You probably haven’t heard this, as it’s been kept on the down-low and generated very little press attention, but King Charles and his son Prince Harry are in a rough patch. As it turns out, publishing a tell-all memoir and appearing in a Netflix docuseries that talks about how awful your family has been to your wife will cause a tiny bit of strain with the ol’ Royal relatives.
But it appears that with King Charles’ 75th birthday approaching, the California-based prince might return to the United Kingdom in September with a special gift: an olive branch.
The New York Post is reporting, based on sources that spoke to the U.K.’s OK! Magazine, that King Charles might have rearranged his travel schedule to accommodate meeting with his estranged son to bridge the public gap between them.
The Post notes that:
“‘King Charles is due to return to London from Balmoral in the middle of September, which ties in with the end of Harry’s Invictus Games trip to Dusseldorf,' an unidentified source told UK’s OK! Magazine. The king has a rescheduled official visit to France on September 20, so [he] has a few days to spare in London to meet with his son. Staff are trying to fine-tune the details as we speak.”
The Post also noted that Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, is not expected to join the conversation.
Naturally, none of this is set in stone. The rag’s own Sussex sources have denied that any such plans are being made, and no official statement from the king or Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, has been made. But it’s easy to imagine that, with all of the affairs King Charles has been recently trying to get in order, reconciling with his prodigal son has to be on his list.
Michale Natale is a News Editor for the Hearst Enthusiast Group. As a writer and researcher, he has produced written and audio-visual content for more than fifteen years, spanning historical periods from the dawn of early man to the Golden Age of Hollywood. His stories for the Enthusiast Group have involved coordinating with organizations like the National Parks Service and the Secret Service, and travelling to notable historical sites and archaeological digs, from excavations of America’ earliest colonies to the former homes of Edgar Allan Poe.
