Project Thaw or the arrival of the Next Ice Age Continues?

 So I read Richard Eden's article in the DM about how recent events from the couple are actually part of a calculated plan to change how the family views them and ... how the UK views them ... and then they can come back yadda yadda and * will 

"...‘Meghan will return to Britain before the year is out,’ the friend tells me, adding jokingly that she will be ‘bearing humble pie’.

It remains to be seen whether ‘bearing humble pie’ - and eating it, presumably - is sufficient to placate the Royal Family or the British people....".

He ends with a comment about how he would not accept this unless she apologizes to the various BRF for hurting them.

Ok. 

He also mentions a specific person (1, count it one) Yvette Cooper, who  is new to the job as Foreign Secretary who specifically is open to him, presumable * as well, being more active in the British spheres.  What more active might or might not be is not defined.

What we don't know:

Is how well she knows him and for how long as in before they met on the train?  Pretty much anyone can be charming for a short time.  He is not his mother's son for nothing when he wants to be and they may have friends or people they know in common which could increase the feeling of social niceness.  The real question is who brought up the idea that he/his wife could return and play a part within the Commonwealth?  She could be a Squaddie or she could vaguely agree that it might be an idea to someone floating a balloon idea without being aware of how this might be mentioned in the future.  As this is all third hand, all coming from pro-Sussex unnamed sources - how reliable or accurate about the YC opinion - unknown as the article doesn't confirm anything with YC.  

But when I think about it this way, it all just falls apart: for YC, I would think, that in that job, your focus is on the other countries of the world but that you also have to have a pretty sense of the pulse of the country you represent.  And, how important is your personal opinion of topic X or Y to this job?

So ... last I read, the couple are barely above the Yorks in terms of social tolerance which doesn't mean that the country is super open to the idea of them moving up that scale even after these many years.  That's the country.  

As for the family, what special (read as non-public) knowledge does a Foreign Secretary know to be the person to tell the BRF that they have it all wrong and need accept the couple's return?  In reality for any family (royal or not), unless you are really part of that family, telling half (and in this case, the most important half, seniority, power, LOS, etc) that they were wrong about the other half without knowing everything in context (ie what was truth and what a lie) may indicate that you may create problems for yourself by saying something you ought not to or do something which is not in line with what the government is trying to achieve job wise.  

Back to Richard.  He ends with comments about how he would need to have * apologize to the various members of the family (K, P/POW and so on).  

No baby.  I think more than that.  They both have to (as they both have said and put in print things which were hurtful to their family members) to apologize.  He was equal party to the actions.

AND (well this me) I think a listing of where they lied (print, interviews) would also be good. As part of clearing the air of what was untruth.  

I doubt that any of it would happen for a variety of reasons no matter how hard they keep trying - this like all the ones before it.

We have seen several campaigns to reconnect with his family since they left which went absolutely no where and then blew up with another claim that the couple were done wrong.  Rinse and repeat.  This is why the meeting with his father was viewed as progress.  But was it really?  They had tea but when we look back, he hasn't come over to the UK all that often.  And it was often in conjunction with his lawsuit so the optics were not good before even looking at what anyone's plans were for the day.  This isn't an overwhelming momentous step forward.  A small lurch to the side but not exactly a thaw (especially after the whole someone's leaking which really undercuts the idea of he/she/they can be trusted).

In a couple of the books, there were buried comments of how H knew that he had to make his mark, get going as there would be a point when George and siblings would be the taking over (and this means as major players which would lower him/his status - he doesn't exactly say that but that is the intent).  All that's happened is that the kids are growing up and getting closer to that age where they can start to step in.  That and that the world of the BRF did not stop spinning on the axis because they left.  So ... there is not the pressure of needing to take them back in to do the work until the kids are old enough.

And then there is Sean's video where allegedly the King was heard to say something about how his son wasn't listening after the tea meeting.  I think that's really important to keep in the back of your mind when we hear of this or that coming out of their team from now on.  

Bottom line: we aren't hearing about how they have changed or why.  Nothing about how or why they are now trustable.  We are only hearing that this is the latest attempt to come back.  They have supporters for this.  It will be glorious.  Life is wonderful, kids are great, the various podcasts, videos and the sales prove how well things are going.  The only thing missing is being able to drop in for a cup of tea.  And, to boot, they can help lower the burden for the senior BRF.  A burden the BRF has not asked them to fix.