Harry has 'private tea' with Charles at Clarence House

The Duke of Sussex has had tea with King Charles at Clarence House, their first meeting in 19 months.

- BRYONY GOOCH

Prince Harry arrived at the residence yesterday in a black Range Rover at 5.20pm, leaving after about an hour. He later attended an Invictus Games event in London as part of his four-day visit to the UK. The Duke said of the King: “Yes he's great, thank you,” as he attended the event in London.

Harry has not seen his father in over a year and said in a BBC interview in May: “I would love a reconciliation with my family.” He said at the time that his father would not speak to him because of his court battle over his security arrangement and that he did not know “how much longer my father has”.

The King, who has been receiving cancer treatment since early 2024, travelled down from his Balmoral home where he has been spending his summer break.

His son visited the Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London, an institution he has close connections with, earlier yesterday, as part of his visit from California, where he lives with his wife Meghan and their two children.

The duke has been carrying out a string of events since Monday. He began his stay by leaving flowers at the final resting place of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II to mark the third anniversary of her death.