while the monarch undergoes cancer treatment<\/a>.<\/p>\nHarry\u2019s faux pas was followed by a story in Us Weekly\u2014edited by Dan Wakeford, formerly of People, a magazine with long-standing Sussex ties\u2014claiming there had been \u201chugs and tears\u201d at the meeting. <\/p>\n
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Prince William, Prince of Wales, and King Charles III attend the Countdown to COP30 event at the Natural History Museum on Oct. 9, 2025, in London, England. The king, though looking increasingly frail, is determined to fulfil his duties as usual, despite his ongoing cancer treatment. Max Mumby\/Indigo\/Getty Images <\/p>\n
The palace was incensed. One aide acidly briefed: \u201cSome people appear to have mistaken a cup of tea and a slice of cake for the Treaty of Versailles.\u201d<\/p>\n
The U.K. tabloid The Sun then published a counter-briefing describing the encounter as \u201cformal\u201d and \u201csqueezed between other meetings.\u201d Harry, furious, accused \u201cthe men in grey suits\u201d of undermining him and trying to sabotage the relationship with his father.<\/p>\n
Harry\u2019s latest move, writing directly to the home secretary, has plunged relations back into open hostility. <\/p>\n
His team insisted Sunday that the duke does not expect and has never asked the king to intervene. This is semantic nonsense. In an emotional BBC interview Harry gave after losing his court case, he said: \u201cThere is a lot of control and ability in my father\u2019s hands. Ultimately, this whole thing could be resolved through him. No necessarily by intervening, but by stepping aside, allowing the experts to do what is necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n
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In his younger days, Prince Harry enjoyed taxpayer-funded personal protection, as here in 2007 returning to London from the rugby World Cup in South Africa. Harry wants that protection back. But what price is he willing to pay for it? Shaun Curry\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n
\u201cThis is the fake naivety again,\u201d one former courtier told the Daily Beast. \u201cEveryone knows this isn\u2019t about risk management protocols or bureaucratic committees. It\u2019s about power and control. The establishment doesn\u2019t want Harry being able to land at Heathrow without notice and getting greeted by an armed escort.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harry\u2019s persistence, despite losing his legal case and spending millions of dollars in the process, is viewed by palace insiders as self-destructive. \u201cHe was so close to what he says he wants\u2014a functional relationship with his family,\u201d one friend of the king said. \u201cThen he blows it all up again.\u201d<\/p>\n
For critics of Harry who have the king\u2019s ear, the whole episode will be used to restate old warnings: that every interaction with his son will end up in the press, weaponized as part of a public pressure campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry\u2019s delicate relationship with his father, King Charles III, has collapsed after the duke restated his demand…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493425,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,518,7720,1281,447,7710,519,11571,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-493424","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-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-king-charles-iii","13":"tag-meghan","14":"tag-meghan-markle","15":"tag-prince-harry","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-royalist","19":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115360904639616696","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493424","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=493424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Prince Harry arrives at Clarence House on Sept. 10, 2025, to take tea with his father, King Charles III, in London, England. It was the first meeting between the two in more than 18 months. Ben Montgomery\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"Prince](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/JIFKOGNLYVCCNJP5OKBVTGKUIQ.jpg\")
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, arrives at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London, on April 8, 2025. Prince Harry has spent a lot of time and money unsuccessfully fighting the decision to downgrade his personal security when he visits Britain. Justin Tallis\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n