King Charles and Prince Harry have struggled to maintain a good relationship through the years. Charles and his son stopped speaking for a while back in 2020 — right around the time Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, decided to leave the royal family. For a while, things were not good between the two, but Harry and his dad have tried to reconcile a bit since.
Rumor has it the two men are on speaking terms, but they haven’t actually met face-to-face in quite some time. Now, a source close to the king says Charles has one specific demand he would need Harry to meet in order to have an in-person discussion with his younger son.
Harry and Charles did sit down for peace talks at one point alongside Harry’s brother, Prince William. However, things did not go over too well, and the three men haven’t had much confrontation since. One source close to Charles says that he is willing to have a sit-down meeting with Harry, but since there is so little trust between the two men, Charles reportedly has one demand: Everything must be documented.
“If there will be a meeting, it will have to be done properly with aides and officials present, and everything documented with minutes taken,” the source told Express. The rumor comes after Omid Scobie’s Endgame book named Charles as one of the royals who reportedly expressed concern over Prince Archie’s skin color.
Interestingly, Charles would also want “aides and officials” present, suggesting he wants others there to corroborate the conversations he has with his son. It’s unclear if the release of Scobie’s book impacted the progress Charles and Harry had made in rebuilding their father-son relationship, but it likely didn’t help.
