According to a recent news story from Hello!, it seems that King Charles wasn’t the only family member Prince Harry visited during his four-day return to London.
As reported by the publication, Harry made a brief stop at Kensington Palace to “personally pay his respects and offer condolences” to Prince Edward, the Duke of Kent, whose wife Katharine passed away earlier this September.
“He has loved catching up with family, friends and colleagues,” Hello! quoted a source close to Harry as saying.
“His only regret was not being able to stay longer and see more people, but the meetings in Ukraine had been in the diary for a long time and it mattered to him to be there in person to see the Invictus Games Foundation’s growing work and the progress at Superhumans.”
As expected, Harry’s return to the United Kingdom earned widespread media attention. In addition to making public appearances at the WellChild Awards and the Community Recording Studio (CRS), Harry also sat down for tea with his father, King Charles, marking the first major reunion between the two since February 2024.
The meeting lasted no more than an hour at Charles’ London residence, Clarence House. In spite of this relatively short amount of time, however, many U.K. analysts believed the reunion spelled out a major improvement in the royals’ relationship following years of prolonged estrangement.
“The whole trip felt like a real success for everyone involved,” Hello!‘s source continued by saying. “His passion for his patronages and the causes he cares about hasn’t dimmed one bit – he’s already buzzing to get back and do more.”
As Harry has repeatedly said, his return to the U.K. was meant as a way to put his strained relationship with the royal family behind him, allowing him to patch up the years-long distance between himself and his father.
“The focus really has to be on my dad,” Harry told The Guardian shortly after his visit. “My conscience is clear.”
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