Prince Harry is not expected to see King Charles when he returns to the UK to give evidence in a court case.
Later this month, the Duke of Sussex is returning for a legal claim against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Daily Mail and the Mail on Sunday, claiming that they obtained information for stories through unlawful means.
Other plaintiffs include Sir Elton John, Liz Hurley, and Baroness Doreen Lawrence.
The publisher has strongly denied the allegations, as per the BBC.
People reported that the King is trying to distance himself from involvement in any court cases, so it’s likely he won’t reunite with Harry during the trip.
The Telegraph also reported that Charles will be in Scotland during the proceedings.
Harry has been embroiled in this legal battle for the last four years.
Last January, he separately settled his five-year High Court battle against The Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers.
It comes after The Daily Mail’s Royal Editor, Rebecca English, claimed that Charles felt “slightly railroaded” into meeting Harry last September.
Famously, the father and son reunited for 56 minutes, for a 54-minute private tea at Clarence House.
“In truth, he knew that if he refused to meet Harry, then this would inevitably have been ‘weaponised’ against him at some point in the future,” she wrote. “Better to meet and then retreat instead.
“For what it is worth, Harry has dismissed reports that he felt like an ‘official visitor’ when he met the King as a media-led ‘invention’ designed to ‘sabotage’ reconciliation between father and son.
“However, most in royal circles are firmly of the belief that for any meaningful rapprochement to be made, the Prince owes his father – and his family – an apology for the way he has behaved.”
After their meet-up, there had been hopes that they’d reunite when Charles and Camilla visit the United States in April, but it might not be on the cards.
Charles is not expected to reunite with Harry during the trip, which he is making to mark 250 years of independence for the US.
Experts have claimed that Charles won’t make a detour to California to see Harry and his family: wife Meghan Markle, and kids, Archie, six, and Lilibet, four.
“While some close to the palace quietly suggest the Sussexes could travel east for a discreet meeting in Washington, their presence would dominate headlines, eclipsing the state visit, so for that reason, it remains improbable,” royal expert Rob Jobson wrote in Hello!.
There has been talk that Prince William and Princess Kate could accompany Charles and Camilla to the US, but sources have signalled that this is unlikely.
William and Kate met US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania during their 2025 state visit to the UK in September.
Charles and Harry’s historic reunion
Harry and Charles’ reunion marked their first since February 2024, shortly after Charles’s cancer diagnosis was made public.
Just hours after the meeting, it was revealed that Harry had “loved” being back in the UK for the first time in five months.
“He’s obviously loved being back in the UK, catching up with old friends, colleagues, and just generally being able to support the incredible work of the causes that mean so much to him,” a spokesperson for Harry told People.
Harry had previously visited the UK in April 2025, but didn’t see his father, Charles, during the visit.
After reuniting with Charles during his most recent trip, he headed straight to an Invictus Games event in London, where he provided an update about his father.
When asked by a journalist about his father, he reportedly said: “Yes, he’s great, thank you.”
He made the four-day trip from his home in California solo, with his family remaining in the United States.
Harry did not meet up with his brother, Prince William, who had conflicting royal engagements this week.
It was reported that William was refusing to entertain a reunion with Harry following their estrangement.
And their clashing diaries left no time for a reunion during Harry’s rare visit back to the UK.
Harry has been very open about his desire to reconcile with his family.
“I don’t know how much longer my father has. He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff… but it would be nice to reconcile,” he told BBC News in May.
His comment referenced his failed legal challenge over the level of security entitlement he gets when he visits the United Kingdom.
Harry also confessed that he “misses” the UK after moving to the United States with his wife, Meghan Markle, in June 2020.
“I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point. And the things they’re going to miss, well, everything … I miss the UK,” he explained.
It was previously claimed that Charles was open to reconciling with Harry – as their latest meeting proves.
“Charles has always been the most open to reconciling with Harry, out of all the royals,” a palace insider exclusively told New Idea.
“Even after the worst of Harry and the Duchess of Sussex’s barbs, Charles has never fully closed the door on him.”
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