While royal watchers have no idea what happened behind closed doors when Prince Harry went to visit his father, King Charles III, after his cancer diagnosis, one airplane encounter may be giving everyone a clue. The meeting reportedly ran for 45 minutes, making the Duke of Sussex’s 25-hour trip from California to the U.K. an absolute whirlwind, but it sounds like it was worth it.
On Harry’s return flight from the U.K. to Los Angeles, a People source noted that he was “cheerful and all smiles” and was “engaging in lively conversations with staff and fellow passengers.” That positive mood might signal that relations between the father and son are softening, especially during Charles’ time of need. Remember, it was Harry who spoke fondly of his father in his memoir, Spare, even after the death of his beloved mother, Princess Diana.
“Evenings, I’d shout downstairs: Going to bed, Pa! He’d always shout back cheerfully: I’ll be there shortly, darling boy! True to his word, minutes later he’d be sitting on the edge of my bed. He never forgot that I didn’t like the dark, so he’d gently tickle my face until I fell asleep,” Harry wrote in his book. “I have the fondest memories of his hands on my cheeks, my forehead, then waking to find him gone, magically, the door always considerately left open a crack.”
The one thing that Prince Harry reportedly avoided during his brief visit was an encounter with Queen Camilla — their relationship is notably frosty. “Harry, I hear, preferred not to be in the same room with his stepmother when he spoke to the King about his cancer diagnosis,” The Telegraph‘s Petronella Wyatt claimed. Prince Harry was only there to speak to his father privately without the interference of his stepmother or palace staff.
Despite the family feud, Prince Harry has always made it clear that his relationship with King Charles is important to him — and it seems like the monarch feels the same way. The Duke of Sussex may never heal his rift with Prince William or other members of the royal family, but it’s evident that seeing his dad lifted his spirits.
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