The summer is heating up, and so are the questions about King Charles III‘s and his plans for Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
In a new article published by royal expert and commentator Rebecca English, she revealed what a source close to His Majesty said when asked about the complex situation with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and their two young children.
Prince Harry and Markle’s decision to step down from their royal duties and relocate to California has made it very hard for The King to spend time with Prince Archie and Prince Lilibet.
The writer explained: “In recent years, The King has become a central part of William, Kate, and their young family’s lives — a relationship emphasized by the lack of personal contact with Harry and Meghan‘s two, Archie, five, and three-year-old Lilibet. He has only met his youngest granddaughter in person once since she was born, and Archie barely a handful of times.”
Prince Harry’s unwillingness to accept the security provided by the Royal Family and The King’s inability to travel because of his health issues have made it almost impossible to see Archie and Lilibet.
She went on to say: “And the situation is particularly complicated because of Harry’s repeated attacks on his father and family, his dogged insistence in the U.K. courts that he isn’t safe bringing his family to the U.K., plus Charles’s inability to travel to the U.S. because of his health issues and responsibilities.”
In the past few weeks, multiple media outlets have reported that King Charles is unhappy with the odd Facetime calls with Archie and Lilibet.
It was claimed that His Majesty was committed to having a proper relationship with his American/British grandchildren.
However, according to the royal expert, King Charles was not thrilled by the story for the following reasons: “Recently, it was suggested that The King was unhappy with the situation and ‘keener than ever’ to build a relationship with them that wasn’t just confined to video calls to California. The story was not universally welcomed as it put Buckingham Palace in an impossible position: those close to The King genuinely never speak about the Sussexes’ children to avoid inflaming transatlantic tensions, but to deny it would be to suggest that The King doesn’t want greater contact with them — which clearly isn’t true at all.”
A source close to King Charles responded with pure indignation when asked if Prince Harry could travel to Scotland with his children to be with their grandfather this summer.
The author shared: “When I asked a well-placed source whether Harry could bring his children to see The King at Balmoral this summer as a compromise, the answer was a resounding snort. Read into that what you will. His relationship with his other three grandchildren is in a far better place.”
Things are not getting better between the two sides.
