\u201cWhile we would have preferred such details to remain private, for the sake of clarity, we can confirm that a framed photograph was handed over, however, the image did not contain the duke and duchess.\u201d<\/p>\n
The statement follows reports from the Sun alleging the Duke of Sussex had described the 53-minute meeting as \u201cdistinctly formal\u201d.<\/p>\n
Harry and the King have had a strained relationship since the duke stepped back from official royal duties in 2020.<\/p>\n
The private tea is an initial step towards a resolution between the pair, who had reportedly not seen one another since February 2024 \u2013 more than a year ago.<\/p>\n
US Weekly reports the emotional meeting was arranged after Harry wrote his father a handwritten letter \u201cexpressing his desire to reconnect\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were catching up personally about the children and what has been going on with Charles and his health,\u201d a source said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarry started crying and it was very emotional for both of them. They really missed each other.\u201d<\/p>\n
Prince Harry\u2019s spokesperson also told the Sun the meeting was \u201ccategorically not\u201d designed to undercut the King\u2019s relationship with Prince William.<\/p>\n
\u201cHarry is not trying to drive a wedge between the Prince of Wales and the King.\u201d<\/p>\n
The brother\u2019s relationship reportedly grew complicated following Harry\u2019s marriage to American actress Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n
In his memoir Spare, Harry described an incident where the siblings came to blows after William described Meghan as \u201crude\u201d and \u201cabrasive\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWhile we would have preferred such details to remain private, for the sake of clarity, we can confirm…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,26489,153706,153705,7718,102612,15277,1760,18,7743,3577,19968,7794,153704,14998,54394,7710,519,23904,6095],"class_list":{"0":"post-458681","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-claims","12":"tag-denying","13":"tag-formal","14":"tag-harry","15":"tag-iii","16":"tag-king","17":"tag-king-charles","18":"tag-like","19":"tag-meeting","20":"tag-of","21":"tag-official","22":"tag-prince","23":"tag-rejects","24":"tag-reports","25":"tag-reunion","26":"tag-royal-families","27":"tag-royal-family","28":"tag-visit","29":"tag-with"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115283778855925331","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458681","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=458681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}