As anyone who has been there knows, there is nothing like a health scare to make you reassess your life and priorities, whether it is for yourself or a loved one, and according to the Mirror, the King has told friends that he is not content to just meet with his grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, via video call, and that he wants to He has told friends that he wants to be more present in their lives. [For example, as Marie Claire reported last week, when Lili turned 3 on June 4, the King reportedly sent what the Mirror called "heartfelt gifts and cards." Sources say the King is "more eager than ever" to focus on his family and "make up for lost time," especially regarding Archie and Lili.

"Those who know the King best say he is in an introspective mood and considers his son's (Prince William) close bond with his three children a blessing," the Mirror reports. Prince Charles is the "wonderfully enthusiastic" grandfather of Prince Louis, who is with Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince William with his wife, the Crown Princess (who is also battling cancer). According to the Daily Beast, George, Charlotte, and Louis call the King "Grandpa Wales," perhaps in reference not only to their family name (since their parents are now the Prince and Princess of Wales) but also to the title of Prince of Wales that Prince Charles once held

Interestingly, the name "The Prince of Wales" is also used in the name of the Prince of Wales.

Interestingly, despite rumors of discord between Harry and his stepmother, Queen Camilla, the Mirror reported that the queen "is also understood to be the driving force behind his [the king's] decision to step up efforts to meet his other grandchildren."

"The King is absolutely committed to being present in the lives of all his grandchildren," said one source. 'Whatever his relationship with his son, he will never be satisfied with just meeting his grandchildren via video call.'

In her book My Mother and I: The Inside Story of the King and Our Late Queen), royal author Ingrid Sward writes about the relationship between Prince Charles and his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth. Family was always important to the King. It is with great sadness that he will not be able to see Archie and Lilibet."

She adds, "That is why he never breaks off his relationship with Harry. He doesn't want to be in a FaceTime relationship with his children. He wants to get to know them and be involved in their lives while they are still young and can learn from his wisdom. Having cancer has made this all the more poignant for him, knowing that he will not be around forever"

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Geographically, the King lives across the ocean from the Sussexes, but he lives in England and they live in California. The door is always open."

Tom Sykes of The Daily Beast writes, "A cynic might argue that if the King really wanted to see more of the Sussexes, he would not have stripped them of their English home, Frogmore Cottage." Sykes continued, "Prince Harry's camp has long argued that by removing Harry from Frogmore Cottage, a royal estate that would have guaranteed the safety of Harry's children by being within royal custody, they are making it more difficult for Harry to visit England safely with his family." He stated.

Omid Scobie, in his 2023 book "Endgame," states that Harry himself made this exact point to his father and told him this last year after Harry and Meghan were told to pack their bags and move out of Frogmore. 0]

Frogmore was seen as "the only safe option for the Sussexes when visiting England." Perhaps because of this, Sykes writes, "Prince Charles met Archie only a few times, and only once with Lilibet, who was born in America."