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Royal experts see Harry's visit to his cancer-stricken father King Charles as the beginning of a reconciliation.
They attach conditions to success.
London – The relationship between Prince Harry (39) and the rest of the British royal family is notoriously difficult.
The relationship with his brother Crown Prince William (41) is considered to be broken, and that with his father King Charles III.
(75) at least as tense.
Nobility experts are confident that Harry's visit to his cancer-stricken dad could mark the start of a reconciliation.
However, things are different for William and his wife Duchess Kate.
British royalty experts warn Prince Harry not to throw away regained trust
Harry's meeting - the Duke of Sussex left less than 24 hours after his arrival - with Charles was "a first step, a kind of icebreaker meeting," Phil Dampier told the
Daily Mail
.
The royal expert warned that the rapprochement process would only succeed under certain conditions.
“I think the most important thing is that after he returns to California, nothing about this conversation with the king becomes public.” Trust will be lost if “things leak out,” Dampier made clear: “This is his last chance, some trust to win back.”
His colleague Richard Fitzwilliams sees it very similarly.
The Sussexes (Harry and Meghan, ed.) have used the media “ruthlessly against the royal family” in the past, said the royal expert
Daily Mail
.
If they did it again this time, “it would be catastrophic.”
But he assumes that this will not happen.
“Cancer changes everything”: Royal expert sees Harry’s meeting with King Charles as “the beginning of reconciliation”
Fitzwilliams saw the meeting between Harry and his father as the “beginning of reconciliation,” “as cancer changes everything.” King Charles' youngest son was “clearly a son who was worried about his father.”
The expert assessed the situation as he immediately set off after receiving the cancer news.
Royal experts see Harry's visit to his cancer-stricken father King Charles as the beginning of a reconciliation.
They attach conditions to success.
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However, Fitzwilliams almost ruled out Harry getting closer to his brother Prince William.
The heir to the throne has to take care of his wife Kate and increase his workload.
“Now is clearly not the right time for a meeting between them, especially since they have reportedly not spoken to each other in months,” he said.
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Noble correspondent Relph: No sign of a “truce” between William and Harry
That's exactly how the BBC's aristocratic correspondent, Daniela Relph, sees it.
"It's a sibling relationship that still looks incredibly broken," she told
Radio 4
.
There are no signs of a “truce” between William and Harry, whose short-term arrival she viewed as positive.
"It was important that Harry was here, it was important that the king wanted to see him," Relph explained.
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Sources used:
Radio 4, Daily Mail