Why King Charles won’t see Prince Harry or grandchildren Prince Archie Princess Lilibet during US visit: Royal Briefing vodcast hosts Natalie Oliveri and Nicole Douglas discuss King Charles’s US state visit, Prince William and Kate Middleton’s 15th wedding anniversary | Exclusive

Royal Briefing is a new vodcast on nine.com.au discussing the biggest royal stories from around the world. The first three episodes can now be viewed on YouTube.

With three days to go and only one to go, the State visit of the king to the US has been a resounding success in proving the power of the royal family’s soft diplomacy.

But many royal watchers believe that amid the triumph of Charles’ mission to pour oil on troubled waters (he’s been dubbed the Trump Whisperer), a glaring mistake has been made in the king’s four-day itinerary.

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It’s kind of an elephant in the royal family’s room.

The king has traveled to the US for assignments in Washington DC, New York City and Virginia Queen Camille.

But there are no plans for the monarch to see his California-based son Prince Harry or his two grandchildren, Prince Archiesix, and Princess Lilibetfour.

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Simply put, the king is on a state visit – the highest level of all foreign travel – and there is no time for family trips.

For nine.com.aus entertainment editor Nicole Douglas, that excuse doesn’t cut it.

“We have to remember that at the end of the day he is a 77-year-old man. He won’t have all the time in the world to see his grandchildren – he has been diagnosed with cancer,” says Douglas in the latest episode of the new vodcast Royal briefing.

“He’s literally in the same country as them. How long will he be able to travel all the way here to see them in their own home and spend time with them?

‘It would be a shame if he didn’t [although] I see he probably won’t.”

Nine.com.au’s royal reporter Natalie Oliveri says a visit to Montecito, where the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and their children live, would be inappropriate during the King’s state visit.

“Montecito is on the other side of the country [to where Charles and Camilla are on the east coast] and it would be a logistical nightmare if the king and queen came to California,” Oliver says Royal briefing.

“[Perhaps] they could meet halfway – Harry and Meghan could travel to the other side of America and have a private meeting [with the king].”

In Royal briefingDouglas and Oliveri discuss the King’s tour so far, which is called ‘the most important mission of his government while the monarch acts as a kind of mediator between the US and Britain, who have been at odds for months over several key global issues.

The King’s state visit is subject to strict protocol, deadlines and very tight schedules. Every assignment is planned down to the minute and free time is almost non-existent.

Duty comes first. Family, second.

Oliveri added: “Many people will criticize the king for not seeing Harry and his grandchildren

“[But] This is no ordinary family.”

Douglas disagrees.

“Charles the grandfather would absolutely love to see his grandchildren,” she says.

“Charles the monarch knows this is probably not the right move. But for Harry it feels like a slap in the face.”

Oliveri adds, “But that’s his job. It’s his duty first, his family second.”

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