{"id":2012839,"date":"2025-09-10T23:58:42","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2012839"},"modified":"2025-09-10T23:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T23:58:42","slug":"speculation-mounts-over-whether-prince-harry-and-king-will-meet-as-charles-flies-back-to-london","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/speculation-mounts-over-whether-prince-harry-and-king-will-meet-as-charles-flies-back-to-london\/","title":{"rendered":"Speculation mounts over whether Prince Harry and King will meet as Charles flies back to London"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"main\">\n<div class=\"hydrate-root sc-10wlkbs-0\" data-component=\"Newsletter\" data-loading=\"lazy\" data-theme-name=\"base\">\n<aside class=\"sc-y4bm30-0 jwWhkK newsletter-component sc-1ge0fwe-0\" data-newsletter-key=\"receiveIndyHeadlinesNews\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-1 inRDZn\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-3\">\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-4 hfveGa\">\n<p><h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-6 fvoxRM dRzeRr\">Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-8 fvoxRM knvhy\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"sc-y4bm30-5 sc-y4bm30-7 fvoxRM kbCQAZ\">Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"sc-eaj12q-0 hKcUSR sc-culv3z-0 eifaJK sc-1ix0cah-0 jKIGjX sc-y4bm30-10 fUEDPX\"><use href=\"#600f53465147d717\"\/><\/svg><\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-y4bm30-2 kcLSBk sc-y4bm30-9 iQYNfz\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/static-assets\/images\/newsletters\/morningHeadlines1_1.png\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Morning Headlines\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>Speculation is growing over whether the King and his son the<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-william-king-charles-uk-visit-b2822180.html\"> Duke of Sussex will meet<\/a> this week after the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/monarch\">monarch<\/a> was seen getting on a <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-uk-visit-prince-william-b2822612.html\">plane back to London.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry has not <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/prince-harry-children-in-need-uk-visit-b2823196.html\">seen his father<\/a> in over a year and is reportedly open to meeting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/charles\">Charles<\/a>, who has been receiving cancer treatment since early 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Charles is thought to be in London after boarding a jet from Aberdeenshire at around 2pm, after staying in his Balmoral home for his summer break.<\/p>\n<p>While his son was visiting <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/imperial-college-london\">Imperial College London<\/a>\u2019s Centre for Blast Injury Studies, an institution he has close connections with, having opened its laboratories in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Harry has been pictured with former Army captain David Henson, who served as Team GB captain for the inaugural Invictus Games, founded by the duke for wounded and sick military and veterans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 dfrwcF\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/10\/11\/04a1dec2759284e5bb2c4282330ecac8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3NTgzMjQ0-2.79747255.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/10\/11\/04a1dec2759284e5bb2c4282330ecac8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3NTgzMjQ0-2.79747255.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/10\/11\/04a1dec2759284e5bb2c4282330ecac8Y29udGVudHNlYXJjaGFwaSwxNzU3NTgzMjQ0-2.79747255.jpg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Charles and Harry have not seen each other for more than a year (PA)\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-12750\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 bpFomM hgzWpY\">Charles and Harry have not seen each other for more than a year (PA)<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 CXMrn\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mr Henson lost both his legs above the knee after standing on an improvised explosive device in 2011 while clearing a compound in Afghanistan. He went on to gain a PhD in Amputee Biomechanics at Imperial.<\/p>\n<p>The duke has been carrying out a string of events since arriving back home on Monday and beginning a four-day working stay by leaving flowers at the final resting place of his grandmother Queen <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/elizabeth-ii\">Elizabeth II<\/a> to mark the third anniversary of her death.<\/p>\n<p>Since relinquishing royal duties with his wife, Meghan Markle, and moving to California in 2020, Harry has had minimal contact with his father and elder brother, Prince William.<\/p>\n<p>The rift deepened after the couple aired grievances against Buckingham Palace via an Oprah Winfrey interview, a Netflix series, and Harry\u2019s memoir, <em>Spare<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sc-awdjp1-2 cbpRGD sc-awdjp1-3 image align-center\">\n<figure class=\"sc-1cbdeug-0 cXcwgU\">\n<div data-gallery-length=\"2\" class=\"sc-awdjp1-0 isPYY\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/10\/13\/26\/Duke-of-Sussex-visit-to-Centre-for-Blast-Injury-Studies-40wbwjy2.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/10\/13\/26\/Duke-of-Sussex-visit-to-Centre-for-Blast-Injury-Studies-40wbwjy2.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=320&amp;auto=webp 320w, https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/2025\/09\/10\/13\/26\/Duke-of-Sussex-visit-to-Centre-for-Blast-Injury-Studies-40wbwjy2.jpeg?quality=75&amp;width=640&amp;auto=webp 640w\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Prince Harry with former army captain and Paralympian David Henson, as he arrives for a visit to Imperial College London's Centre for Blast Injury Studies\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/><\/p>\n<p><button class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-0 dkRtZs inline-gallery-btn\" id=\"trigger-autogallery-12751\"><span class=\"sc-1uf4o3q-1 hwVecx\">open image in gallery<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"sc-1cbdeug-1 sc-1cbdeug-3 bpFomM hgzWpY\">Prince Harry with former army captain and Paralympian David Henson, as he arrives for a visit to Imperial College London&#8217;s Centre for Blast Injury Studies<span class=\"sc-1cbdeug-7 CXMrn\"> <!-- -->(<!-- -->Aaron Chown\/PA Wire<!-- -->)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>But his visit has reignited commentary about the state of his relationship with senior members of the royal family.<\/p>\n<p>He remains estranged from his older brother the Prince of Wales, who is travelling to Cardiff to learn about a pioneering mental health hub on World Suicide Prevention Day, with no prospect of the pair meeting.<\/p>\n<p>In February last year Harry made a transatlantic dash from his Californian home to Britain to see his father following his cancer diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>The move showed both sides were willing to put their strained relationship on hold and since then there have been further developments.<\/p>\n<p>Senior aides to Charles and Harry were pictured in the <em>Mail On Sunday<\/em> during a meeting in London this summer that was reportedly a step towards restoring the relationship between the duke and the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.independent.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Speculation is growing over whether the King and his son the Duke of Sussex will meet this week after the monarch was seen getting on 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