Prince Harry, Meghan Markle surprise royal fans with UK visit
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle barely spent time with Prince Charles during their brief visit to Britain.
Richard Kay for the Daily Mail announced that the meeting between the Sussexes and Prince Charles was barely 15 minutes long, though adding that it raised an olive brand amid the rift. The couple missed Prince Philip's memorial service last month and the gesture and the visit to Windsor are said to be crucial to the couple's "long-term status" in the family.
"Harry's offer to break his long flight from Los Angeles to The Hague in Holland, where he is attending his Invictus Games, with a stop-over in Windsor, a year after their last meeting at Prince Philip's funeral His grandmother was given a warm welcome to visit. By the Queen. Timing was crucial," he begins in his note.
"For the Queen, Easter's promise of spiritual renewal and forgiveness - such an important time of year for her - represents an opportunity.
"But there were strings attached: Before meeting the Queen, Harry must first see his father.
“The Prince of Wales was also in Windsor – along with the Duchess of Cornwall – where he stood to distribute Maundy money for his mother to community figures, no matter what.
“Today all parties agreed that these meetings were an important first step if there is to be a reconciliation between Harry and his family. It is understood that Harry and Meghan will meet with Charles for about 10 minutes to 15 minutes.
"According to a source, Camilla joined the meeting in the middle.
"Charles and Camilla then left the palace together for St. George. In many ways this was the most important of the two meetings. Harry and his father have been barely speaking in recent months.
Despite Prince Harry's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey last year and his upcoming book, which is expected to bring even more curtains down on the family, Prince Charles continues to love his son with all his heart.
"As a longtime friend of his told me: 'He loves his son and is heartbroken by what has happened, though he fears history will repeat itself with Harry as He did with Princess Diana. But he also wants to keep the door open and keep talking, something he still regrets not doing with Diana.'
The Duke then went to see the Queen.
"After saying their farewell to Charles, Harry and Meghan moved into the Queen's private apartment, where I was told there was little atmosphere," says Richard.
"Even though she has become mysterious and at times disturbed by many of Harry's words and actions over the past two years, her grandson has a few favorites.
'He always has the ability to make her laugh and that's what she loves about him,' says a partner.
'To this day whenever she hears that Harry is on the phone, her eyes light up.' So it may be no coincidence that once both Harry and Meghan's social media cheerleaders have been unusually silent about the contents of the meetings.
"Not leaking details is being seen as a way to get some trust back in the relationship," I'm told, Richard concluded.