Prince Harry met his father King Charles III at his Clarence House residence in London on Wednesday, ending a 19-month-long estrangement after the prince appealed for reconciliation earlier this year.
Harry, who cut ties with the royal family in 2020, met the king for a private tea, according to a source close to the royals — their first time meeting since February 2024.
The Duke of Sussex, who has been in the UK since Monday for a series of engagements, was seen entering the royal residence in a black car soon after the king returned to his home in London.
Harry’s car left Clarence House less than an hour after entering, according to an AFP reporter. He then attended a reception for his Invictus Games Foundation.
Buckingham Palace did not reply to requests for comment.
The short meeting ended months of speculation about whether a reunion was on the cards, which reached a head when Charles flew back from Scotland on Wednesday and arrived in London.
The king is set to head back to Balmoral Castle, his Scottish residence, on Thursday.
Harry had not met his father since last year, when he rushed to the UK when his father announced being diagnosed with cancer, for which he is still receiving treatment.
At the time, their meeting, also at Clarence House, lasted less than 45 minutes, and Harry left for his home in California the next day.
In May, the prince said they were not on speaking terms as a result of the multiple court cases he is fighting in the UK as well as accusations against the royal family he has made in explosive television interviews and his memoir.
Charles’s younger son said he was hoping for “reconciliation” as he did “not know how much longer my father has”.
