Mirror<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s clear there is now a determination on both sides to make this happen. Nobody is pretending the wider family issues have been resolved, but this is about beginning with Charles and Harry.<\/p>\n\u201cFor the first time in a long time, there\u2019s a genuine sense that reconciliation is within reach. Prince Harry\u2019s team and the Palace have opened a line of communication, and there is every hope that father and son will see one another when the Duke returns to London in September.\u201d<\/p>\n
The source added: \u201cAfter 20 months apart, and with the King continuing his treatment, the feeling is that the time is right to take that step. This is not about grand gestures or set-piece meetings \u2014 it\u2019s about a simple face-to-face conversation between a father and his son.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe priority is privacy and dignity, but also ensuring the door stays open for further dialogue. As for Harry and William, though, any chance of reconciliation between them has been rejected out of hand.\u201d<\/p>\n
Meghan stays in California<\/p>\n
While King Charles may extend an olive branch, Meghan Markle will remain in California with the couple\u2019s two children, Archie and Lilibet. The King has not seen his grandchildren since June 2022, when the Sussexes briefly returned for the late Queen\u2019s Platinum Jubilee.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry\u2019s upcoming trip also follows his failed legal bid to retain UK police protection, a loss he described to the BBC as \u201cdevastating.\u201d<\/p>\n
At the time, he admitted he \u201cwould love a reconciliation\u201d with his family but complained the King \u201cwon\u2019t speak to me because of this security stuff,\u201d adding, \u201cI do not know how much longer my father has.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quiet talks behind the scenes<\/p>\n
In recent weeks, Prince Harry\u2019s chief communications officer, Meredith Maines and UK press handler Liam Maguire met the King\u2019s press secretary Tobyn Andreae in London.<\/p>\n
The talks, seen as a breakthrough, reportedly touched on avoiding clashes between Sussex projects and royal engagements, and on Prince Harry receiving direct updates about his father\u2019s health, The Mirror reported.<\/p>\n
Despite those conversations, trust issues continue to loom large.<\/p>\n
Prince William remains unwilling to forgive or forget, with a separate source saying: \u201cWilliam feels Harry has repeatedly chosen public exposure over private resolution and that the Royal Family can\u2019t keep being dragged into the headlines every time there\u2019s a new contract to promote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe issue with Harry, as well as Meghan, is one of trust. Ever since moving to North America, they have eroded all confidence in their ability to keep things or their criticisms private. For there to be any chance of moving forward, that trust has to be rebuilt, and Team Sussex knows the onus is on them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Years of fallout<\/p>\n
Since stepping back from royal duties in 2020, Prince Harry and Meghan have levelled blistering criticism at the monarchy. Their Oprah interview in 2021 alleged racism within the institution and left Meghan describing herself as suicidal.<\/p>\n
Their Netflix series accused the palace of \u201cunconscious bias,\u201d while Prince Harry\u2019s memoir Spare accused Prince William of physically attacking him and painted Queen Camilla as a schemer briefing against him.<\/p>\n
The King has been described as \u201cdeeply saddened\u201d by the claims but continues to signal openness to reconciliation. His heir, however, is said to have hardened his position, leaving any brotherly reunion far off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry is set to see his father for the first time in over two and a half…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":381335,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[2766,5105,7710,519,448,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-381334","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-culture","9":"tag-royal","10":"tag-royal-families","11":"tag-royal-family","12":"tag-royals","13":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115109328617994991","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381334","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=381334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381334\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/381335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}