Finally the plan is clear. Now we can see why Harry and Meghan returned to the UK. They want to be royals - but royals their way. Rogue royals, if you will.
That half-in/half-out model that the late Queen said just wasn't possible? Harry and Meghan's first joint engagements, in Nottingham earlier this month, ran a coach and horses through that.
‘It's wonderful to be back,' trilled Meghan. The King had previously directed his Lord Chamberlain to write to all public bodies, reminding us all they were ‘private citizens'.
The Sussexes just ignored that and did it their way anyway.
The manner of their departure as working royals in 2020 hardly cemented familial relations. But it was the series of damaging allegations about the Royal Family that came next, through television interviews, documentaries and Harry's autobiography Spare, that sent shockwaves through the monarchy.
And just in case anyone was in any doubt, a friend of Team Sussex tells me that any suggestion they feel the need to apologise to Kate, William, Camilla or the King is totally wrong.
‘They're not going to apologise, they have absolutely nothing to say sorry for,' I'm told. ‘If anything they still deserve an apology for the way they were treated.'
They are saying the last six years never happened and they're BACK
Never mind that the various brickbats hurled with royal resentment included accusing his stepmother Camilla of sacrificing him for her good PR, his brother William of knocking him to the floor on to a dog bowl and sister-in-law Kate of being cold.
And perhaps we should all forget the duke's berating of the ‘establishment' or the implication that members of the Royal Household were racist, or Meghan's mockery of her curtsey to Queen Elizabeth.
Their return to Nottingham – where they first stepped out as an engaged couple in 2017 – was deliberate and potentially provocative.
It was saying the last six years had never happened and they're BACK.
The day – which comprised a visit to a community recording studio, a food bank and a youth mentoring service – was straight out of the royal playbook. The schedule looked just like the ones they did before they stepped back in 2020.
To all intents and purposes, it was a joint royal engagement with the accompanying official operational notes and media rota. Just don't call it that in front of the Palace.
The reality of how far this once-adored couple have sunk in many hearts
And it appears, following their tours to Jordan and Australia where they were treated like royalty earlier this year, that the one place where they really want to regain their royal status is here. In the UK. But this time, they will be in control. Not bossed about by Buckingham Palace, or the courtiers, or even the King. They can do what they want.
Yet even if they don't want to win back trust and support from the Royal Family, they have still quite a way to go with large sections of the public – as Harry will be only too aware after apparently being booed when he appeared in the stands at a Leicester Tigers rugby match earlier this month.
It showed him and Meghan just how far this once-adored couple have sunk in many hearts.
We don't need the polls of the Sussexes' poor approval ratings to tell us that they are not warmly embraced here after the way they have treated the Royal Family.
Many Brits were appalled at how they milked and abused their royal status through his autobiography, the Oprah interview and the Netflix docuseries. Making millions by trashing the royals was deeply unpalatable and still sticks in the craw.
Which could explain why they're doing these engagements with so many photographers (who according to some reports outnumbered the public on the streets of Nottingham), so much fanfare, so much posting on social media.
They are selling royal connections for all they're worth
Because they want to be welcomed back by us to improve their commercial viability.
To remind us they are still royal – and by reprising their first triumphant appearance in Nottingham they look desperate to go back to the old days.
But, to me, they seem cynically determined to ignore the late Queen's decree – and that of the King – by continuing to cash in.
Meghan apparently plans to sell her As Ever products here in the UK, while Harry was reportedly paid around £70,000 to sell his trauma over losing his mother in an online series on resilience and overcoming grief for the Masterclass platform.
They appear to be selling those royal connections for all they're worth. But don't expect any apologies any time soon.
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