as well as the Queen and Philip’s. Harry’s vocal criticism of the family, and institution, include being cut off financially by his father, Charles. Royal watchers will have their metaphorical – and literal – binoculars trained for any signs of family tension, against the backdrop of reported rifts. So that could be the first opportunities for the Queen to meet the newest member of the Sussex family, Lilibet,” said Little.

“You would expect the Sussexes to return to the UK for that, if not beforehand. One big question is whether Harry and Meghan will be on the palace balcony along with other members of the royal family for the June festivities. “So I think she is going to do about 10 notable things that will be high profile.” Family reunion? “I remember Princess Anne saying at the time of diamond jubilee that the family had to rally to make sure the Queen and Prince Philip did not get overtired.” “Jubilees are great fun.”īut they are also tiring, he said. “If you look at 70 years of service as a monarch, it does put some of the grumbly things that are going on rather into perspective,” said Vickers. So Charles and Camilla, and William and Kate, are likely to be bobbing around the country and Commonwealth – Covid restrictions permitting – on her behalf. “I think during this forthcoming jubilee she will be less visible than she has been for all the previous jubilees because clearly account will be taken of her age and her health at the time things are happening,” said Little. Her 2002 golden jubilee year was blighted by the deaths of her sister, Princess Margaret, and her mother. It is her first jubilee without the Duke of Edinburgh at her side – though he missed much of her diamond jubilee in 2012 after becoming ill following the Thames River Pageant. “But the highlight, for her, will be the Derby,” said the royal historian Hugo Vickers. Over the weekend there will be beacons lit, a St Paul’s cathedral service of thanksgiving, a BBC “Party at the Palace”, a jubilee pageant and street parties. Trooping the Colour, bringing together more than 1,400 soldiers and 200 horses, will kick off the jubilee bank holiday weekend on 2 June, when she and her family will be on the Buckingham Palace balcony watching the traditional RAF fly-past. The anniversary of her accession is 6 February, but it has always been a day of mixed emotions for the Queen as it is also the anniversary of the death of her father, George VI. But, blowing in from the west, the Duke of Sussex’s book, whatever form that may take.” The platinum jubilee “Clearly, there are various clouds on the horizon, the Duke of York perhaps being the biggest at the moment. “But 2022 is going to be a year of mixed blessings for her, I think,” said Joe Little, the managing editor of Majesty magazine. The festivities, including a service of thanksgiving and the colourful spectacle of a jubilee pageant, will be an undoubted highlight for the monarch, who will be 96 in April, and preparations for 2022 have long been in the planning at Buckingham Palace. It is a first in UK royal history, with the occasion due to be celebrated over a four-day weekend in June.