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(NewsNation) — This week, royal watchers went crazy when photos of reps for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, as well as one from King Charles, were snapped having a meeting at an exclusive members club in London.
Speculation ran rampant as to why the meeting happened, who called it and which side leaked it to the media.
I have some answers for you.
Meghan Markle behind royal truce talks with King Charles
As crazy as it sounds, I am hearing that Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is behind the truce talks with King Charles.
A close insider told me: “(Meghan) realizes she miscalculated when she orchestrated Megxit and then basically smeared the Royal family in the Oprah Winfrey interview and the Netflix docuseries.”
After leaving England for America, both Harry and Meghan told Oprah and Netflix that she’d wanted to commit suicide, there were racist questions asked about what color her children’s skin would be and that she felt she was imprisoned.
Since then, the couple’s popularity has plummeted in both England and the States… and with her new As Ever line debuting as well as her second season of “With Love, Meghan” set to air in two months, it seems Meghan realizes she may need to make nice.
”The royal family does not need Harry or Meghan,” my insider said. “But Harry and Meghan need the royal family… they are only valuable individually if they are tied to the royal family. Being ‘Royal’ translates to money and deals for them. If [Harry and Meghan] are cast aside, they have no value.”
As for the meeting, my source said, “Regardless of what’s happening, there does need to be an open channel of communication between the two households, but there is a lack of trust. Whether and how that is repaired is the problem.”
FILE – Britain’s King Charles III pauses during the State Opening of Parliament at the Palace of Westminster in London on Nov. 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool, File) 
Britain’s King Charles III (L) walks with his son Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex as they arrive at St George’s Chapel inside Windsor Castle on September 19, 2022, ahead of the Committal Service for Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. Monday’s committal service is expected to be attended by at least 800 people, most of whom will not have been at the earlier State Funeral at Westminster Abbey. (Photo by David Rose / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DAVID ROSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) 
FILE – Britain’s King Charles III waves as he arrives for a visit to University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) 
CAMBERLEY, ENGLAND – APRIL 14: King Charles III inspects the 200th Sovereign’s parade at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on April 14, 2023 in Camberley, England. The parade marks the end of 44 weeks of training for 171 Officer Cadets. It is the first time King Charles III has inspected Sovereign’s Parade at Sandhurst since becoming Monarch. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) 
Britain’s King Charles III and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, pose for a picture during their meeting at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, England, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (Joe Giddens/Pool via AP) 
Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Rome on April 9, 2025. (Vincenzo Livieri, Pool Photo via AP) 
Britain’s King Charles III is driven by car from Clarence House, his London home, along The Mall towards Buckingham Palace in London, Friday, March 28, 2025. (Yui Mok/PA via AP) 
Britain’s King Charles III greets a guest during a reception at Buckingham Palace, London, for guests from a wide range of media organisations across the country, Wednesday March 26, 2025. (Aaron Chown, Pool via AP) 
King Charles III hosts a reception at Buckingham Palace, London, with representatives from his military affiliations to thank them for their service, Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2025. (Jonathan Brady/Pool photo via AP)
Invictus Games: King Charles has been invited
At the meeting, the Invictus Games were discussed.
The Olympics for wounded warriors will be held in Birmingham in 2027 — and the King has been formally invited.
My source said, “The King will likely go if Harry and Meghan can keep their mouths shut about any meeting before or after the games. Military rehab is something that is easy to support for the King… and with the King’s medical treatment (for cancer) and his packed schedule, the games had to be brought up now.”
However, if the King decides not to go, “the Palace will say it’s because he’s at his annual Balmoral trip.”
An annual family trip to which Harry and Meghan were not invited this year.
A rep for the Sussexes didn’t return emails.