Prince Harry has said he has “other trips” planned to the UK, after telling US television that he hopes his father’s cancer diagnosis will have a “reunifying effect”.
The Duke of Sussex, 39, spent the last few days in Whistler, Canada, with his wife Meghan to attend the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistlers One Year To Go winter training camp.
The couple was followed by cameras and a Good Morning America television crew.
Harry told them he “loved his family” and “got on a plane” to visit the King “as soon as he could” after speaking on the phone about his cancer diagnosis.
The Prince added that he will try to “stop and see the family as much as I can” and said he had other trips and plans that would take him to the UK.
The royals are expected to return to Britain in May for a service at St Paul’s Cathedral to mark the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.
Harry, 39, added that he will try to “stop and see the family as much as I can” and said he had other trips and plans that will take him to the UK.
The Duke of Sussex, 39, spent the last few days in Whistler, Canada, with his wife Meghan to attend the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistlers One Year To Go winter training camp.
Harry told them he “loved his family and got on a plane” to visit the King “as soon as he could” after speaking on the phone about his cancer diagnosis.
He was in the United Kingdom last Tuesday, after it was announced that his father, King Charles, 75, had cancer. He was discovered by doctors when the monarch was being treated for an enlarged prostate, but his specific diagnosis is unknown.
The duke, 39, flew to London on a 10-hour British Airways commercial flight from Los Angeles to Heathrow on Tuesday, arriving at the royal residence at 2:42 p.m.
He then spent about 45 minutes chatting with his father, in what is believed to be his first proper contact in 15 months.
When asked by GMA host Will Reeve what the Duke’s trip to the reunion was like for him “emotionally,” Harry responded: “Look, I love my family.” “I’m grateful for the fact that I was able to get on a plane and go see him and spend time with him.”
While in Whistler, the Prince enjoyed a thrill-filled ride down a skeleton bobsled track, where he reached speeds of 61 mph.
Reeve, son of the late Superman actor Christopher Reeve, who was paralyzed in 1995, said: “I have also found in my own life that one type of illness in the family can have a galvanizing or reunifying effect for a family.” Is that possible in this case?
Speaking exclusively to Reeve from the ski resort of Whistler, Canada, Harry responded: ‘Absolutely. If I’m sure.
‘In all these families I see, once again, on a daily basis, the strength of the family unit coming together. I believe that any illness, any illness, brings families together. “I see it again and again and that makes me very happy.”
He also said he had “considered” becoming a U.S. citizen since moving to California, but added that his perspective on his father’s health “remains between him and me.”
While Meghan didn’t take part in the sledding fun at the Whistler Sliding Center in British Columbia, she was able to enjoy every aspect of her husband’s ride as he stepped off the sleigh, before enthusiastically re-enacting his thrilling ride for his wife and Invictus. volunteers after getting off.
After the high-speed finish, the pair met and greeted athletes preparing to perform at next year’s event on a platform overlooking the track.
Among the athletes waiting to be featured were Canadian veteran and mental health advocate Mark Beare, Estonian former soldier and amputee Rasmus Penno, and Nigerian weightlifter and former soldier Peacemaker Azuegbulam.