{"id":2498069,"date":"2026-07-11T17:21:48","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2498069"},"modified":"2026-07-11T17:21:48","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T17:21:48","slug":"royal-rapprochement-harry-and-meghan-pay-a-rare-visit-to-the-king-and-queen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royal-rapprochement-harry-and-meghan-pay-a-rare-visit-to-the-king-and-queen\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Rapprochement: Harry and Meghan Pay a Rare Visit to the King and Queen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">In a step toward mending one of the world\u2019s most-followed family feuds, Prince Harry, his wife and their two children met for the first time in years with Harry\u2019s father, King Charles III, and Queen Camilla, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">The meeting answered questions that had been swirling all week about a potential reunion between the British king and his estranged second son. In 2020, Harry and his American-born wife, Meghan, stepped down from their royal duties, <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/21\/world\/europe\/harry-meghan-sussexroyal.html\" title=\"\">lost their \u201croyal highness\u201d titles<\/a> and moved to the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Friday\u2019s visit was a sign of a d\u00e9tente between Harry and his father. Harry had not returned to Britain with wife and children since Queen Elizabeth II\u2019s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. Harry had visited his father in Britain by himself last fall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">The visit this week, officially to promote Harry\u2019s charity competition for military veterans, had been overshadowed by confusion, as efforts to mend family relations appeared to exacerbate them instead. Rifts emerged over where the family would stay and who would pay for their security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">The prince has been embroiled in a yearslong <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/08\/world\/europe\/prince-harry-security-hearing-court.html\" title=\"\">battle<\/a> with the British authorities since they ruled that he and Meghan, after stepping down from royal duties, no longer qualified for publicly financed protection in Britain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-140ip4z e1me5xab0\">Harry, 41, who arrived in Britain Monday evening, lives in California with Meghan, 44, and their children, Archie and Lilibet. 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