Father and son find common ground amid palace reshuffle and ongoing peace
talks
King Charles III appears to be aligning himself with Prince Harry in a
surprising royal twist — and longtime royal aide Angela Kelly is paying the
price.
According to Daily Mail, both the King and the Duke of Sussex have distanced
themselves from Kelly, the late Queen Elizabeth II’s trusted dresser of over
20 years. Once a key figure in the royal household, Kelly has now been quietly
sidelined — and left out of a major upcoming exhibition.
The fashion-focused showcase, Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Style, will mark
what would have been the Queen’s 100th birthday. But despite Kelly’s decades
of styling the monarch, she won’t be involved. Instead, King Charles has
appointed art curator Caroline de Guitaut to lead the project, with insiders
confirming, “He isn’t a fan” — an unusually shared opinion between the monarch
and his youngest son.
In his memoir Spare, Harry described Kelly as “a troublemaker,” alleging she
was obstructive about Meghan Markle’s wedding tiara and played palace politics
with ease. “She held all the cards,” he wrote, detailing tensions behind the
scenes that shaped his view of the royal institution.
Following Queen Elizabeth’s passing in 2022, Kelly was initially allowed to
stay in a grace-and-favour residence — but was later, according to reports,
“swiftly evicted.” Her absence from the Palace’s most expansive fashion
tribute is now being viewed as the final chapter in her royal story.
As King Charles and Prince Harry work through their strained relationship,
this shared decision may signal a small but notable step forward — and a rare
moment of unity in an otherwise divided royal family.
