{"id":135921,"date":"2025-11-15T06:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/135921\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T06:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T06:20:10","slug":"prince-harry-and-buckingham-palace-embroiled-in-communication-row-as-courtesy-claim-disputed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/135921\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Buckingham Palace embroiled in communication row as \u2018courtesy\u2019 claim disputed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new report has claimed a fresh breakdown in communication has taken place between Prince Harry and the royal household.<\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex\u2019s office claimed Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace had been informed in advance of his recent trip to Canada \u2014 a claim royal aides are understood to have disputed.<\/p>\n<p>The situation unfolded as Prince William began a five-day visit to Brazil, during which Harry\u2019s team announced that the duke would travel to Toronto to mark \u201cremembrancetide\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Harry\u2019s office told reporters that \u201cthe Palace\u201d had been informed \u201cas a courtesy\u201d before the trip was made public. <\/p>\n<p>According to The Times, neither Buckingham Palace nor Kensington Palace received any such message.<\/p>\n<p>When Harry\u2019s office was asked when the courtesy warning was given and to whom, they did not respond.<\/p>\n<p>The guidance that the Palace had been notified was interpreted by some as an attempt to signal that the duke\u2019s trip, involving multiple military-linked engagements, carried a level of royal approval. <\/p>\n<p>One source described the situation as \u201ca bit rum\u201d, claiming that nobody in either household appeared to have received advance notice.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"ef562\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"1a06840b9f41dac19c86aefa317a39b0\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%201200%20712'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/prince-harry-and-king-charles.png\" width=\"1200\" height=\"712\" alt=\"Prince Harry and King Charles\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry and Palace embroiled in communication row as \u2018courtesy\u2019 claim disputed<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Harry met soldiers from the Queen\u2019s Own Rifles of Canada, of which Queen Camilla is Colonel-in-Chief.<\/p>\n<p>He also spoke to troops from the Royal Regiment of Canada, a role held by the King since 1977.<\/p>\n<p>The duke met veterans at Sunnybrook Hospital and published an essay on his website honouring those who had died in conflict.<\/p>\n<p>However, controversy escalated further on the morning of the National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph, when photographs emerged on social media of Harry and Meghan attending Kris Jenner\u2019s James Bond\u2013themed 70th birthday party in Los Angeles, hosted by Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n<p>                LATEST ROYAL DEVELOPMENTS<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"121b8\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"bee970a3b8c31944587c54841adbf9f1\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%204800%203253'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/prince-harry.jpg\" width=\"4800\" height=\"3253\" alt=\"Prince Harry\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Harry\u2019s trip had royal and military elements linked to the King and Queen<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p>REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Images of the couple posing with Ms Jenner and Kim Kardashian were later deleted. According to insiders, their removal was requested by the Sussexes, although other sources have disputed this claim as untrue.<\/p>\n<p>The report comes at a difficult moment in relations between the King and his youngest son.<\/p>\n<p>After Harry lost his final High Court appeal over his UK security arrangements, he told the BBC he hoped for reconciliation with his family, particularly in light of the King\u2019s cancer diagnosis, saying: \u201cI don\u2019t know how much longer my father has.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since then, tensions have continued. It has been reported that Harry has written again to the Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, about security matters.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"0363b\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"4aee13fe771b3832ec0a2704de995022\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%203008%204512'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1763187610_641_prince-william.jpg\" width=\"3008\" height=\"4512\" alt=\"Prince William\"\/>Prince William was in Brazil for the Earthshot Prize Awards | GETTY<\/p>\n<p>Other disagreements have included concern inside the duke\u2019s office about leaks regarding a meeting with royal aides, and the suggestion in one newspaper that Harry had given the King a framed family photograph following a brief reunion at Clarence House.<\/p>\n<p>Harry\u2019s team accused courtiers of trying to \u201csabotage\u201d his relationship with the King. A royal source claimed the Palace was \u201csaddened and perplexed\u201d by the allegation.<\/p>\n<p>The late Queen\u2019s remark in 2021 that \u201crecollections may vary\u201d was referenced again by several sources speaking to The Times, who suggested the comment still feels relevant.<\/p>\n<p>GB News has requested comment from both the Sussexes and Buckingham Palace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new report has claimed a fresh breakdown in communication has taken place between Prince Harry and the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":135922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2897,430,156,111,139,69,3578,9855],"class_list":["post-135921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-buckingham-palace","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-prince-harry","tag-royal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}