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Prince Harry has “got an obstacle course” to navigate if he wants to rebuild his relationship with Britain, but it is still possible, a PR expert has told Newsweek.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been deeply unpopular in the U.K. for years, yet Harry has chosen to take his Invictus Games tournament for wounded veterans to Birmingham, in England, rather than Washington D.C.
The decision may seem surprising after all the work Harry put in to creating a new life in the U.S., but Edward Coram James, a PR expert and chief executive of media agency Go Up, believes the move could help Harry restore his reputation in Britain.
He told Newsweek: “Through Invictus it’s definitely possible. He’s got an obstacle course. He’s got a tightrope that he needs to walk and there’s a very narrow path through for him reputationally, but that path is Invictus.
“His narrow path back into the good books of the British public is Invictus. I think having it in the U.K. is actually very sensible for that.”
Harry was hugely popular in Britain before he quit the country for a new life in America and at his peak was liked by 81 percent of U.K. adults in November 2018, when he got engaged to Meghan Markle.