Never before have we witnessed a royal tragedy of this magnitude — the collapse of an entire empire unfolding in real time. And this is only the beginning of the Royal Family’s darkest chapter…

London, November 17, 2025 – 04:17 AM GMT – The night was still, the streets of Kensington empty, when the call came. A black Mercedes, traveling at high speed on the A322 near Windsor Great Park, had collided head-on with a lorry. The driver: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. The passenger seat: empty. The aftermath: a scene of twisted metal, shattered glass, and a silence so profound it swallowed the sirens.

By 04:22 AM, the first encrypted message reached Kensington Palace: “Red Alert. Sussex. Critical.” By 04:25 AM, Prince William—barefoot, in pajamas, face drained of color—was in a Range Rover racing toward King Edward VII Hospital in Marylebone. By 04:28 AM, Meghan Markle, clutching a trembling Princess Lilibet in her arms, was airborne from Farnborough Airport in a private medevac helicopter, her screams echoing through the cabin as Archie was left in the care of nannies in Montecito.

And by 04:33 AM, King Charles III—frail, oxygen mask dangling from his neck, supported by two aides—was wheeled into the same corridor where, 28 years earlier, he had waited for news of his ex-wife Diana. History, cruel and cyclical, had returned.

The Accident: What We Know So Far

Eyewitnesses report the crash occurred at 03:57 AM on a fog-shrouded stretch of the A322. Harry, returning alone from a private veterans’ rehabilitation center in Surrey, was driving himself—a rare decision for the prince, who usually travels with security. CCTV footage, now under Metropolitan Police lock-and-key, shows the Mercedes swerving violently before impact. The lorry driver, a 54-year-old from Slough, sustained minor injuries and has been detained for questioning.