A hasty face-to-face took place between King Charles III and his youngest son, Prince Harry, on Tuesday.
Rather immediately, upon receiving a private phone call from his father announcing the terrible news of his cancer scare, Prince Harry rushed to a California airport and headed to London.
Prince Harry was determined to see King Charles, share his good wishes to show support and make a first attempt to reconcile after more than four years of major scandals.
The press had many live updates on Prince Harry’s dramatic departure from the United States and even more spectacular ones about his arrival in London.
It seems that the British government went above and beyond to welcome the former soldier. Prince Harry was escorted by a police motorcade from Heathrow Airport to Clarence House.
The meeting lasted only 45 minutes, according to some reports. Others claimed that King Charles agreed to see Prince Harry for only 12 short minutes.
He declined to offer his son a place to stay for the night, forcing Prince Harry to rent a hotel room. Prince Harry stayed in London for only 25 hours before rushing back to his California home.
Before Prince Harry’s plane landed on the West Coast, humiliating details about his time with King Charles leaked. According to a reliable royal source who spoke to The Daily Mail, the meeting did not go well.
In fact, it was a disaster because King Charles, who is known for his short temper, was beyond furious at his son. The reason for his anger?
Prince Harry made his “dear pa” wait as he was traveling 11 hours to see him. According to The Daily Mail: “Charles was said to have been unhappy as he was left ‘kicking his heels’ waiting for Harry to arrive as he delayed his trip to the ‘tranquility of Norfolk’ for ‘peace and quiet.”
Indeed, seconds after exiting the meeting with Prince Harry, King Charles, and Queen Camilla “were driven to Buckingham Palace, where a helicopter was waiting to take them back to Sandringham in Norfolk.”
It is also claimed that King Charles is fearful that details of his health issues might be leaked to the media after his private conversations with Prince Harry.
The trip had another aspect that was deemed a fiasco — Prince William refused to meet with Prince Harry.
Royal expert Jennie Bond stated: “William has shown today that he has disowned Harry; he doesn’t want to know him, and he probably doesn’t even like him anymore. Harry is just not part of his life. That rift is so deep now, and that has been shown by Harry being here and them not meeting, so deep that I really do wonder if it can ever, ever be mended.”
Observers now say that a true reconciliation will not take place in a rapid manner.
