{"id":415404,"date":"2025-09-11T09:09:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415404\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T09:09:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T09:09:14","slug":"king-charles-holds-crunch-talks-with-duchess-of-edinburgh-just-minutes-before-prince-harry-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415404\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles holds crunch talks with Duchess of Edinburgh just minutes before Prince Harry meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh was pictured leaving Clarence House on Wednesday shortly before Prince Harry arrived for a rare private meeting with King Charles.<\/p>\n

The visit came 24 hours after Sophie returned from a five-day trip to Alberta, Canada, where she attended the Spruce Meadows Masters Tournament and carried out engagements focused on British-Canadian links and charity work.<\/p>\n

In photographs taken in central London, Sophie sat in the front passenger seat of a navy Audi as it pulled away from the King\u2019s residence. <\/p>\n

Rain dotted the car\u2019s windscreen while her driver, dressed in a dark suit, navigated through the gates.<\/p>\n

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King Charles holds crunch talks with Duchess of Edinburgh before seeing Prince Harry<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry arrived shortly after at Clarence House around 5.20pm for tea with his father, marking the first time the pair had seen each other since February 2024.<\/p>\n

Buckingham Palace confirmed the private meeting but said no further details would be provided. A spokesman for the Duke of Sussex gave the same brief account, saying only that father and son met for tea.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the day, Harry visited Imperial College London\u2019s Centre for Blast Injury Studies, where he met researchers and greeted a small crowd outside. <\/p>\n

As he left, he apologised for leaving quickly, telling onlookers: \u201cI have to go, I\u2019m so late\u2026 I\u2019ve got to go, I\u2019ve got to go. Nice to meet you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Duchess of Edinburgh pictured departing Clarence House<\/p>\n

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After meeting with the King, Harry attended a reception in London for supporters of the Invictus Games-style competition for veterans and wounded or sick armed forces personnel. <\/p>\n

Asked how his father was, he replied: \u201cYes, he\u2019s great, thank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

The encounter was significant for the Royal Family. It was their first in-person meeting since Harry flew to the UK in February last year after Buckingham Palace revealed the King was undergoing cancer treatment.<\/p>\n

Charles, 76, has since resumed public duties while continuing care.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry pictured arriving at Clarence House to see the King<\/p>\n

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King Charles arriving back at Clarence House from Balmoral<\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, the Duchess, 60, landed in Britain on September 9 after a programme in Alberta that highlighted British-Canadian business and charitable partnerships.<\/p>\n

Her engagements, which began on September 4, included events linked to equestrian sport and community projects.<\/p>\n

Harry\u2019s unannounced stop at Clarence House followed a familiar pattern of brief, tightly managed visits to the UK since he stepped back from royal duties and moved to California in 2020.<\/p>\n

His visit this week was tied to charity and patronage-related events. Still, the short meeting with his father drew immediate attention because of the strained relationship between Harry and other senior royals in recent years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh was pictured leaving Clarence House on Wednesday shortly before Prince Harry arrived for a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":415405,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,5106,1102,4884,1760,447,5105,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-415404","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-duchess-of-edinburgh","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-king-charles","13":"tag-prince-harry","14":"tag-royal","15":"tag-scotland","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115184885002291774","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415404","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=415404"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415404\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}