Prince Harry, who is visiting the UK for the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, is unlikely to meet his father, Prince Charles, his publicist revealed.

Harry is currently in London, where he will give a reading prior to a thanksgiving service at St. Paul's Cathedral tomorrow, May 8. Harry had made no secret of his desire to visit his father during this visit to his native country, but according to the Telegraph, "In response to many inquiries and continuing speculation as to whether the Duke will meet his father while he is in the UK this week, it is unfortunately not possible due to the packed nature of Her Majesty's program."

The King, who revealed his cancer diagnosis on February 5, had only returned to public life last week on February 30. Therefore, Harry's spokesman added, "The Duke, of course, understands his father's timetable and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon."

According to Tatler magazine, the King is scheduled to have his weekly audience with Prime Minister Rishi Snak tomorrow, and according to the magazine, the King may attend his first Buckingham Palace garden party of the season. According to the Telegraph, Prince Charles has many other plans.

Regardless of Prince Charles' busy schedule, this must surely be a disappointment for Harry, who does not stay in the UK very often. Harry last visited the U.K. in February, after hopping on a transatlantic flight just hours after the King's cancer diagnosis was made public; going back to the infamous Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021, Harry said, "I will always love [Charles]. There's been a lot of hurt. I'm going to continue to make healing that relationship one of my priorities."

Although the relationship has thawed since this interview more than three years ago, family tensions remain, especially between Harry and his brother, Prince William. It is unlikely that the brothers will see each other during this visit to the UK, nor will Harry meet the Princess of Wales, who announced during Harry's last visit to the UK that she had been diagnosed with cancer.

Regarding Charles and Harry, Harrow's royal editor Emily Nash said, "To an outsider, it may seem odd that they can't make time to meet, but the King is the head of state and he has been planning his diary for months, and with Harry only staying a couple of days It was not a given that it would happen," he said. It will inevitably lead to speculation as to what is going on in their relationship, which has been under pressure for the past few years."

Richard Palmer, an expert on the royal family, told the Daily Mail, "It is surprising that the king and Harry are not meeting at all, perhaps a sign of how much bridge-building still needs to be done. 'There has been a lot of speculation in the media that father and son might meet. It has always seemed like speculation, but I too have speculated that they would meet."

Harry's wife Meghan Markle is not with him in the UK, but later this week he will travel to Nigeria. The trip is related to the Invictus Games, what many would call Harry's passion project in life. Nigeria sent a team to the 2023 Games for the first time last September in Düsseldorf.

Harry is still involved in activities related to the Games today before tomorrow's celebration. What began as a vision to honor the courage and resilience of wounded, injured, and ill service members and veterans has evolved into an international organization built on hope, strength, and unity, the Invictus Games Foundation. "

Regarding the future of the tournament, Harry told People magazine while in England, "For years, every time I've been asked the same question, I've said it over and over again. 'The answer is as long as it serves its purpose. But I put it in a box, put it on a shelf, and I want more than anything for that box to be covered in dust because I don't need it anymore. But as those of us in this room probably understand better than anyone else, that is simply not the case." [I am a big fan of trying to solve the root cause of the problem, and the root cause of the problem is conflict. You can't solve that. Because invictus transcends borders, it transcends politics. Because Invictus transcends borders and transcends politics. There is magic in this community."