The Windsors are looking for normality – as much as that is possible at the moment. Prince William stepped into the breach for his sick father on Wednesday and took on his first public appointments.

The meeting between Harry and his father is said to have lasted less than an hour. A meeting between the brothers Harry and William, who were once considered inseparable but are now enemies, is not planned, the BBC said. The royal family does not answer this question - just like the Windsors only hint at many other things. How does it go from here? Assessments by Patricia Dreyer.