Some previously feared that relations between Charles and Harry would be damaged beyond repair amid the fallout over their royal feud.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told The Sun in December: “Charles and Harry’s relationship was at an all-time low before, but this may have broken it beyond repair.
“It could be game over for them.”
Hopes of a reconciliation were raised after Harry called Charles last month to wish him a happy 75th birthday and sent a video of the king’s grandchildren Archie, now four, and Lilibet, two, who live in the US.
And now Harry is back from the UK after his first face-to-face meeting with Charles in 16 months.
Here’s a look at their fractured post-Megxit relationship.
January 2020 – Harry and Meghan board a ‘Megxit’ flight, heading to Canada, to finally settle home in California, USA.
March 2021 – Harry and Meghan give their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in which Harry accuses his father of limiting him financially.
July 2021 Harry returns to the UK to join William in unveiling a statue of their mother Princess Diana in the grounds of Kensington Palace.
But sources claimed William did not want to attend the memorial service amid their ongoing rift.
Pals said at the time: “William was still furious. He thought he would only give so much. He just didn’t want to go there [with Harry].”
September 2022 – Harry flies to the UK for Prince Philip’s funeral. Meghan Markle, who was heavily pregnant at the time, was unable to attend as her doctor ordered her not to fly.
A friend of Harry’s tells Omid Scobie that Harry has met the Queen privately ‘at least twice’ and spoke to Charles and William after the service at Westminster Abbey.
Kate acts as a “peacemaker” between William and Harry as they share a private conversation.
September 2022 – The Duke claimed he learned Queen Elizabeth had died from online news.
He flew to Balmoral without Meghan and claimed to Spare that Charles had told her she couldn’t go.
Harry traveled on a special flight to join his brother William – who was traveling with the rest of the family.
The Duke wrote in his memoirs: “As the plane started to descend I saw my phone light up. It was a message from Meg: ‘Call me when you get this.’ I looked at the BBC website. My grandmother died. My father was a king.”
Harry and Meghan sat behind Charles at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral at Westminster Abbey.
March 2023 – Harry is told King Charles is “too busy” to see him while in the UK for a privacy hearing, according to reports.
The Duke flew to the UK to attend a four-day preliminary hearing at London’s High Court in his battle with publisher Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over allegations of illegal information gathering.
It was the first time the prince had returned to home soil since the Queen’s funeral.
Harry flew back to the US after the hearing was over.
April 2023 – Harry had a “heart-to-heart” with his dad before agreeing to attend the coronation in London
The Duke traveled alone to attend the ceremony on May 6.
Harry immediately returned to the US after his coronation at Westminster Abbey.
He did not appear to speak to his brother William or sister-in-law Kate Middleton at the ceremony – he took a back seat and sat in the third row at the ceremony.
September 2023 – Prince Harry visits the UK for the annual WellChild Awards, a charity he has patronized for 15 years.
But the duke is not thought to have met his father, as the king “had no time” in his diary to see his son, it was reported.
January 2024 – Harry flies to be with Charles following the monarch’s shock cancer diagnosis.
The two have their first meeting in more than 16 months at Clarence House, which lasts half an hour.
Harry doesn’t meet William and flies back to the US the next day.
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