{"id":290828,"date":"2025-07-25T14:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/290828\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T14:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T14:41:12","slug":"prince-harrys-attempt-at-reconciliation-with-king-not-coincidental-expert-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/290828\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry\u2019s attempt at reconciliation with King \u2018not coincidental&#8217; &#8211; expert | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Prince Harry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry\u2019s<\/a> recent <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2084258\/royal-family-live-prince-harry-king-charles-peace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attempt to reconcile with his father<\/a> King Charles may not be coincidental, a royal expert has said. Earlier this month, two of Harry\u2019s senior aides, Meredith Maines and Liam Maguire, met up with the monarch\u2019s director of communications Tobyn Andreae <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2081705\/prince-harry-king-charles-peace-summit-latest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for an informal meeting.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The meeting, which took place in London, was believed to have taken place with Harry and the King\u2019s permission, suggesting that a future reconciliation could be on the cards just months after the Duke, 40, told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/bbc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> that his <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2050029\/prince-harry-reason-king-charles-wont-speak\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">father would not speak to him.<\/a> However, while this seems like a step in the right direction when it comes to the rumoured family feud, a royal expert now believes that the timing is interesting.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">This is because just this week, it was revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/netflix\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2085987\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-netflix-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">would not be renewing their deal<\/a> with Harry and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a> when it ends in September.<\/p>\n<p>This is likely to be a concern for the couple, who quit royal life and moved to the US in 2020, as the deal was worth around \u00a378 million.<\/p>\n<p>Now, <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@RoyalReporterLydia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">royal expert Lydia Alty<\/a> thinks that Harry\u2019s attempt to reconcile with the King when this deal has started to \u201cunravel\u201d is maybe not a coincidence.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cPublic interest in the &#8216;Harry and Meghan show&#8217; is clearly waning, and people are increasingly looking for substance over self-promotion.<\/p>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">\u201cTo top it off, Harry now appears to be trying to reconcile with his family \u2014 perhaps not coincidentally, just as these high-profile media deals are starting to unravel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-harry\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a> have not publicly commented on the upcoming end of their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/netflix\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Netflix<\/a> deal in September.<\/p>\n<p>The duke has also not commented on any upcoming reconciliation with his father, with the King also remaining silent on the topic.<\/p>\n<p>While Harry is potentially on the way to making amends with the monarch, it seems that the prince is still a long way from fixing the rift with his brother <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/prince-william\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a>, 43.<\/p>\n<p>The brothers are <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1938958\/prince-harry-prince-williams-feud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not believed to have been on talking terms for some time<\/a>, with this not set to change anytime soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry\u2019s recent attempt to reconcile with his father King Charles may not be coincidental, a royal expert&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,1760,447,105148,108238,12909,7728,7710,519],"class_list":{"0":"post-290828","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-prince-harry","13":"tag-prince-harry-king-charles-iii","14":"tag-prince-harry-netflix-deal-dropped","15":"tag-prince-harry-reconciliation","16":"tag-prince-harry-royal-family","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114914399674201014","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290828","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=290828"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290828\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290828"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}