Harry lands in UK to rush to King Charles' side after cancer diagnosis
Prince Harry has arrived back in the UK to be by his father King Charles' side following his cancer diagnosis.
The Duke of Sussex left Los Angeles International Airport last night and arrived at London Heathrow at lunchtime today on a British Airways flight and is believed to be heading to be with his dad, who is currently at Clarence House. Yesterday, it was reported that His Majesty had told members of the Royal Family about his cancer before going public with the news. Charles personally told both of his sons Prince William and Harry about his diagnosis. A source close to Harry said: "The duke did speak with his father about his diagnosis. He will be travelling to UK to see His Majesty in the coming days."
The car carrying Prince Harry leaves Heathrow after he landed earlier today (The Daily Mirror)On Monday evening, Buckingham Palace announced that the King had been diagnosed with cancer and would be undergoing immediate treatment The monarch was last month diagnosed with an enlarged prostate and spent three days in hospital after undergoing a medical procedure for the benign condition. It was during this intervention that a separate issue of concern was noted and subsequently diagnosed as a form of cancer. This second condition will now receive "appropriate treatment from a specialist team".
Charles has been advised to "postpone public-facing duties" but will continue to carry out State business and official paperwork like usual. King Charles explained that he wanted to go public with the news in hopes it would "assist public understanding for all those around the world who are affected by cancer." Furthermore, Queen Camilla will continue her public duties while her husband undergoes cancer treatment, the Palace has confirmed. It is unclear when Charles will return to public duties.
Harry's trip to the UK will be a solo one, with Meghan Markle staying in the US with the couple's two children – Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. The decision will also raise hopes of a reconciliation within the royal family. Harry has a troubled relationship with his father, although they are still in contact, but his long-running rift with the Prince of Wales remains ongoing.
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Charles, according to Harry, pleaded with his sons during a tense meeting after the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral: "Please, boys. Don’t make my final years a misery." Harry and Meghan wanted a half in-half out approach to royal life, but in the end quit as senior working royals amid the Megxit crisis in 2020.
In their primetime Oprah interview in 2021, they went on to accuse an unnamed royal – later claimed to be two royals – of making a racist comment about what skin colour their son Archie would have before he was born. Harry also said Charles stopped taking his calls when he was trying to discuss stepping down as a working royal. "My father and my brother, they are trapped. They don't get to leave. And I have huge compassion for that," Harry told Winfrey.
Allegations continued in the Sussexes' Netflix documentary and Harry’s memoir Spare – both released in the months that followed the late Queen’s death and at the start of Charles’s reign. Harry claimed his brother William physically attacked him and that the King put his own interests above Harry's, and was jealous of Meghan and the Princess of Wales.
King Charles leaving The London Clinic in central London last week after his prostate surgery (PA)He also said Charles did not hug him when he told him his mother Diana, Princess of Wales had died, and that he believed the King was "never made" for single parenthood, but "to be fair, he tried". Harry also attacked the reputation of his stepmother the Queen, saying Camilla’s willingness to forge relationships with the British press made her 'dangerous' and he criticised her attempts to rehabilitate her 'image' at his cost, during a series of interviews to promote his book.
Harry was last seen alongside the royal family at the King's coronation in May, but the trip was a whirlwind one with the duke leaving immediately after to return to the US on what was his son Archie's fourth birthday.
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