Amid a challenging period for the Royal Family, with both King Charles and Kate, the Princess of Wales off duty as they undergo treatment for cancer, there might be one bright spark coming up in the weeks ahead.
Prince Harry is due to return to the UK for a service marking 10 years of the Invictus Games at St Paul's Cathedral. It will be the first time he has visited his home country since his whistle-stop trip to see his father in February.
Harry returned after the news that his father had cancer had been announced, and given the last minute nature of the trip, the King was reported to only be able to squeeze in a short visit, before heading off to Sandringham to rest. One royal expert has claimed that in light of the health challenges facing the royals, when Harry next returns, a reunion between him and his elder brother Prince William is "likely".
The expert, former royal butler Grant Harrold, also noted that in his view, King Charles will likely be hoping to "play peacemaker" between his two sons, who have long had a strained relationship.
"It is very likely that Harry and William will see each other next month and anything is possible," Harrold explained to Sky News Australia, adding, "The King will want the brothers to patch things up so it's more than likely that he could play peacemaker."
Harrold explained that family is of the utmost importance to the King, a value he inherited from his late mother Queen Elizabeth. "Family means everything to the King, like his mother and one of his top priorities will be to ensure that this family rift is healed," said the expert.
In Harry's bestselling memoir, which was released in 2023, he described a meeting that took place between himself, William and Charles back in 2021, after Prince Philip's funeral, only weeks after the Sussexes bombshell interview with Oprah had aired, during which Meghan admitted that she had serious mental health struggles during her time as a working royal, and even suffered from suicidal thoughts, and Harry said that his brother and father were "trapped" inside the monarchy.
As Harry described it, tensions rose quickly in the meeting with his father and brother after they had laid Philip to rest, and Charles pleaded with his sons to get along, saying "Please boys, don't make my final years a misery".
