Daniella rilfSenior royal correspondent
For five years, anger, disturbed and a deep family has been divided into the heart of the royal family. The cracks between King Charles III and Duke of Sussex have been painful for all and have been played out in public. It has become difficult to find a resolution. But there are indications that stress is decreasing and a new understanding between father and son can occur within.
Prince Harry returns to the UK only in two weeks. He was for hearing security about security in a court here in April. Subsequently, his father was in Italy on a state trip, so the possibility of a meeting was away from the table.
This time things are different. It is not significantly different, but if we follow the evidence, there are signs of slight changes in the mood.
For the beginning, the king will be in the UK. He will be at his Balmoral Estate in Scotland. Harry can go to Scotland, but we know that the king is regularly traveling south for the treatment of cancer and some royal busyness, making his son see a chance to see in the person.
What happened last time was 6 February 2024, when the king became public with his diagnosis. It was a flight journey – quite literally.
The Duke of Sussex landed in Heathro and went straight to the clarence house. He saw his father for more than half an hour before going to America the next morning.
Then both UK and America have the approach of the team representing Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
In July, La-based Meredith Menus, who leads the communication team around Harry and Meghan, flew to London to visit several donations and media organizations, including BBC News, with his UK equivalent, Liam Maguire.
But these were not meetings that were eye -catching development. A photographer depicted him at a private member club with Tobin Andrea, the king’s communication secretary. The images were published under the title “The Secret Harry Peace Summit” in Mail on Sunday.
In fact, how the photographer came into place, a mystery remains, the two sides denying that they cut her. Such a meeting seemed unimaginable a few years ago. The fact is that they can all sit around a table and discuss the situation that they all suggest themselves that both want to be different.
And then Harry is in the UK, the end of the court case on the security provided by the house office – A case he lost,
Legal proceedings for Buckingham Palace were deeply disturbed, which saw it as the king’s son sued the king’s government through the courts of the king.
While it was played, father and son did not talk to each other. But 40 -year -old Harry spoke to BBC News in May for a special interview with reporter Nada Tawfik.
“I would like a harmony with my family,” he said. “I don’t know how long my father has. He will not talk to me because of this security goods … but it would be good to harmonize.”
For some, they were clumsy and looked rigid about their father’s health, especially as a king, 76, continued with a complete diary of events during the treatment of his cancer and talked about being active by his public duties.
All this adds even a slight change in the mood around the possibility and desire for reconciliation, despite the recent history of rainser and mistrust.
Even before the spirit of life has come down.
In Harry’s Bestseling Memoirs, Spare, A book that has done a lot To harass the family, Duke with his father and brother recalls an exchange after the funeral of his grandfather, Prince Philip, then the Duke of Edinburgh.
Tetchy chat, Harry writes, ended with intervention from his father. “He was standing among us, looking at our flushed faces: please boys – don’t hurt my last years.”
He was the words spoken before the diagnosis of any cancer, before his father was the king, trying to find a way through a family outcome from a person in the 70s.
These are memories of Harry’s status and as we know, “Remember may be different”,
The trust remains an important sticking point. Buckingham Palace would like the assurance that the expansion of any family meeting is private. Talking to both sides this week, there is an integrated situation to say nothing publicly about the possibility of a meeting between father and son.
The Buckingham Palace continued with its long position of not getting into the personal details of the relationship between the king and his youngest son. Harry and Meghan’s team is adopting the same view. There is nothing to officially share.
But what a joint silence is a sign that, after years of public starting in this next stage, perhaps one of the cohesion, will be away from cameras, will be away without pomp?
We will first see Harry back in London on 8 September when he would attend the Welchild Awards ceremony. He has been the patron of charity who supports seriously ill children and their families for 17 years.
He said, “I always had the privilege of attending the Velchild Awards and meeting incredible children, families and professionals, who inspire all of us with our strength and soul,” he announced his comeback to the UK. “His stories remind us of compassion, connection and power of the community.”
This will be the beginning of several days of busyness for Harry, in which it will strengthen his relationship for the UK and the organizations that he supports here. Even with the US step, he remains a cheerleader for many charitables.
In May, he made a “important personal donation” to a charity in Nottingham, to fund food parcels for weaker families. On Sunday, the Little Soldiers of Scoty, a charity that supports children supporting children, who have lost a parents in the army, received sweets from Harry, who joined the military march past for all the youth.
His link to the UK is strong. The pain and division on both sides are deeply felt and the big question of faith will need to be overcome.
As a senior royal correspondent, I have seen various episodes of this public struggle since 2020.
The chess between Harry and his brother William is wide. The possibility of a brother -in -law is not on the card at this stage. It is understood that they do not talk to each other and the injury moves deep on both sides. The positions are complicated, they are fiercely protective for their wives and families and reconstruct that brother’s bonds and trusts.
But it is different with the king.
Next month UK’s Harry’s visit to Britain is the best chance for relationships between father and son that is missing for many years.
As Prince Harry said in his BBC interview: “Now there is no point in continuing to fight … life is precious.”
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