{"id":85803,"date":"2025-05-08T22:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85803\/"},"modified":"2025-05-08T22:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T22:59:09","slug":"king-charles-reflects-on-family-amid-prince-harry-rift-in-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/85803\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles Reflects on Family Amid Prince Harry Rift in Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amid talked-about tensions with son Prince Harry<\/strong><\/a>, King Charles III<\/strong><\/a> referenced family during an emotional speech when celebrating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is now eighty years since my grandfather, King George VI<\/strong>, announced to the nation and the Commonwealth that \u2018the dreadful shadow of war has passed from our hearths and our homes.\u2019 The liberation of Europe was secured,\u201d Charles, 76, said during at the Horse Guards Parade in London on Thursday, May 8. \u201cHis words echo down through history as all this week, and especially today, we unite to celebrate and remember with an unwavering and heartfelt gratitude, the service and sacrifice of the wartime generation who made that hard-fought victory possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Throughout the week, Charles and the royal family, including Prince William<\/strong>, Kate Middleton<\/strong> and their kids Prince George<\/strong>, Prince Charlotte<\/strong>, Prince Louis<\/strong> and others, have been spotted out on multiple occasions for various VE Day (Victory in Europe) celebrations. The annual event is celebrated in the U.K. to mark the end of World War II in 1945. (Harry, 40, and wife Meghan Markle<\/strong> now reside in Montecito, California with kids Prince Archie<\/strong> and Princess Lilibet<\/strong>.)<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile our greatest debt is owed to all those who paid the ultimate price, we should never forget how the war changed the lives of virtually everyone,\u201d he continued, in part. \u201cThat debt can never truly be repaid; but we can, and we will, remember them.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: King Charles Releases Statement About Unity After Prince Harry Interview<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tKing Charles III released a statement about unity days after son Prince Harry\u2019s bombshell interview about their family rift. The royal family members \u201care much looking forward to all the week\u2019s VE Day events,\u201d a Buckingham Palace rep shared on Sunday, May 4. \u201cThey will unite with the rest of the nation and those across [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

Charles also brought up his wife, Queen Camilla, and their June 2024 trip to celebrate the 80th anniversary of D-Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn January, as the world marked the liberation of Auschwitz, I met survivors whose stories of unspeakable horror were the most vivid reminder of why Victory in Europe truly was the triumph of good over evil,\u201d he continued. \u201cAll these moments, and more, combine to lead us to this day, when we recall both those darkest days and the great jubilation when the threat of death and destruction was finally lifted from our shores.\u201d<\/p>\n

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He then made mention of his late mother Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong>, and her diary written at 19 years old about her volunteer work during World War II.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do hope your celebrations tonight are almost as joyful, although I rather doubt, I shall have the energy to sing until 2 a.m., let alone for that matter to lead you all in a giant conga from here back to Buckingham Palace,\u201d he quipped. \u201cThe Allied victory being celebrated then, as now, was a result of unity between nations, races, religions and ideologies, fighting back against an existential threat to humanity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Charles continued his theme of referencing family by bringing up late grandfather Prince Philip<\/strong>, and his experience in the Royal Navy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn remembering the past, we must also look to the future. As the number of those who lived through the Second World War so sadly dwindles, the more it becomes our duty to carry their stories forward, to ensure their experiences are never to be forgotten,\u201d he added. \u201cWe must listen, learn and share, just as communities across the nation have been doing this week at local street parties, religious services and countless small acts of remembrance and celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Related: Harry\u2019s ‘Upsetting’ Comments About Charles\u2019 Cancer Likely Made Feud Worse<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\t\t\tPrince Harry\u2019s recent comments about King Charles III likely didn\u2019t land in the palace, royal experts speculated. \u201cI think it will confirm the king\u2019s view that he is not to be trusted. The previous attempts by the Sussexes to monetize their royal connections led to the deep rift that exists,\u201d royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n

In concluding his speech, Charles offered a quote from his grandfather.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe shall have failed, and the blood of our dearest will have flowed in vain, if the victory which they died to win does not lead to a lasting peace, founded on justice and established in good will,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Charles\u2019 focused on several family members comes amid his ongoing drama with Harry.<\/p>\n

Following a landmark loss in his battle for government-funded security in the U.K., the Duke of Sussex spoke out in a bombshell BBC News interview<\/a>, implying that his father was the reason his appeal was denied; he also alleged that the monarch \u201cwon\u2019t speak to me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Charles has not publicly addressed Harry\u2019s claims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Amid talked-about tensions with son Prince Harry, King Charles III referenced family during an emotional speech when celebrating…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85804,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,4082,7721,7719,7718,7720,1281,12,447,7710,519,14066,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-85803","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-celebrity-news","10":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","11":"tag-duke-of-sussex","12":"tag-harry","13":"tag-meghan","14":"tag-meghan-markle","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-prince-harry","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-the-royals","20":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114474697628830403","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85803","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=85803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}