The monarch made a surprising gesture for his youngest son and wife
The King has allegedly offered an olive branch to Prince Harry and Meghan (Image: Jordan Pettitt-Pool/Getty Images)
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry have been offered an olive branch in a sweet gesture thought to be made by King Charles.
The monarch has pictures of his family all across his royal estates, as most families across Britain do, but in a glimpse into the personal lives of the royals it appears Harry and Meghan have also not been left out of this past time.
This is particularly pertinent as over the last few years, the relationship between the the senior working royals and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex appeared to be turbulent.
Rumours of tension brewing comes after the couple made the decision to step down from their roles in 2020.
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It was in the January of that same year when they also said they would be moving across to North America in order to forge their own lifestyle.
Only a year later, it was announced the Duke and Duchess would no longer be working members of the family at all, but would always be considered “much-loved” members of the House of Windsor.
However, tensions started to brew when the Sussexes spoke to Oprah Winfrey about their lives inside the Palace, and spoke about allegedly racist comments made prior to the birth of their firstborn, Archie, the Mirror reported.
But in recent years, these tensions have started to wind down after Harry jetted into the UK just hours after he discovered his father was battling cancer.
Since then, the Duke and King have met on a handful of occasions, with the most recent being just last month, when the pair enjoyed tea together at Clarence House.
Now, it has been revealed the King has offered a sweet olive branch to the Sussexes.
As most families do, the King has pictures of his relatives scattered across his residences, but one sign has shown he’s keen to build bridges with Harry and Meghan.
Images obtained by the publication reveal that Charles, 76, has carefully chosen to display pictures of the Sussexes throughout his official Northern Irish residence, Hillsborough Castle, mainly in the State Drawing Room.
But there are appear to be no pictures of his brother, Prince Andrew, who stepped down from working Royal life in January 2022, due to his association with convicted paedophile, Jeffrey Epstein.
A source said: “Royal Historic Palaces make decisions on what they believe to be appropriate. They are also guided by members of The Royal Family, but the decision over what pictures of the family to use ultimately lies with the King.”
Following the King and Harry’s recent reunion, it was reported that the meeting was “distinctly formal,” with the Duke said to have been left feeling like an “official visitor.”
However, a spokesperson for the Duke quickly dismissed this, saying: “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.
“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.”
Although Hillsborough Castle is the official royal residence in Northern Ireland, the estate has been managed by Historic Royal Palaces since April 2014 and is open to paying members of the public.
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Situated just 20 minutes outside of Belfast, it has been the scene of some of the most historic moments.
These include the signing of the Anglo-Irish Agreement on November 15, 1985, as well as a visit from President George W. Bush in 2003.
Just seven years later, the house was used by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown, members of the Democratic Union Party, Sinn Féin and the Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowen to discuss the crisis over Northern Ireland policing.
On September 13, 2022, just days after the death of his mother, King Charles was left livid while at the castle signing a visitors’ book.
He realised he had written the wrong, but it became further an awkward incident when his pen started to leak, causing the King to fume: “Oh God, I hate this pen.”
A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess declined to comment to the Mirror, with the publication also approaching both Bucking Palace and Historical Royal Palaces for comment.