Prince Harry said he hoped King Charles’ cancer diagnosis would heal royal family rift in Good Morning America clip

“Look, I love my family.”

Prince Harry revealed he hoped King Charles’ cancer diagnosis would help form a bridge with the fragmented family in an interview with Good Morning America.

King Charles announced his cancer last February, with Prince Harry rushing onto a flight to see his father in Great Britain just days later.
King Charles recently underwent hospital observation (Credit: Cover Images)

Prince Harry’s Good Morning America admission

The Duke of Sussex‘s thoughts were made in a heartbreaking interview last year.

Ahead of the 2025 Invictus Games, the 40-year-old visited Whistler, British Columbia. It was only a week after he flew from Montecito in California where he lives with his wife and children, to London, to visit his dad.

The dad-of-two spoke to his father about his diagnosis and then made a plan to visit him in person. Reports say they met for under an hour before Charles and Queen Camilla left for a pre-arranged engagement.

He told the show: “I jumped on a plane and went to go see him as soon as I could.

“Look, I love my family. The fact that I was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend any time with him, I’m grateful for that.”

The prince added he would stop in and see his family as. much as he could with planned trips back to the UK in the future.
His Majesty revealed his diagnosis in February 2024 (Credit: Tayfun Salci/ZUMA Press/Cover Images)

Prince Harry hoped King Charles’ cancer would bring the family together

When asked if his dad’s illness would unite the royals, he was adamant it would.

The prince said: “Yeah, I’m sure.

“Throughout all of these families, I see it on a day-to-day basis,- again, the strength of the family unit coming together.

“So, yeah, I think any illness, any sickness, brings families together. I see it time and time again, and that makes me very happy.”
Prince Harry spoke about his father to Good Morning America (Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images)
 

King Charles was diagnosed with cancer after undergoing a routine procedure for an enlarged prostate. An ‘issue was noted’ during his hospital visit. Buckingham Palace has not disclosed the type of cancer the monarch has, but clarified it was not prostate cancer.

The king underwent hospital observation this week following side-effects from his cancer treatment. Recovering at home at Clarence House he postponed his engagements for the rest of the week, Buckingham Palace announced.

The duke has been open about his strained relationship with his father, speaking about it in his memoir Spare. He revealed intimate details about the rift, claiming he felt ignored and betrayed by his father.