King Charles and Queen Camilla’s peers have said the monarch was hurt by Prince Harry’s negative comments about Camilla in his memoir, Spare.

A source has said King Charles’ priority is the unity of the monarchy (Image: Getty)

King Charles “won’t roll the red carpet out” for a reconciliation with Prince Harry, a royal commentator has said.

A friend of Prince William said King Charles’ priority is the unity of the monarchy.

Speaking to The Daily Beast, they said: “William wouldn’t dream of telling his father what he can or can’t do in relation to his other son.

“But what is true is that Charles’s absolute priority is the unity of the monarchy, and given the extent of William’s animosity to Harry, Charles can hardly roll out the red carpet and invite Harry and the kids to stay at Balmoral for the summer holidays—however much he would like to.”

King Charles and Queen Camilla’s peers have said the monarch was hurt by Harry’s negative comments about Camilla in his memoir, Spare.

Harry did not visit his father while he was in the UK for the Invictus Games church ceremony (Image: Getty)
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Prince Harry visited his father in February after the King’s cancer diagnosis was made public.

However, the visit was brief as father and son reportedly spent less than 30 minutes together before the Duke of Sussex returned to the United States.

The strained relationship between Prince Harry and his father once again came under scrutiny last week when Harry visited London to attend a service commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.

There had been hopes of a meeting between the two, but the Duke’s team released a statement saying this wouldn’t be possible due to the King’s “packed programme”. 

However, royal sources indicated that Charles had not received a formal request from Harry to meet and had offered him accommodation in a royal residence, which Harry declined in favour of staying at a hotel.

But thw Duke’s team countered they did not believe Harry’s request to meet his father would have been missed.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle officially stepped down as working members of the Royal Family in 2020 and have since been living in Montecito, California with their two children.