It has been a busy year for the Royal Family, with numerous royal engagements and the announcements of King Charles and Princess Kate battling cancer.
In addition, the Royal Family has been dealing with criticisms and accusations from Meghan and Harry.
According to The Sun, The Sussexes have been accused of unfairly criticizing the Royal Family while profiting from their royal ties.
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told The Sun that these actions have overshadowed Charles' first year as king.
Fitzwilliams frequently offers insights on British royal family matters for various news outlets. He noted that the Sussexes' eviction from Frogmore Cottage led to their retaliation.
Richard told The Sun: "The facts simply are with Harry and Megan that after Spare enough was enough so he had them evicted from Frogmore Cottage, and I don’t think they expected it. And they certainly didn’t like it.”
"But the revelations in Spare, and not only the attacks on the Royal Family in that book and in the interviews surrounding it, which large numbers of people, watched, of course that Harry was responsible for, and it was his memoir."
Richard continued: "Spare was so badly planned you felt that he’d not had advice, but to attack Queen Camilla was clearly a red line, as was pointed out by the press that he’s so hostile to.
"Therefore it was important that the King acted as he did."
Richard also accused Harry and Meghan of "monetising on their links to the Royal Family".
He added: "There’s no doubt that evicting the Sussexes from their domicile in the UK was something that showed immense royal displeasure.
"And, I think it was absolutely right to have done it.
"There’s also no doubt that the row with her with Omid Scobie later in the year and all of that was also very, very unhelpful.
"But what one’s not going to get now and the Sussex is they monetize their connections with the Royal Family."
He added: "They will forever, it seems, be in the news and precisely how they behave and what they decide to do at matter for them obviously."
The duke is scheduled to attend an Invictus Games ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral and is reportedly eager to see his father.
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