There is expected to be no meeting between King Charles III and Prince Harry during the latter’s upcoming trip to London. The Duke of Sussex, who will be in the UK to attend a church service at St. Paul’s Cathedral, a service of thanksgiving for ten years of the Invictus Games, is not scheduled to see his father, “too busy” according to British media.
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The Dukes of Sussex are preparing to return to Africa, at the invitation of local authorities. No connection with the House of Windsor, it is a journey aimed at forging useful links for the prince’s Invictus Games, which after ten years are now an increasingly global event, and which on 8 May will also be celebrated in London (but without Meghan )
There was no contact between Buckingham Palace and the Sussexes’ office – reports the Daily Mail – but above all the days of Harry’s stay in London coincide with a very full royal agenda. Harry’s arrival in London, expected in St. Paul’s on May 8, coincides with Charles III’s weekly audience with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the first garden party of the season, on May 9. The king could have invited Harry, one might think, but evidently it’s not that simple.
Father and son have not seen each other since last February when, after the announcement of the king’s cancer, the son got on the first flight to visit him. A cordial conversation, at Clarence House, royal sources reported at the time, a meeting for which Harry said he was very happy. “I love my family. And I’m grateful that I had the chance to get on a plane for go see my father», his words to the program Good Morning America, «I think all of them the diseasesall the pain, can push a family to get closer». Important and relaxing words, which at the moment however have not yet been translated into concrete actions.
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Despite this uncertainty, there are rumors of a possible invitation from Charles III to his son and his family for next summer. According to a royal source intercepted by Page Six, the sovereign would like to have his son, daughter-in-law Meghan Markle and grandchildren Archie and Lilibet at Balmoral for a few weeks, above all to spend some time with the children, who over the years has seen rarely and especially on video calls. “Charles is desperate to see the children and extends this olive branch to Harry and Meghan. Balmoral really is the perfect place for a meeting. If Harry and Meghan invited them they would have to accept.” Who knows if the invitation will actually arrive, it is certainly not the first time that there has been talk of a possible summer stay at Balmoral by the Sussexes, which has always been denied by the facts.
