{"id":260667,"date":"2025-07-13T04:23:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260667\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T04:23:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T04:23:10","slug":"aides-to-the-king-and-prince-harry-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260667\/","title":{"rendered":"Aides to the King and Prince Harry meet"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\tThe meeting is said to be an initial step towards ending the years-long royal estrangement\t\t\t\t\t <\/p>\n

Senior aides to the King<\/a> and Duke of Sussex<\/a> have been pictured together in London in what is reported to be an initial step towards restoring the relationship between Harry and the rest of the royal family.<\/p>\n

Images obtained by the the Mail On Sunday<\/a> show Meredith Maines, the duke\u2019s chief communications officer, and Liam Maguire, who runs Harry and Meghan\u2019s UK public relations team, meeting the King\u2019s communications secretary Tobyn Andreae at the Royal Over-Seas League near Clarence House.<\/p>\n

The Mail reports it is not known which side initiated the meeting, but a source told the paper: \u201cThere\u2019s a long road ahead, but a channel of communication is now open for the first time in years.<\/p>\n

\"\"The Duke and Duchess of Sussex left royal life to live in California after the split. (Picture: Aaron Chown\/PA)<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was no formal agenda, just casual drinks. There were things both sides wanted to talk about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both parties have been contacted for comment.<\/p>\n

The rift between the Sussexes and the royal family opened significantly following their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, during which they alleged a member of the family was concerned about their son Archie\u2019s skin tone before he was born.<\/p>\n

Then the duke claimed in his controversial memoir, Spare, his brother the Prince of Wales had physically attacked him and that the King put his own interests above Harry\u2019s and was jealous of Meghan.<\/p>\n

Harry\u2019s level of security changed in 2020 when he and Meghan stepped down as working royals and moved to California for financial and personal freedom, and he suggested the royal family and officials hoped his realisation of the increased safety risk \u201cwould force us to come back\u201d.<\/p>\n

The duke failed in an appeal<\/a> against the dismissal of his High Court claim against the Home Office, over the decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of protection when in the UK.<\/p>\n

In a BBC interview after losing the latest round in his court battle over his security, Harry claimed the King will not speak to him and he does not know \u201chow much longer my father has\u201d as he spoke of his hopes for a \u201creconciliation\u201d with his family.<\/p>\n

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