Blindsided King Charles ‘not any closer to reconciliation’ after Prince Harry b0mbshell
Prince Harry’s return to Britain has reportedly failed to bring him any closer to King Charles, with a royal commentator claiming father and son have still not spoken since the Duke arrived back in the UK with Meghan Markle and their children.
Harry and Meghan recently returned to Britain with Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, but the move has not yet produced the family reconciliation some royal watchers had expected.
Speaking on GB News, commentator Kinsey Schofield said she had heard from multiple sources that Charles was caught off guard by Harry’s return and remained unsure about his intentions.
“Prince Harry reportedly hasn’t spoken to his father since his return to the UK,” she said.
Schofield claimed the King had been “blindsided” by the move and was “perplexed” because Harry had not been clear enough about what he planned to do while living in Britain.
Those claims have not been publicly confirmed by Buckingham Palace or the Sussexes.
‘No Half In, Half Out’
The latest comments come after Charles issued formal guidance clarifying Harry and Meghan’s position within the Royal Family.
The message made clear that their physical return to Britain had not changed the arrangement established after they stepped back from royal duties.
Schofield said: “Now, we have the King putting pen to paper and making it crystal clear that Harry and Meghan are private citizens, they are not working royals, there is no half in half out arrangement.”
She added: “So while Harry may have physically moved closer to his family, it certainly doesn’t sound like they moved any closer to reconciliation.”
The Palace guidance was reportedly circulated after officials received a “number of requests” seeking clarity about how Harry and Meghan should be treated following their return.
It confirmed that they remain non-working members of the Royal Family and that their charitable activities will continue in a private capacity.
Their office will also continue operating independently of the Royal Household.
Trust Remains Major Obstacle
Schofield suggested that the deeper problem between Harry and the Royal Family is not simply physical distance but trust.
She referred to reports about Harry hoping for informal family time with Charles and his children, arguing that private hopes for reconciliation repeatedly becoming public could make rebuilding relationships more difficult.
“Harry has spent years accusing the Royal Family of briefing the media against him, but he has also spent years briefing the media himself,” she claimed.
She added that every time private conversations or ambitions appear in the press, it potentially gives royal relatives “another reason not to trust Harry.”
“You can’t rebuild trust while briefing your reconciliation strategy to journalists,” Schofield said.
She predicted that rebuilding confidence between Harry and the wider family would be “a long road back for both parties.”
Her comments represent her interpretation of the situation and information she says she received from sources rather than an official Palace account.
King’s Message Draws Firm Boundary
The latest royal guidance was issued by Lord Chamberlain Lord Benyon under the King’s instruction and distributed to senior figures across government and the military, as well as royal representatives around the country.
The purpose was to remove uncertainty around Harry and Meghan’s status now that they are once again living in Britain.
Although they remain Duke and Duchess of Sussex, they do not carry out official duties on behalf of the Sovereign.
Their return therefore brings them geographically closer to Charles and the rest of the Royal Family without restoring any formal royal role.
That distinction is central to the current tensions.
Harry’s move back to Britain may have opened the possibility of more contact with his father, but according to Schofield’s account, that contact has not yet happened.
For now, the strongest message from the Palace has been institutional rather than personal: Harry and Meghan are back in the UK, but the boundaries established after their royal departure remain firmly in place.
Whether those boundaries can coexist with a genuine family reconciliation is still unclear.
