King Charles 'saddened' over Prince Harry's 'sabotage' claim following their reunion
Alleged details of their meeting emerged this weekend
King Charles is reportedly saddened by Prince Harry‘s claims that people may have been trying to sabotage their reconciliation.
On September 10, Charles, 76, and Harry, 41, met for the first time since February last year. It came about when the Duke of Sussex was on a four-day trip to the UK. They spent around 55 minutes together over tea at Clarence House, the king’s London residence. The meeting was seen as a potential first step towards a reconciliation between father and son amid their strained relationship.
That evening, Harry told guests at a charity reception that Charles was “great”. Aides shared that he enjoyed visiting and being back in the UK.
Now, new alleged details have emerged about the meeting and have been addressed by Prince Harry’s team.
Prince Harry ‘surprised as the formality’ of King Charles meeting
Previous reports had claimed that Harry might take part in a handful of public events in the UK, with efforts to get him and Charles together more often. However, royal sources stressed that Harry couldn’t be a “half-in, half-out” member of the royal family. One insider reportedly told the Mail on Sunday: “Whoever is behind them seems to have mistaken a brief tea and a slice of cake for the Treaty of Versailles.”
However, this past weekend, alleged details of the meeting were published in The Sun. The tabloid claimed that Harry was surprised at how “distinctly formal” the meeting was.
The publication also reported that Harry handed his father a framed photograph of their children, Archie and Lilibet.
‘Categorically false’ claims
A spokesman for Prince Harry has now addressed the claims. A statement read: “Recent reporting of The Duke’s view of the tone of the meeting, is categorically false.
“The quotes attributed to him are pure invention fed, one can only assume, by sources intent on sabotaging any reconciliation between father and son. Presumably, those same sources have also chosen to disclose that gifts were exchanged.”
They added: “While we would have preferred such details to remain private, for the sake of clarity we can confirm that a framed photograph was handed over, however the image did not contain the Duke and Duchess.”
The quotes attributed to him are pure invention fed, one can only assume, by sources intent on sabotaging any reconciliation between father and son.
A Buckingham Palace source has since reportedly told The Telegraph that the “sabotage” claim was “counterproductive”. They added: “It’s very sad, especially because everyone has been working hard behind the scenes to make the private relationship work.”
Aides have told the newspaper that everyone involved wants to see the two on good terms, not least King Charles himself.
Royal Insider has contacted reps for Buckingham Palace for comment.
Harry setting children up for ’emotional problems,’ claims royal expert
Meanwhile, a royal commentator recently suggested that Harry could be setting Archie and Lilibet up for “emotional problems” when they get older. It’s thought that Charles last saw his grandchildren in June 2022 during Queen Elizabeth II’s platinum jubilee celebrations. At the time, Lilibet had her first birthday while Archie was three.
Royal expert and author Hugo Vickers said on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show: “I worry about the children because there’s going to come a point when they’re going to say, why haven’t I met my grandfather on either side?
“And so he’s storing up a lot of, you know, emotional problems for them, I think.”
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