Prince Harry meets King Charles for first time in over a 12 months

Prince Harry has met his father King Charles at Clarence House in London, their first nose to nose assembly since February 2024.

Buckingham Palace has confirmed that the King had a personal tea together with his son, the Duke of Sussex, throughout a go to to the royal residence that lasted about 50 minutes.

The King travelled right down to London from Scotland on Wednesday afternoon – and Prince Harry has been within the UK this week for charity occasions.

Prince Harry had spoken emotionally in a BBC interview in May 2025 about desirous to rebuild relationships, saying: “I would love a reconciliation with my family.”

The assembly will likely be seen as a primary step in enhancing relations between father and son and constructing belief in what has appeared a deep household rift.

The final time that they had been collectively was quickly after the King’s most cancers prognosis final 12 months, with Prince Harry flying to the UK for a quick assembly.

There have been visits to the UK by the prince since then, together with for courtroom instances, however he had not seen his father, in what has appeared a generally troublesome relationship.

After Prince Harry had been pushed away to his subsequent occasion, the Palace stated it could not present any additional touch upon the personal assembly.

The prince arrived again within the UK on Monday and has carried out a collection of charity occasions in London and Nottingham – towards a background of questions on whether or not there could be a gathering together with his father.

He will likely be leaving the UK on Thursday, returning to the US to see Meghan and their youngsters, who didn’t come on this journey.

Prince Harry has beforehand voiced his frustration at not having the ability to discuss to his father, significantly when there have been issues concerning the King’s well being.

“There’s no point continuing to fight any more, life is precious,” Harry stated in his BBC interview.

The assembly between the King and Prince Harry comes after rising rumours of efforts to resolve the household divide.

Representatives of Prince Harry and Buckingham Palace had been photographed collectively in a gathering in London in July, producing newspaper headlines a few “peace summit”.

But there have been no indicators of Prince Harry assembly Prince William throughout this week, with the brothers finishing up separate preparations.

On Monday, Prince Harry had laid a wreath on the grave of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, on the third anniversary of her dying.

Less than 10 miles away, Prince William and Catherine had attended a Women’s Institute assembly honouring the reminiscence of the late Queen.