Royal sources say peace talks with Prince Harry will not happen

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Royal peace talks with Prince Harry are not on the agenda, contrary to what some reports have claimed, The Daily Beast can reveal.

Royal insiders and friends of King Charles and Prince William have scoffed at reports that the monarch will sit down for talks with Prince Harry on September 17.

Buckingham Palace insiders denied the reports, and a friend of the king said that while they believe the monarch will always want to keep the door open for a reconciliation with Harry, they don’t think the actual meeting will happen just three days before the monarch. He is due to make an important state visit to France.

A friend of Prince William said that even if Charles was intent on meeting Harry – which, According to a report in Britain Yes! magazinewas planning a stop in the UK after attending the Invictus Games in Düsseldorf – “there was no chance” that William would agree to a meeting with Harry.

Details of their final “secret” trio meeting, called by Harry after Prince Philip’s funeral, end up being the opening scene of Harry’s memoirs, additional.

In the book, Harry writes: “I traveled home specifically and exclusively to attend my grandfather’s funeral. While I was there, I requested this secret meeting with my older brother, Willie, and my father to talk about the state of things.”

In the opening section of his memoir of success, Harry said that William and Charles had come to the meeting at the Royal Cemetery in Windsor “ready for battle”, called William his “mortal enemy”, and added that “Willy in particular did not want to hear anything and that Charles begged his sons, “Please, boys, do not make my last years miserable.” “

William’s friend told The Daily Beast: “Charles won’t see Harry and he won’t see William. There’s no chance. He feels completely betrayed by what Harry wrote about him in the book and said about him on Netflix.”

When asked if William hates his brother, a source previously told The Daily Beast, the friend said: “He feels betrayed. They were growing up very close, so it was very painful for William. But in the end what can he do?” Just look at additional. It is indeed William’s worst nightmare. It is a complete violation of his privacy. Moreover, Harry criticized Kate and the way he raises his children. It’s very sad. I think it’s quite understandable that William at the moment still feels disgusted with what his brother did.”

William has long been described by William’s friends as having an uncompromising attitude towards a brother he firmly believes has betrayed him. Friends of the late Queen Elizabeth also expressed their discontent with Harry’s heavy blows against the monarchy in the last years of her life, when the family learned that she was ill and close to death. But friends of the new king and queen sought to strike a more conciliatory tone.

This was evident while speaking with friends of the king on Monday, even as they dismissed reports of a possible meeting that surfaced this weekend.

Yes! magazine A source was quoted as saying: “The King has a rescheduled state visit to France on September 20, so he has a few days to spare in London to meet his son. Staff are trying to fine-tune details as we speak.”

However, a friend who spoke to The Daily Beast shrugged off the allegations while repeating what appears to have become a hypothetical response among the King’s circle, saying: “The King loves his children and his door is always open to Harry. But I don’t think they will meet on September 17th. The King will prepare For a state visit to France.

Recent reports have suggested that while the late Queen Elizabeth continued to hope a reconciliation with Harry might lead to his return to the royal family, and was therefore reluctant to strip him of privileges which he might regard as a snub, Charles accepted the return would not happen and was more ruthless in removing his youngest son from family affairs. Harry’s “Royal Highness” honorific was recently quietly removed from the royal family’s website in what the monarch says is the latest such move.

However, the monarch is understood to have maintained some contact with Harry, despite moves such as evicting him and Meghan from their Windsor home, Frogmore Cottage, a decision apparently made just days after the diary was published, and which was brutally critical of Camilla. .

said journalist and writer Omid Scobie, who is close to the Sussex camp, in an interview with a British TV show in May This morning Before King Charles’ coronation: “It’s obvious [the coronation] is the first time [Prince Harry] He has seen his family face to face since his release additional. But I don’t think people know that there has been a fairly regular pattern of conversation between him and his father since this book came out.

“Now, did they discuss the details and points he wanted to go into? From what I hear, no. But he was in contact with his father.”

Spokespeople for the royal family and Prince Harry did not respond to a request for comment on the possibility of a meeting on September 17.