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Source: Getty Images | (L&R) Max Mumby<\/p>\n
(L) Prince Harry depart after visiting Nechells Wellbeing Centre; (R) King Charles attends the traditional Easter Sunday Mattins Service at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.<\/p>\n
May 31 2025, Published 10:01 a.m. ET<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n Prince Harry\u2019s public plea to mend ties with his estranged family did nothing to heal the royal feud, reportedly only worsening the rift. As royal fans rooted for a meeting between the Duke of Sussex and his father, King Charles, on the latter\u2019s trip to Canada, experts have argued that the meeting was always ‘highly unlikely\u2019 as the royal family sees Harry as a \u2018loose cannon,\u2019 who is best avoided.<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Royal experts Helena Chard and Hilary Fordwich recently shared their thoughts about Harry\u2019s equation with his father with Fox News Digital. According to the New York Post<\/a>, Chard claimed, \u201cPrince Harry is the King’s flesh and blood, so of course he would like some sort of reconciliation with his youngest son.\u201d However, she added that given Harry is still \u2018full of animosity\u2019 five years after his and Meghan Markle\u2019s <\/a>exit from the royal fold, this has not been so far possible. \u201cPrince Harry has blown all trust and any reconciliation with his father and the royal family for the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Fordwich added that Harry going public with private family matters has eroded the King’s trust. She explained, \u201cKing Charles cannot have a private conversation with his wayward son without the fear of Harry revealing to the media the content of such a private family discussion…Harry has willingly and knowingly caused pain and public damage via his actions, so the royal family views him as a ‘loose cannon,’ hence their reluctance to engage with him further.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n According to the expert, Harry\u2019s BBC interview, in which he accused his father of being behind his taxpayer-funded security being stripped and endangering his life, has proven Charles’s fears right. In the interview, the Duke had further alleged that the security move was a means of trapping him in the UK, to discourage leaving for the US. Harry had also addressed Charles\u2019s cancer diagnosis<\/a>, saying he does not know how much time his father has left, which added to growing public concern over the monarch’s health. Fordwich asserted, \u201cIn particular, his public comments regarding his father’s health and security were viewed as highly inappropriate, as well as counterproductive.\u201d<\/p>\n Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Royal expert Shannon Felton Spence, meanwhile, claims that the father-son didn’t meet because of logistics issues. Spence pointed out that royal international trips involve planning with “military precision, often months in advance.\u201d She added, \u201cEvery moment is accounted for, every engagement tightly choreographed, and every detail managed with the gravitas of a diplomatic mission. These are not the kinds of trips where one can simply \u2018pop down\u2019 for a personal visit, no matter how close the geography may seem.\u201d According to the Mirror<\/a>, Harry flew to China for a global travel and tourism conference in Shanghai, amid the King\u2019s trip to Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: Getty Images | (L&R) Max Mumby (L) Prince Harry depart after visiting Nechells Wellbeing Centre; (R) King…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,1760,1501,7710,519,7802],"class_list":{"0":"post-148472","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-charles","10":"tag-charles-iii","11":"tag-king-charles","12":"tag-latest-news","13":"tag-royal-families","14":"tag-royal-family","15":"tag-royal-rebels"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114606051470380802","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}