It is said that the Duke of Sussex did not want to be in the same room as the queen when she spoke to her cancer-stricken father, King Charles III.
writing for The TelegraphCamilla’s friend and British journalist Petronella Wyatt said: “Harry, as I understand it, preferred not to be in the same room with his stepmother when he spoke to the King about his cancer diagnosis.”
The father-of-two made a quick visit to London from California last week to see his father for 30 minutes following the monarch’s surprise cancer revelation.
It’s no secret that Harry and Camilla share a troubled relationship after the Duke claimed in his memoir Spare last January that his stepmother was leaking stories about the Royal Family to the media to boost her image.
He also called her “dangerous” and a “villain” and claimed that she had “sacrificed” him to improve her reputation.
The Duke of Sussex (pictured in 2022) is said to have not wanted to be in the same room as the Queen when she spoke to her cancer-stricken father, King Charles III.
Prince Harry arrived in the British capital on a ten-hour flight from Los Angeles on Tuesday, arriving at Clarence House at 2:42 p.m.
The Duke, who has been estranged from his father and brother, Prince William, since leaving royal life, quickly returned to Los Angeles and was in Las Vegas the next day to give a speech at an NFL awards ceremony. .
During their meeting, the King only saw Harry for half an hour to keep his stress levels down, according to royal expert Robert Jobson.
He said Sun: ‘You don’t want his blood pressure to go up. The King is not feeling very well, whatever type of cancer he has, he is undergoing treatment.
‘The best thing for him is calm. After the initial kiss and hug, I love you dad, I hope you get better soon, what problems are going to arise? Things that will make your blood pressure rise.
Charles is said to have been “disappointed” by his son’s depiction of Queen Camilla in his book Spare, according to a report in The Telegraph in November.
In the memoir, Harry wrote of Camilla: “I have complex feelings about having a stepfather who I thought had recently sacrificed me on his personal altar of public relations.”
Harry also said that he and his brother, Prince William, had “begged” their father, King Charles III, then Prince Charles, not to marry Camilla because they feared she would become their “evil stepmother.”
The father-of-two made a quick visit to London from California last week to see his father (pictured with Queen Camilla) for 30 minutes following the monarch’s surprise cancer revelation.
In another swipe, Harry described Camilla as “dangerous” and a “villain” who left “bodies in the street” in her desire to change the public’s perception of her.
In a television interview to promote the book last January with Anderson Cooper on CBS News’ 60 Minutes, Harry elaborated on his claims.
The duke said: “She was the third person in her (my parents’) marriage, she needed to rehabilitate her image.”
“That made her dangerous because of the connections she was forging within the British press.
‘Because of the connections she was forging… there was an open willingness on both sides to exchange information.
“And with a family based on hierarchy, and with her on her way to becoming Queen Consort, there would be people or bodies left on the street because of that.”
Three months after the book’s publication in April, an aide told The Sunday Times of Camilla’s response to Harry’s claims, saying: “It wasn’t a stomping or gnashing of teeth; it was much more of a putting-your-heads response. blank eyes”.
Camilla’s close friend Fiona Shelburne, Lady Lansdowne, also told the paper: “Of course it bothers her, of course it hurts.”
But she doesn’t let that get to her. Her philosophy is always: “Don’t give it any importance and everything will calm down: the less said, the sooner it will be settled.”
Meanwhile, it emerged that King Charles still hopes to visit Australia with Queen Camilla in October, despite his recent cancer diagnosis.
His ongoing treatment had put his appearance in the country this autumn in doubt, but a Palace source says the monarch still hopes to complete the visit as part of a long-distance trip.
The visit is planned around the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa and was confirmed by Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in early January.
Camilla speaks with Prince Harry at Buckingham Palace during Trooping the Color in June 2015.
Charles, Camilla and Harry watch a flyover from the balcony of Buckingham Palace in July 2005.
Prince Harry speaks as Charles, Camilla and Meghan look on while attending the Prince of Wales’s 70th birthday patronage celebration held at Buckingham Palace in May 2018.
The source told the Telegraph: “We are continuing to plan but are not at any point confirming the timing or dates because it is the first week of the King’s treatment.” “It’s certainly still true that he’s hopeful that this will move forward.”
The visit will be the first by a ruling monarch since Elizabeth II in October 2011 and the first by Charles since his accession to the throne.
The King announced last week that he would postpone all his public duties while he undergoes treatment for an unspecified cancer.
Her Majesty is well enough to hold a limited number of face-to-face meetings, sources say, but will spend most of her time recovering in Sandringham or Highgrove.
Charles continues to work behind the scenes on his red boxes of state documents and is also expected to return to London on a weekly basis to hold his audience with the Prime Minister and receive further medical treatment and advice.