Harry & William: PALACE INTRIGUE!

AS PRINCE HARRY AND PRINCE WILLIAM CONTINUE TO FEUD, MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL COURT ARE HAVING A FIELD DAY, SECRETLY SCHEMING TO SABOTAGE RECONCILIATION EFFORTS.

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PRINCE HARRY's Sept. 10 sit-down with his estranged dad, King Charles III, appeared to go off without a hitch. The two men, who hadn't seen each other since February 2024, had tea at Charles' Clarence House residence in London and chatted amicably for nearly an hour. A few days after the promising get-together, Harry told The Guardian he was hoping to spend more time in the U.K. in the not-so-distant future.

Then the whispers began. Initially, there was talk that Harry, 41, was going to be welcomed back as a working royal on a part-time basis based on how well his reunion with Charles, 76, went. Then royal insiders told The Times Charles had made it clear that Harry, 41, could never have a "half-in, half-out" royal role. (Original reports suggested Harry could help "lighten the load" for Charles — a clear dig aimed at Harry's brother, Prince William, 43, amid growing tension between Charles and the future king about how to run the monarchy.)

Soon after, a U.K. newspaper cited sources claiming Harry had complained about his meeting with Charles (who is fighting cancer) behind the scenes, describing it as overly "formal" and saying that he felt more like an "official visitor" than a cherished family member. Harry quickly hit back through a spokesperson, saying the claims were "categorically false" and invented by "sources intent on sabotaging any reconciliation between father and son." On Sept. 27,