British Royals: Reconciliation at Afternoon Tea? Harry meets King Charles

On what opportunity do British royals add up their disputes? With the Afternoon Tea, of course! This is exactly how it should have happened when Prince Harry his father King Charles III. (76) A visit to the London Clarence House.

The king likes to fail lunch, the British news agency PA reported. Instead, an Afternoon tea with sandwiches, cakes and its preferred tea variety, darjeeling, with honey and milk, is served the monarch around 5 p.m.

As the Buckingham Palace confirmed, he had his younger son on Wednesday, who visited the old home this week. Harry arrived at 5:20 p.m. local time and left the luxurious property at 6.14 p.m., as Pa meticulously stated.

Harry was in a good mood afterwards

According to the media, father and son had not seen each other for about a year and a half. The relationship is considered tense. It was therefore speculated that the two could have been looking for a clarifying conversation.

What the content of the conversation was initially unclear. However, Harry was reportedly in a good mood for an upgrade in the service of his heart project Invictus Games. He answered the question of a reporter, how his father is doing: “Yes, he is doing great. Thank you!”

The fifth in the succession of the throne was in the traffic jam

Harry was heavily delayed at the event in the City of London – the Financial District of the British capital. The background was the subway strike, which in turn led to traffic jams on the streets. The fifth in the British succession to the throne is no longer entitled to a police scale with flashing lights, which could have passed the car rings.

Harry and his wife Duchess Meghan (44) had said goodbye to the closer circle of Royals five years ago and live with their two children Prince Archie (6) and Princess Lilibet (4) in the US state of California.

Relationship with William is particularly tense

The relationship with the other Royals, at the latest, has been considered to be heavily burdened since Harry and Meghan with US talk-show legend Oprah Winfrey in 2021 in front of running cameras about their exit and complained bitterly. This was followed by a Netflix documentary series and Harry’s autobiography “Spare” (in German: “Reserve”), in which he primarily divided his brother Prince William (43) and Queen Camilla.

In his book, Harry reports numerous humiliations, which he allegedly had to suffer from his brother. William is said to have even joined him to the ground and injured him in a dispute. The brothers that were once considered to be inseparable are said to have a bitter competition for a long time. In the book, Harry describes William as his “beloved brother” and “greatest adversary”. During Harry’s recent visit to the home, they are said to have avoided.

Harry wants a reconciliation

But Prince Harry had recently expressed the desire for reconciliation. In a BBC interview after a defeat in court for state personal protection on visits to the UK, which is no longer automatically entitled to him, he said: “I would be happy to reconcile with my family.” He added: “Life is precious. I don’t know how long my father still has to live.” However, his father doesn’t even speak to him with him because of the dispute over for personal protection.

With the well -intentioned statements, however, Harry entered the fat. Speculations about the health of the monarch suffered from cancer overturned after the interview.

Birthday greetings as a sign of rapprochement?

The radio silence is clearly over. After all, Charles is said to have interrupted his summer Scotland stay for the meeting. But talking about the return of the lost son would probably be premature. Maybe it is only a first step towards reconciliation. Harry’s 41st birthday next Monday could offer the opportunity to publicly show relaxation with a warm gesture.

However, it is questionable whether the relationship with William is repairable again and whether Meghan can ever come back to the Royal Family. The Duchess of Sussex even accused the Royals of having made inappropriate remarks about the skin color of her son, which was still unborn at the time. She did not give names, but according to reports it is said to have been Princess Kate (43) and King Charles.