Still Thinking about If they Might Visit Thoughts

 https://archive.is/20260627000715/https://www.dailymail.com/news/royals/article-15933083/Harry-Meghans-Megxit-deal-ALISON-BOSHOFF-Sussexes-agreed-return-UK.html

I'm not understanding a whole lot of things here.

They want to visit ... blah blah blah ... won't be leaked ... blah blah blah ... he's changed, he's now grown up?  Wait, what?  Where's he been all these years?  and why do we need to be told he's changed without a how?  This is according to some Anonymous Source (AS from now on -technically there looks like  more than one)?  But Haz had years of practice of not behaving like an adult when most people consider someone an adult.  The people I know who can make that kind of level of reversal tend to be people who have joined AA and NA.  Known track levels of support from people who have walked that same path.  What support does he now have that he did not before?

Reviewing things historically, they left after being told they could not have half in/half out by the Queen.  Well a sign of maturity is about being able to handle disappointments and moving on without appearing to be acting out.  (my kids fill in my mantra: we don't always get what we want so figure out how to work towards it)

Coming back and doing the fun parts of being being the British Royal Family but going back to the US for commercialization opportunities - how is that different than half in, half out?  That's still leaving all the hard work of representing the Firm on those who live there year round.  (according to my kids, this is eating dessert as your meal instead of as you get dessert as a reward after you finished your veggies).  

(and ... did you notice?  the claim is that neither adult will do anything commercial on their trips.  But what about the kids?  Aren't we seeing them begin to step up, show as helping/ working up to increasing  support of the various ventures - especially the food/cook stuff?  A curated (meaning highly edited from certain angles) is not the same as the Wales kids who are learning how to work/live the lives of service to the Crown.)

AS also talks about how somewhere, some people in the UK do not have an issue with being "semi-royal".  Really?  I really don't remember much about the various public polls but I thought I remember it as they both were not particularly liked by the public.  As in really low numbers.  So, let's think this through logically, how does low numbers transfer into a majority of we have no problem with him doing X, Y Z in our country so the country is cool with this?  

And, there isn't anything in there really from AS about what she is/plans to do to try to change opinion of her.  The public or ... the family.  That hazy details is exactly one of the problems of a lot of their ventures.  

The article moves into this is really about reversing (oh, excuse me) getting past Sandringham's result and side steps it into hopeful about a different answer now that the main No Sayer is not longer around by dancing around it with a label of toxic.

AS ends with this lovely image of how the brothers can still love, care for each other and that there is some hope somewhere of them all playing happy family but that "... the wives may have to grit their teeth."  Really?  That comes off as a tad smug/patting Catherine's head while telling her that her feelings towards it all are inconsequential to the thought that the two brothers might become close again.  (actually both wives kind of)

If we back up closer to the start, notice that because if we get this, and then that and then that, we have a really wonderful start to rethaw and restore all to before the flouncing off to Canada life.  What is this?  some kind of magic spell to undo years of various accusations, curious actions and so on.

How is that possible? I mean, let's be realistic after all that has come out of the Duo.  That kind of thinking reminds me of the only episode of Mork and Mindy episode I ever watched which had Mork saying suddenly mean things to Mindy because he thought that's how you treat people.  A simple I'm sorry is enough and can just undo everything ugly which just preceded it.

Besides, that whole elaborate plan to thaw or repair the relationships between people needs to have the total cooperation from the other side.  

Swivel to look at any response from the Palace or the King.  Crickets.  They don't confirm or deny a single statement.  Never explain.  That is power.  That is the power of gray rocking.  So what will happen, will happen.  And, then we and the rest of the world will know.