{"id":95769,"date":"2025-05-12T16:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/95769\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T16:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T16:28:11","slug":"how-prince-harrys-ongoing-feud-with-the-royal-family-might-affect-king-charless-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/95769\/","title":{"rendered":"How Prince Harry\u2019s Ongoing Feud with the Royal Family Might Affect King Charles\u2019s Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A new piece in The New York Times examines how Prince Harry\u2019s ongoing feud with the royal family might affect King Charles\u2019s legacy as monarch.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Harry has ongoing issues with not only his father but also his older brother, Prince William, dating back years.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The rift reached a boiling point on May 2 when Harry gave an interview to the BBC declaring that he wanted reconciliation with his family and that he didn\u2019t know how long his father has left to live as the King continues cancer treatment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/king-charles-exasperated-prince-harry-william-family-drama-8680090\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince Harry;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Prince Harry<\/a>\u2019s ongoing\u2014and seemingly only deepening\u2014feud with the royal family will \u201creflect badly\u201d on the reign of his father, <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/king-charles-health-update-joke-8765158\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:King Charles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">King Charles<\/a>, according to a new piece in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/05\/11\/world\/europe\/charles-harry-royal-family-crisis.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The New York Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to royal historian Ed Owens, the King\u2014who is currently still receiving treatment for cancer after his diagnosis in early 2024\u2014has \u201chad the wind taken from his sails\u201d because of the ongoing conflict between himself and his younger son Harry, which reached a boiling point on May 2 when the Duke of Sussex sat down with the BBC for an interview where Harry said, in part, that he hoped for reconciliation with his father and the royal family and that he didn\u2019t know how long Charles had left to live.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty Prince Harry on April 8, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/5ca6becd2d414007d9ffff73b91cb77d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p> Prince Harry on April 8, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The article claimed Charles\u2019s reign is \u201cshaping up as both eventful and oddly unchanging in its core narrative: that of a beleaguered father managing a messy brood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThere is an overhang in the way we see Charles\u2019s reign,\u201d Owens added. \u201cIt hasn\u2019t really gotten going, nor are we sure how long it will last.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Former BBC royal correspondent Peter Hunt added, \u201cWhen history comes to be written about the King, this will reflect badly on him. He represents an institution that is about family, unity, and fostering forgiveness. His role is to bring people together, and yet he can\u2019t bring people together on his doorstep.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty King Charles on April 8, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/2c9fb389931878a20e643be7d29be0a5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p> King Charles on April 8, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Of <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/prince-william-kate-middleton-generational-pressure-8775106\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Prince William;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Prince William<\/a>, Owens said, \u201cWilliam has sometimes been seen as work-shy, but we see him gravitating toward bigger, more media-friendly events. He\u2019s burnishing his reputation as a statesman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for the King, the piece added that Charles has \u201cembraced his duties with a zeal that royal watchers say is either evidence of a robust recovery or the mark of a man who knows he has limited time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty Images Prince William, Prince Harry, and King Charles on April 4, 2019\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"568\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/9e529cc898f07e5d526751bc1b61247e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty Images<\/p>\n<p> Prince William, Prince Harry, and King Charles on April 4, 2019<img alt=\"John Stillwell - WPA Pool\/Getty images Prince Harry, Prince Charles, and Prince William on February 13, 2014\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"606\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/d18337a1ab3a556dfb9320a8e9777ede.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>John Stillwell &#8211; WPA Pool\/Getty images<\/p>\n<p> Prince Harry, Prince Charles, and Prince William on February 13, 2014<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charles was only 16 months into his reign when cancer was detected following a routine procedure to correct a benign enlarged prostate in January 2024. On February 5 of that year his cancer diagnosis was announced, and in December it was announced that he would continue treatment into the new year. Despite continuing to receive treatment for cancer\u2014the type and stage of which remains unknown to the public, save for Buckingham Palace\u2019s announcement that it was not prostate cancer\u2014Charles and <a class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/queen-camilla-kate-middleton-thrilled-support-cancer-reveal-8621466\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Queen Camilla;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\">Queen Camilla<\/a> have undertaken royal tours to Australia, Samoa, and Italy, and Charles (much to Camilla\u2019s chagrin) hasn\u2019t dialed back his workaholic tendencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Ahead of Charles and Camilla\u2019s visit to Canada later this month, The New York Times wrote that \u201cNothing in the King\u2019s calendar suggests he is slowing down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Getty King Charles and Queen Camilla in Italy on April 10, 2025\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"457\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/4b1e5ab4affddb06110fcdbfc07534dd.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p> King Charles and Queen Camilla in Italy on April 10, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">As for Charles and Harry, Harry flew to the U.K. to visit with his father almost immediately after the King\u2019s cancer diagnosis was announced in February 2024, though the two men got only roughly 30 minutes together of face-to-face time. It has been 15 months since father and son have reunited in person, and amid Harry\u2019s ongoing court battles to reinstate his taxpayer-funded security, it is believed that the two aren\u2019t speaking at the moment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHarry should have said to his father, \u2018Sorry, I\u2019ve got this wrong\u2014I\u2019ve made a mistake, but I want to reconcile,\u2019\u201d royal biographer Robert Jobson told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/831474\/king-charles-zero-trust-prince-harry-bbc-interview\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Hello!;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Hello!<\/a>. \u201cIf you read between the lines, Harry was clearly reaching out to his father. The only way this is going to be resolved and to stop this becoming the focus of the King\u2019s reign is for Charles to take a shot in the dark and give Harry a last chance to build bridges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Samir Hussein\/Samir Hussein\/WireImage Prince Charles and Prince Harry on April 4, 2019\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"412\" height=\"480\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fccefe57dcd25820d044936e6a6add24.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Samir Hussein\/Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/p>\n<p> Prince Charles and Prince Harry on April 4, 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cI think that was going to happen, if he [Harry] hadn\u2019t said what he said,\u201d Jobson continued. \u201cThe King is someone who understands forgiveness and has made mistakes himself. If anyone can be the bigger man in this situation, it would be him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instyle.com\/how-prince-harry-ongoing-feud-affect-king-charles-legacy-11732940\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:InStyle;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">InStyle<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new piece in The New York Times examines how Prince Harry\u2019s ongoing feud with the royal family&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95770,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7861,43609,1760,447,532,5105,7710,519,448,8688,44839],"class_list":{"0":"post-95769","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-charles-and-camilla","9":"tag-charles-and-harry","10":"tag-king-charles","11":"tag-prince-harry","12":"tag-prince-william","13":"tag-royal","14":"tag-royal-families","15":"tag-royal-family","16":"tag-royals","17":"tag-the-royal-family","18":"tag-treatment-for-cancer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114495809629168299","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95769","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=95769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}