King Charles could ‘easily’ meet Prince Harry: source

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By Sarah Nathan

King Charles could have “easily” found time to see Prince Harry during his stay in London, according to well-placed sources.

Harry, 39, is in London ahead of the Invictus Games 10th anniversary celebrations.

Page Six can reveal Harry had been reaching out for more than a month to arrange a meeting with his cancer-stricken father, but was turned down.

But on Tuesday, Harry’s rep confirmed that his father was too busy to see him.

However, Hugo Vickers, a famous royal historian and friend of the royal family, told Page Six: “If the king wanted to see Harry he would find time very easily. You can never be too busy to see your son.

“It’s a good idea if they meet to forge some sort of reconciliation.”

Vickers said there would be items in the king’s diary that he could open to his youngest son, including breakfast.

“The king left the door wide open but obviously not that big,” a royal source said of a possible reconciliation. “But they can absolutely put things in his diary and juggle things.”

Harry – who is in London without his wife Meghan Markle – last saw Charles in February after leaving California for the UK after his father was diagnosed with cancer.

They had a brief meeting that lasted only about thirty minutes.

A senior royal source told us: “We don’t know how that meeting went, but I do know that the king was exhausted from chemotherapy and really wanted to go to Balmoral.

“He was desperate to leave and was delayed until Harry arrived.”

We revealed how Harry invited his family, including his estranged brother Prince William and sister-in-law Kate Middleton, to the Invictus ceremony at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday, but no members of the royal family attended in the service.

In Tuesday’s statement, a representative for Harry said father and son would not be able to meet, due to Her Majesty’s full schedule, adding: “The Duke of course understands his father’s engagement diary and various other priorities and hope to see him soon.

The king’s busy schedule includes his weekly audience with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, as well as the first garden party of the season at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday.

Harry – who flew to London on Monday evening after celebrating his son Archie’s 5th birthday – is expected to give a reading at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday, marking a decade since the first edition of the Invictus Games in the capital.

As Page Six previously reported, Harry and William haven’t spoken in over a year.

“William is a hop, skip and a jump away from the throne, with a sick wife and three young children – he has a lot on his plate,” said the royal source explaining why William will not attend this Invictus event week.