There cannot be a meeting between King Charles and his son Harry, who arrived in London this morning from the United States, where he lives, to take part tomorrow at St Paul’s Cathedral in the City (where Charles and Diana were married) at the mass for the 10th anniversary of his sport and inclusion project, Invictus Games. There won’t be – at least according to the words of a spokesperson for Harry heard by the Telegraph, according to whom «unfortunately it will not be possible due to His Majesty’s busy schedule. And the duke is obviously understanding of his father’s agenda and other priorities but he hopes to see him soon.”
Therefore, the meeting is skipped, which both parties assure is a shared desire: especially after those thirty minutes spent by Harry with his father at Clarence House immediately after the announcement of the tumor by the sovereign. On that occasion the rebellious son had flown from overseas to give support to his parent: a gesture considered the beginning – after three years of impetuous relations – of a détente.
In effect, however, the king’s resumption of business as usual fresh from cancer treatments which will continue in the coming weeks, It’s frenetic to say the least: Tomorrow, while Harry is in London, Carlo will welcome guests to the first Royal garden party at Buckingham Palace for the British Season, then the king has theaudience with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the the following morning he is expected outside London in addition to treatment in hospital which he must continue to undergo. And initially Thursday had seemed the most likely for an attempted meeting between Carlo and his son.
While Harry’s much more difficult rapprochement with his brother William was immediately ruled out, today busy with the delivery of an honor to the mother of Harry’s best friend, victim of an accident at 18 years old. And then leaving for the first visit to the Isles of Scilly.
But if a new meeting after the one at Clarence House in March is postponed, the tone of the words of Harry’s spokesperson says that the path to détente has already begun. Relaxation in the family. Then it will also be a matter of addressing the question of the official role of the prince who, since Megxit, has chosen a professional, existential, en solitaire compared to the Windsor Firm.
