King Charles may be welcoming towards Prince Harry and Meghan but there a long-held bitterness between the Sussexes and Queen Camilla.
Prince Harry had not held back when he described his stepmother in Spare and it is no secret in the royal circles that William and Harry were not fans of his father’s second wife.
However, the dynamics are set to shift drastically now that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are moving back to England. The couple had met only weeks prior to the announcement at Highgrove House.
Buckingham Palace had kept the details of the meeting under wraps and made it perfectly clear that there would be no more discussion about it from official channels. Even though Royal Rota journalists had shared the King’s reaction to the big move, Camilla has remained silent.
According to royal biographer, the Queen may have indicated some good will during the meeting which encouraged the Sussexes to take a major leap of faith.
The King would have been willing to forgive his son after learning of his cancer diagnosis and the urge to be close to his loved ones, especially his two grandchildren, Bower wrote in DailyMail.
He cited a source noting that the atmosphere at Highgrove meeting was “polite with no recrimination”. Camilla had “fixed smile in place” and offered tea to her stepson despite everything that had went down between the,
The author claims that Camilla’s “goodwill shown calmed the Sussexes’ fear of returning”.
2026-08-23 12:33:00
