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Prince Harry meets King Charles for first time in over a year | |
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Prince Harry was seen arriving at Clarence House on Wednesday afternoon | |
Prince Harry has met his father King Charles at Clarence House in London for the first time since February 2024. | |
It is understood the King had a private tea with his son during a 55-minute meeting this afternoon. | |
The King travelled down to London from Scotland on Wednesday afternoon - and Prince Harry has been in the UK this week for charity events. | |
There had been no face to face meeting between father and son since February 2024, with Prince Harry telling a BBC interview in May 2025: "I would love a reconciliation with my family." | |
King Charles went to Clarence House earlier on Wednesday after travelling from Balmoral | King Charles went to Clarence House earlier on Wednesday after travelling from Balmoral |
The meeting will be seen as a first step in improving relations between father and son and building trust in what has been a sometimes tense relationship. | |
The last time that father and son met were together was soon after the King's cancer diagnosis last year, with Prince Harry flying to the UK for a brief meeting. | |
There have been visits to the UK by Prince Harry since then, including for court cases, but he had not seen his father, in what had seemed a deep family rift. | |
Prince Harry arrived back in the UK on Monday and has carried out a series of charity events in London and Nottingham - against a background of questions about whether there would be a meeting with his father. | Prince Harry arrived back in the UK on Monday and has carried out a series of charity events in London and Nottingham - against a background of questions about whether there would be a meeting with his father. |
He will be leaving the UK on Thursday, returning to the US to see Meghan and their children, who did not come on this trip. | He will be leaving the UK on Thursday, returning to the US to see Meghan and their children, who did not come on this trip. |
Prince Harry has previously voiced his frustration at not being able to talk to his father, particularly when there were concerns about the King's health. | |
"There's no point continuing to fight any more, life is precious," Harry said in his BBC interview. | "There's no point continuing to fight any more, life is precious," Harry said in his BBC interview. |
The apparent meeting between the King and Prince Harry comes after rumours of efforts to resolve the family divide. | |
Representatives of Prince Harry and Buckingham Palace had been photographed together in a meeting in London in July, producing newspaper headlines about a "peace summit". | |
But there have been no signs of Prince Harry meeting Prince William during this week, with the brothers carrying out separate arrangements. | |
On Monday, Prince Harry had laid a wreath at the grave of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, on the third anniversary of her death. | |
Less than 10 miles away, Prince William and Catherine had attended a Women's Institute meeting honouring the memory of the late Queen. | |
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