Prince Harry is understood to be left frustrated and upset after his successful UK tour was marred by controversy and reconciliation with King Charles thrown up in the air.
The Duke of Sussex had met his father after nearly two years at Clarence House last month, for a private tea, for which the monarch had special preparations done. One source had revealed that Harry’s favourite chocolate biscuit cake was served and a birthday present was waiting for him.
Sadly, all went downhill after a report in The Sun had juxtaposed Harry to an “official visitor” rather than a family member. The spokesperson for Harry slammed at the inaccuracies of the meeting and later hit back at “men in grey suits” to “stay out” of his relationship with his father.
All progress towards the reconciliations fell apart as the King was reportedly left saddened by Harry’s remarks. Royal Expert Tom Sykes believes that harry had fallen victim to a “trap” set by his enemies.
He suggested that with his “trademark angry outburst” Harry had “walked right into its jaws by taking the bait” as he accused Palace courtiers of sabotaging his reconciliation efforts with his father.
“I believed that the palace had set a trap for Harry when insiders planted a story in the Sun saying that Harry’s meeting with his father was a distinctly chilly affair, more like an official audience than a father-son reunion,” Sykes wrote in The Royalist.
He noted that Harry was pointing the finger at his “great foes” in Charles’s office, Sir Clive Alderton (“the wasp”) and Tobyn Andreae.
Sykes explained that having provoked a response,” anti-reconciliation courtiers would now be able to say that Harry had betrayed his promise not to re-escalate tensions with the family or stoke controversy” around the September 10 meeting.