King Charles has an agenda full of official commitments today, Wednesday and tomorrow, Thursday, which will prevent him from meeting his youngest son during his current visit to England.
Prince Harry flew to London from California this Tuesday for a series of events related to the Invictus Games, and the big question before this new visit was whether he would take the opportunity to meet with his father or his brother William, with whom he has a rather tense relationship. since he abandoned his institutional role in the monarchy and spoke about his problems with the family in an interview, a documentary series and a memoir.
His representative decided to nip the speculation in the bud by confirming that he will not be able to see the king because he has a schedule full of commitments now that he has resumed his public appearances after taking time to recover after being diagnosed with cancer.
"In response to the many questions and continued speculation about whether or not the Duke will be reunited with his father during his stay in the United Kingdom this week, unfortunately it will not be possible due to Her Majesty's full schedule," he explained in a statement. .
"The Duke, of course, is understanding of his father's schedule of engagements and other various priorities and hopes to see him soon."
Harry spent most of Tuesday in meetings related to the Invictus Games, and is scheduled to give a speech Wednesday at a thanksgiving service for the 10th anniversary of the competition he co-founded for wounded veterans at St. Paul's Cathedral.
For his part, King Charles has meetings scheduled throughout the morning and is expected to attend a garden party at Buckingham Palace in the afternoon, before his weekly meeting with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Tomorrow he will be absent from London due to a public engagement, and it is believed that by then his son will have already left for Nigeria to attend a series of engagements with his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.
The last time father and son saw each other in person was in February, when Harry Jr. made an express trip to the United Kingdom after it was announced that the 75-year-old sovereign had been diagnosed with cancer. Although the meeting lasted only 30 minutes, Harry later insisted that he was grateful to spend any time he could with his father.
"I love my family. And the fact that I was able to get on a plane and go see my father and spend some time with him, I'm grateful for that..." he said on the 'Good Morning America' program. “I have other trips planned that would take me around the UK or back to the UK so I will stop and see my family as much as I can.”