SHOWDOWN AT THE PALACE

War between Queen Camilla & Princess Kate explodes

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AILING King Charles' historic decision to step down — coupled with Prince Harry's return to the royal family — has sparked a nasty battle between Queen Camilla and Princess Kate, sources tell GLOBE.

Camilla has gone nuclear over the fact that Kate is helping Harry worm his way back into the good graces of his softhearted father, King Charles III, courtiers say.

Behind the scenes, sympathetic Kate, 43, has been defending the honor of her brother-in-law, Harry, who left palace duties behind in 2020 with his American wife, former Suits actress Meghan, to chase moneymaking deals in Hollywood, according to tipsters.

Sources say the Princess of Wales is pushing her pigheaded hubby, heir to the throne Prince William, and others in the palace to forge a path toward peace with the California-based Duke and Duchess of Sussex — despite the pair's bridge-burning interviews bashing Britain's royal family and Harry's scathing memoir, Spare.

That's why, spies confide, Kate was discreetly overjoyed when the cancer-stricken king, 77, had a nearly hour-long private tea with Harry, 41, in September at the monarch's London residence, Clarence House.