{"id":408900,"date":"2025-09-08T22:50:21","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408900\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T22:50:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T22:50:21","slug":"prince-harry-makes-rare-visit-to-london-on-anniversary-of-queen-elizabeth-iis-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/408900\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry makes rare visit to London, on anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry has returned to London \u2014 a rare trip home \u2014 and paid tribute to his late grandmother on the third anniversary of her death.<\/p>\n

However, whether he will have an audience with King Charles III during the four-day visit remains unclear.<\/p>\n

Prince Harry, who is fifth in line to the British crown, relocated to California with his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in 2020 after stepping back from royal duties.<\/p>\n

Since then, returns to the United Kingdom have been scarce.<\/p>\n

Prince Harry has seen King Charles III \u2014 his father \u2014 only once in-person since the 76-year-old monarch made his cancer diagnosis public<\/a> in February 2024.<\/p>\n

That encounter at Clarence House lasted no more than 45 minutes.<\/p>\n

During another visit three months later, a meeting was not possible because the king was “too busy”, according to Prince Harry’s staff.<\/p>\n

It means the pair haven’t seen each other in more than 18 months.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry plays with nine-year-old Gwen Foster at a charity event in London on Monday evening. (Pool: Aaron Chown via AP)<\/p>\n

Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is now said to be largely estranged from the rest of the royal family.<\/p>\n

It is understood the release of the 40-year-old’s explosive autobiography, Spare, in 2023, was considered particularly damaging by the Firm.<\/p>\n

In July, British media reported representatives from Buckingham Palace had met counterparts from Prince Harry’s communications team at a London member’s club.<\/p>\n

The get-together fuelled speculation of a possible reconciliation. However, that’s yet to materialise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Monday morning, local time, Prince Harry laid a wreath at Windsor, where the late queen is buried.<\/p>\n

She died, aged 96, three years ago to the day.<\/p>\n

The prince will attend multiple charity events in the coming days.<\/p>\n

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King Charles III, right, has a laugh at an event in Braemar, Scotland, at the weekend. (Reuters: Russell Cheyne)<\/p>\n

However, whether he will meet King Charles III during his time in the UK is not known.<\/p>\n

The monarch is at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, where the royal family typically spends part of the British summer.<\/p>\n

King Charles III is due to return to London next week to host US President Donald Trump for a three-day state visit at Windsor, starting on September 17.<\/p>\n

There has also been speculation he may attend the funeral of Katharine, Duchess of Kent, on September 16.<\/p>\n

The 92-year-old \u2014 who was married to the late Queen Elizabeth II’s first cousin Edward \u2014 died at Kensington Palace last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Prince William and Princess Catherine on Monday attended an event hosted by the Women’s Institute, of which the late queen had been a passionate member.<\/p>\n

“Three years ago my grandmother passed away, I know she was a big part of the WI and she used to talk about it a lot, so this is a huge honour for me,” Prince William said.<\/p>\n

“I can’t quite believe it’s three years already.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry has returned to London \u2014 a rare trip home \u2014 and paid tribute to his late…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":408901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[748,393,4884,1760,1144,447,712,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-408900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-northern-ireland","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom","18":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115171126506557011","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408900","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=408900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/408900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/408901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=408900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=408900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}