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Prince Harry is said to be willing to fix the rift(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\nPrince Harry holds fears of a UK banishment, according to a royal expert, who thinks the Duke of Sussex would like to heal the royal family rift<\/p>\n
21:07, 18 Jul 2025Updated 21:07, 18 Jul 2025<\/p>\n
Prince Harry is said to be willing to fix the rift(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Prince Harry <\/a>fears he will be banished from the UK once his brother William becomes King, a royal expert believes. King Charles<\/a> \u2019 youngest son wants to heal the rift with the Royal Family<\/a> which began with his and wife Meghan\u2019s defection to the USA.<\/p>\n Two of the Sussexes\u2019 key aides met Charles\u2019s communication chief recently, sparking rumours of an olive branch between the two sides. But biographer Tom Bower believes the father and son are a long way from reconciling, and it is possible they may never meet again.<\/p>\n Tom said: \u201cWhether they\u2019ll meet again in Charles\u2019s lifetime depends on how long Charles lives. I couldn\u2019t say never because I\u2019m sure Charles wants to meet his son, but so much depends on how Harry behaves.\u201d<\/p>\n He added: \u201cHarry is seriously worried that when his father dies one day, William will literally banish him and he will have no status in Britain at all. He will be persona non grata.\u201d<\/p>\n Tom, 78, who wrote Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, went on to describe Harry as \u201chis own worst enemy\u201d.<\/p>\n The former journalist told the Mirror<\/a> the Duke of Sussex<\/a> is \u201cdesperate\u201d to repair the relationship with his 76-year-old father. But with Charles continuing to receive treatment for cancer and the extent of the rift in the family, -reconciliation may not happen.<\/p>\n \u201cHarry needs a meeting with Charles to show he is part of the Royal Family and to establish his credibility in Britain,\u201d Tom said.\u201cBut as long as the Palace won\u2019t give him access to Charles, he can\u2019t take the first step. They suspect that the moment he meets Charles, he will use it to establish his credibility, because that\u2019s what he desperately needs, and that\u2019s also why he\u2019s kept away.\u201d<\/p>\n Meredith Maines, Meghan and Harry\u2019s chief of staff in California, and Liam Maguire, the head of their UK PR operation, recently met Charles\u2019s communication secretary Tobyn Andreae for drinks in London.<\/p>\n Sources hinted the get-together was the beginning of the end of the years of tension and estrangement between the father and son. The two have not been in the same room together since Harry\u2019s flying visit to Buckingham Palace<\/a> following the shock announcement of Charles\u2019s cancer in February 2024.<\/p>\n The King has met the youngest Sussex child, four-year-old Lilibet, only once. Harry\u2019s next scheduled visit to his homeland is expected to come in September, but it could coincide with Charles and Camilla\u2019s annual holiday to Balmoral.<\/p>\n Tom said it is very unlikely they will meet, adding: \u201cMy money would absolutely be no. If he did meet him, it would be in private. A lot depends on Charles\u2019s health, that is the unspoken issue in Britain today.<\/p>\n \u201cBecause Charles will be in Scotland<\/a>, the question is will Harry be invited up to Scotland? My guess is no.\u201d<\/p>\n The Duke has a mountain to climb after he and Meghan made personal disclosures and accusations in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Harry then released his memoir, Spare, in 2023, in which he wrote about his and William\u2019s broken relationship.<\/p>\n Tom also cites Harry\u2019s recent interview with the BBC<\/a> following his High Court defeat over state security as a \u201cterrible act of self harm\u201d.<\/p>\n The dad-of-two referred to the legal battle as an \u201cestablishment stitch-up\u201d, and said he didn\u2019t know \u201chow much longer\u201d the King might live. \u201cThere\u2019s huge anger in Britain, not least from William, Kate and Camilla about the awful things Harry has said,\u201d Tom said. \u201cThe interview he gave after he lost the security case, and accused the establishment of a stitch up, showed that he\u2019s completely uncontrollable. He is unpredictable and his own worst enemy.<\/p>\n \u201cBut he fears that once Charles dies he will get no help from William. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if William won\u2019t have him at his Coronation.\u201d<\/p>\n Any contact between Harry and Charles would need the full backing of Charles\u2019s closest and most trusted aides, Tom added, and unfortunately for the younger royal brother, he is not a priority at the moment.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cCharles\u2019s health is the prime concern, and William\u2019s succession is the next thing. Harry\u2019s problems are irrelevant and they are irritated by him. Harry can\u2019t just arrive at the Palace and see his father.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Harry was in Britain at the time Charles\u2019s visit to France was cancelled because of the riots, there was ample time to meet and one would assume Charles\u2019s diary was empty. But Harry was told his diary was full and he couldn\u2019t see him.<\/p>\n \u201cHe can\u2019t even get him on the phone because they don\u2019t trust him and they\u2019re angry with him. They don\u2019t understand his motivations.\u201d<\/p>\n It has been said that the recent peace summit would not have happened without Prince William<\/a> \u2019s blessing, but too much has happened between the two brothers for -reconciliation to be an option.<\/p>\n Tom, currently working on a follow-up to Revenge, also claimed that William and Kate, both 43, would probably block any further reconciliation and, given Charles\u2019s health, the pressure is mounting.<\/p>\n While Harry has made sporadic trips to the UK since he and Meghan stepped down as working royals and relocated to California, Meghan has set foot on UK soil only once, for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in September 2022.<\/p>\n As she continues to build her As Ever lifestyle brand and prepare for a second series of Netflix<\/a> show, With Love, her own relationship with The Firm is not on her agenda, Tom said.<\/p>\n \u201cMeghan is tired of it all, she wants it to be over,\u201d he added. \u201cShe doesn\u2019t give two hoots about what happens.<\/p>\n \u201cIt puts a great strain on their marriage and their relationship because Harry frets and becomes very unhappy about it all.<\/p>\n \u201cMeghan wants to get on, and build herself up as a television personality and have nothing more to do with Britain at all. 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Harry reportedly feels William could banish him from the UK<\/p>\n![\"King](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_King-Charles-III-Visits-Deal.jpg\")
Harry would like to make amends with his father, according to an expert(Image: Getty Images)<\/p>\n![\"Prince](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_FBL-WOMEN-EURO-2025-MATCH15-ENG-NED-ROYAL.jpg\")
Harry is said to fear what brother William could do in the future(Image: AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n