‘Legal jeopardy’ reason why King Charles and Prince Harry missed each other again in London, says royal author Robert Hardman

Prince Harry and King Charles have yet again been unable to meet despite being in London at the same time this weekend

The father-son duo appeared to have had a sliding doors moment, with the King landing at 10:30am on Sunday for a scheduled cancer treatment before heading off to Italy, while his son landed at 3:30pm for his High Court proceedings, with a source telling Hello Magazine that the meeting was “not possible”.

But royal author Robert Hardman posits there may be another reason behind their lack of reunion.

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“There is legal jeopardy which is the simple fact that here you have the son of the King suing the King’s ministers in the King’s court and that just creates all sorts of legal problems,” he told Palace Confidential.

“It would only need Harry to have a conversation with his father and then afterwards let slip, ‘Oh my dad said this or my dad said that’ and as we know, he does repeat conversations quite readily,” said the author of Charles III – The Inside Story.

“That could lead to all sorts of problems.

“It could actually bring down a court case because the king is the fount of justice. He has got to be very careful.”

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The 40-year-old royal was in court to challenge the dismissal of his legal action against the Home Office over the decision by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures that he and his family – Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet – should receive a different degree of taxpayer-funded protection in the UK.

The royal told the Telegraph UK his “worst fears have been confirmed” after hearing secret evidence in court, convinced that the protections were removed in order to keep himself and his wife Meghan in Britain after they announced their intention to leave the royal family in 2020.

Speaking as he left the Royal Courts of Justice following a two-day appeal hearing over the decision, he said: “We were trying to create this happy house.”

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