Prince Harry quickly went back to the UK to be with King Charles III during this difficult time after the king was given an unexpected cancer diagnosis. On February 5, 2024, the Royal Family told everyone that the King was sick.
There has always been a lot of trouble in Harry’s relationship with his father, and some of it has been made public. The Duke of Sussex writes in his autobiography, “Spare,” that his father supposedly said, “”Wonderful! Now you’ve given me an heir and a spare—my work is done,” he said to Diana.
Harry always thought that the fact that his father was older made their connection worse, even when he was young. While he had fun with his mother, he never had the same connection with King Charles III.
To try to make things better with his son, the King wanted to show how much he loved and appreciated him by helping him pick out an orchestra for his 2018 wedding. But things got worse between the father and son after Harry and Markle said they would step down from their official royal tasks in 2020 and try to live a more independent life.
He left California, where he lives with his wife Meghan Markle and their two kids, Archie and Lilibet, and drove for 11 hours to get to Clarence House in central London to be with his dad.
As Harry drove through the gates of Clarence House, he was seen in the back of a Range Rover, which was part of a big group. The 75-year-old King Charles III is currently recovering from treatment for an unknown type of cancer.
A lot of people see Prince Harry’s surprise visit as a hopeful sign that the royal family will get along again, especially after King Charles’ shocking cancer news. However, it was still unclear how long Prince Harry would stay in the UK. There were rumors that he might be in central London, or he might choose to stay at Windsor, at Frogmore Cottage, where he and Meghan used to live.
Richard Fitzwilliams, a royal historian, stressed how important it was to stick together during these times. Fitzwilliams is sure that Harry will be willing to forget about old problems in order to keep the family together. “Everyone pulling in the same direction is so important,” Fitzwilliams said.
Kristina Kyriacou, who used to be the King’s press secretary, agreed with this assessment of the close relationship between King Charles III and Harry. She said that the King loved his son very much and never wanted this gap between them to grow.
But Kyriacou is hopeful that this terrible event will lead to a happy reunion, not just between the father and son but also among the royal family as a whole. “If out of bad news, some good news comes and Harry and the King and the Queen and his brother are reunited – how wonderful,” she reiterated.
Reports say that Harry’s meeting with King Charles and Camilla was very short, only 45 minutes long. During this time, he didn’t get to see his brother William or his sister-in-law Kate, who is also said to be healing from surgery on her abdomen.
Additionally, a source said that Harry had directly asked Camilla not to be in the room when he talked to his father about the King’s cancer diagnosis. People saw this request as a missed chance to reach out and make peace.
Based on the short time he spent with his father and stepmother without seeing his brother, royal experts think it will be a long time before he can get along with the Royal Family again. Harry was only in England for 24 hours before he caught his next trip back to California.
In his honest autobiography, Harry wrote about how things were rough between him and Camilla. He said that meeting Camilla was like getting a shot, “Close your eyes, over before you know it.” He wrote it. Even though the memory wasn’t clear, he was sure that neither of them cared what the other thought of them. “She wasn’t my mother and I wasn’t her biggest hurdle,” added Harry.
It was said that the Duke of Sussex and Prince William never wanted their father to marry the Queen Consort. Harry said that since they were already together, taking the next step didn’t seem appropriate.
William and Harry made it clear that they would back Camilla up completely. “We support you, we said. We endorse Camilla. Just please don’t marry her. Just be with her, Pa,” Harry recalled. But the King wanted her to be a real member of the Royal Family.
There was trouble when Camilla joined the royal family, mostly because of her past. It was hard for her to fix her image since she was the “other woman.” “She was the villain. She was the third person in the marriage,” the Duke of Sussex said. Harry thought it was dangerous for her to try to fit in and become queen.
Harry said Camilla was “dangerous” because she was close to the media and trying to fix her reputation in the royal family. This was because private family issues could be leaked, which could hurt their image in the Royal Family.
So, Harry thought that he was one of the family members who might be in danger. In his autobiography, he wrote about times when his stepmother reportedly told other people about private meetings they had.
He also said that Camilla and King Charles III were not happy with all the attention William and Kate were getting because they thought it took away from their own projects that they were working on together. It came out that Camilla had turned Harry’s old bedroom into her dressing room, which made their relationship even more complicated.
This was after Harry’s autobiography and interviews in which he talked about his relationship with Camilla. People who know her well said that she was “hurt” by how she was presented in Harry’s book. She is, however, getting used to her new job as Queen Consort and finding her voice.
The split in the Royal Family was seen by everyone. Prince Harry’s visit to King Charles III gave people hope that things might be getting better, but it might take a lot longer than most people thought.
