Prince Harry has met his father King Charles at Clarence House in London for the first time since February 2024.
It is understood the King had a private tea with his son during a 55-minute meeting this afternoon.
The King travelled down to London from Scotland on Wednesday afternoon – and Prince Harry has been in the UK this week for charity events.
There had been no face to face meeting between father and son since February 2024, with Prince Harry telling a BBC interview in May 2025: “I would love a reconciliation with my family.”
The last time that father and son met were together was soon after the King’s cancer diagnosis last year, with Prince Harry flying to the UK for a brief meeting.
There have been visits to the UK by Prince Harry since then, including for court cases, but he had not seen his father, in what had seemed a deep family rift.
Prince Harry arrived back in the UK on Monday and has carried out a series of charity events in London and Nottingham – against a background of questions about whether there would be a meeting with his father.
He will be leaving the UK on Thursday, returning to the US to see Meghan and their children, who did not come on this trip.
Prince Harry has previously voiced his frustration at not being able to talk to his father, particularly when there were concerns about the King’s health.
“There’s no point continuing to fight any more, life is precious,” Harry said in his BBC interview.
The apparent meeting between the King and Prince Harry comes after rumours of efforts to resolve the family divide.
Representatives of Prince Harry and Buckingham Palace had been photographed together in a meeting in London in July, producing newspaper headlines about a “peace summit”.
But there have been no signs of Prince Harry meeting Prince William during this week, with the brothers carrying out separate arrangements.
On Monday, Prince Harry had laid a wreath at the grave of his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, on the third anniversary of her death.
Less than 10 miles away, Prince William and Catherine had attended a Women’s Institute meeting honouring the memory of the late Queen.