{"id":520355,"date":"2026-04-08T22:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520355\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T22:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T22:32:09","slug":"king-charles-and-queen-camillas-big-trust-issues-amid-harry-and-meghan-reunion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/520355\/","title":{"rendered":"King Charles and Queen Camilla&#8217;s &#8216;big trust issues&#8217; amid Harry and Meghan &#8216;reunion&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A royal author has suggested there is one thing which could ruin the Royal Family reunion<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/0_Project-Healthy-Minds-3rd-Annual-Gala.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Meghan Markle and Prince Harry\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Meghan Markle and Prince Harry(Image: WireImage)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A potential reunion between Prince Harry and King Charles faces complications due to ongoing &#8216;trust issues&#8217; between the two sides, a royal author has claimed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Harry reportedly &#8216;would like&#8217; an invitation from his father to visit Sandringham this summer with his wife Meghan Markle and their children.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He is expected to fly to the UK to celebrate the one-year countdown to next year&#8217;s Invictus Games, which is being held in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Birmingham<\/a> next year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to royal writer Richard Palmer, there are some big hurdles to overcome &#8211; but a private invitation is not completely out of the question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">READ MORE: <a aria-label=\"How detectives &#039;unpicked lies&#039; cruel mother told after killing her own babyLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/black-country\/how-detectives-unpicked-lies-cruel-33565866\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">How detectives &#8216;unpicked lies&#8217; cruel mother told after killing her own baby<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said &#8216;tension&#8217; remains between the two sides but it is clear &#8216;the Sussexes&#8217; team is in contact with Buckingham Palace&#8217;, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/us-celebrity-news\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-warned-36955689\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Mirror reports.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Palmer said: &#8220;I can see one potential problem there, which is if Meghan is launching As Ever in the UK during a visit here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The King won\u2019t want to be the backdrop or to be seen to be endorsing a commercial launch like that, so it will be important to consider the timing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;But when they came over for Trooping the Colour during the Queen Elizabeth\u2019s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, a senior source close to Charles stressed how wonderful it had been for him to see his grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I think he\u2019s genuinely missing out there and regretting missing out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">READ MORE: <a aria-label=\"Secret to getting the best of BirminghamLive&#039;s storiesLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/secret-getting-best-birminghamlives-stories-33397616\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Secret to getting the best of BirminghamLive&#8217;s stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">King Charles and Queen Camilla are expected to spend at least a week at Sandringham in July, following in the tradition of the late Queen Elizabeth II and <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/the-queen\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">The Queen<\/a> Mother.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Palmer said: &#8220;The Queen and Prince Phillip essentially took over the duties of the Queen Mother as Patron of the RHS Sandringham Flower Show, and would have a week up at Sandringham roundabout at that time in July, where she&#8217;d invite friends to a huge house party.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Charles carried on the tradition and used to invite some of the Queen Mothers&#8217; old friends to come, and then over the years it became more his friends and there were people like Jules Holland and Lord Rothschild.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;So it\u2019s likely that Charles and Camilla will be there for a few days in July, and it would make perfect sense for Harry and Meghan and the children to go and stay at a royal residence with the King, if they\u2019re hoping to try and build bridges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"Don&#039;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter hereLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t miss the biggest and breaking stories by signing up to the BirminghamLive newsletter here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A new book published last month claimed Camilla told a friend that Meghan had &#8216;brainwashed&#8217; Harry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The claims in Betrayal: Power, Deceit And The Fight For The Future Of The <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/royal-family\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Royal Family<\/a> led the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to release a statement accusing its author Tom Bower of writing a &#8216;deranged conspiracy&#8217; theory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In his own memoir Spare, Harry described how he and <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-william\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Prince William<\/a> &#8216;begged&#8217; Charles not to marry Camilla, and that he wondered if she would become a &#8216;wicked stepmother&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Palmer said the path to an in-person reconciliation this summer &#8211; which could include his children Prince Archie, six, and Princess Lilibet, four &#8211; will not be particularly smooth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said: &#8220;But it\u2019s not clear how keen Charles, or particularly Camilla is, on having that sort of reconciliation at the moment, I think they still have big trust issues with the Sussexes after what has happened and been said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;I get the impression that there are still massive tensions over what Harry has said about Camilla.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A royal author has suggested there is one thing which could ruin the Royal Family reunion Meghan Markle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520356,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,100,983,223,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-520355","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-gb","10":"tag-meghan-markle","11":"tag-prince-harry","12":"tag-royal-family","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520355\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}