Prince Charles declined to meet with Prince Harry in London, reportedly because Queen Camilla and Prince William were involved.
King Charles has declined to meet with his second son, Prince Harry, who is visiting London for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, which were founded in 2014. According to royal experts, if Prince Charles had wanted to, he could have worked around his busy schedule to make time for Harry.
As with everything, it seems to be more complicated than it appears; Marie Claire previously reported that Harry's last time in the UK was in February, when he flew to London to see his father within hours of the King's February 5 announcement that he had been diagnosed with cancer, but kept his stay at Clarence House brief It was Harry's stepmother, Queen Camilla, who made the short trip from Los Angeles to London. Despite flying approximately 11,000 miles round trip from Los Angeles to London, Harry spent only about 30 minutes with his father at Charles and Camilla's home in London, as Prince Charles had just begun cancer treatment the day before.
"The queen was with the king," royal biographer Robert Jobson told The Sun. To be honest, he [Harry] didn't give Queen Camilla much praise in his book Spare. He didn't praise Queen Camilla much on Netflix either (in the Harry & Meghan documentary). They don't get along," Jobson added: "I think it's a good thing that they're not on good terms with each other. It brings a complexity and drama that he (the King) doesn't need right now," he added. The king "gave him enough time to kiss and hug and wish him well," Jobson said.
This week, Harry will return to the UK for the first time since his sudden trip in early February, but royal expert Charlotte Griffiths told GB News that Prince Charles refused to meet with Harry, apparently because he made "a request" that he The Mirror reports that he was unable to do so. This "difficult" negotiation was apparently about who would be present at the parent-child meeting, and it was Camilla, whom Charles wanted to be present but Harry did not. I know that Prince Charles wanted Camilla to be present to meet Harry." Griffiths said, "Harry didn't even let his wife be present, which made this difficult. (Meghan Markle is not in the UK with Harry, but will meet him in Nigeria at a later date.)
Griffiths also suggested on GB News that Prince Charles' decision to meet Harry may be due to "other forces." She said, "William may have been thinking about how this meeting should take place, or whether it should take place at all."
A source told Russell Myers, the Mirror's royal editor, that when it comes to William and Harry, "their relationship remains extremely fraught. Harry has privately said he would like to talk to his brother, but now is not the time." It should be noted that Harry is returning to his home country for the first time since his sister-in-law, the Princess of Wales, announced on March 22 that she, too, had been diagnosed with cancer, and the two once so close are not planning to meet.
Earlier today, as Harry was heading to his car after an event in central London, a waiting photographer asked him, "Are you happy to be home?" He asked. According to the Daily Express, Harry laughed, quickly replied, "Happy to see you," and hopped into the back of his black Range Rover.
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