Prince Harry felt King Charles would be keen to move on from a troubled few years claims royal expert
Harry was under the impression his father would ‘forgive him’ (Image: Getty)
Prince Harry felt his father, King Charles, would be keen to move on from a troubled few years and “forgive him” claims a royal expert.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, however, remain geographically distant in Los Angeles, along with their two children Archie, five and Lilibet, three, since stepping down as senior working royals in 2020.
Royal expert Tom Quinn who penned ‘Scandals of the Royal Palaces: An Intimate Memoir of Royals Behaving Badly’, told the Mirror: “Despite all his criticisms Harry always assumed he would be forgiven by his father. He thought Charles would make amends for the hurt that, in Harry’s view, justified the criticisms.”
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In January 2023, the Duke of Sussex shocked the world when he published his memoir, Spare, which featured allegations against the Royal Family. The book went on to become the fastest-selling non-fiction book in British history, shifting more than 400,000 copies in the UK in one day alone.
Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals in 2020 (Image: Getty)
Another royal author, Ingrid Seward, thinks if the Duke of Sussex publishes another book he will leave the memoir writing to his wife. She said: “I can’t see that Harry’s up for writing another book. I would think the other book, the real corker, would be Meghan. That’s got to be [on its way] because that’s really going to be the only way she’s going to make serious money is [to write it].”
As reported in the Mirror, the monarch is said to be “filled with horror” at another idea that Harry’s wife Meghan Markle could write a personal memoir and Harry could contribute to it.
It seems the King has not seen his grandchildren through his son and Harry’s wife Meghan for over two years, and there are reportedly no signs of hope he will in the near future.
Tom explained: “Despite Harry’s attacks on the royal family his father has avoided responding by attacking his son publicly, but privately, King Charles is furious. So much so that he is now refusing to take calls from his son.”
King Charles has reportedly stopped picking up calls from Harry (Image: Getty)However, royal expert Robert Jobson has now weighed in on the reason King Charles may have stopped responding to calls from his youngest son, as he told The Daily Mail’s Palace Confidential podcast: “He has taken them in the past, but I think anybody that knows the situation, who would want to keep taking calls if the conversation just ends in a slanging match about money and legal fees?”
Doubling down on the specific reason the King isn’t ready to play ball with his son’s attempts at reconciliation, Robert added: “I think the King has got too much on his plate. He’s been not well at all and he’s been dealing with that.
“He’s only just become the King, he’s got too much to deal with, rather than dealing with Harry’s constant demands.”
King Charles is undergoing treatment following his cancer diagnosis earlier this year. It is understood Harry last saw his father after his diagnosis was made public and he visited him in February at Clarence House during a solo quick visit back to the UK.
