The insider also pointed out that while Charles and William don’t meet every week, this has always been the case, and should not be taken as a sign of strain.
Meetings and Family Priorities
Royal correspondent Rebecca English confirmed that both Charles and William are currently in Scotland, although their private meetings are rarely publicized. She noted that the two men see each other more often than before, largely because of the King’s ongoing cancer treatment and Princess Kate’s recent health struggles.
An insider added: “If prioritising his family helps make him [William] a better King, it’s got to be a good investment. The Prince of Wales…lost his beloved grandmother, his brother, and has faced terrible heartache with his father and his wife.”
Claims of Tension Following Harry’s Visit
Reports of friction between Charles and William intensified after the King’s meeting with Prince Harry. Royal author Tina Brown, writing in the New York Times, suggested the King had multiple reasons for agreeing to see his younger son.
She wrote: “Charles knows that in these times of ugly political discord, a fractured royal family is a bad look…It’s no secret that Charles desperately misses his ‘prodigal son’ who, in earlier days, was always the fun, ebullient scamp compared with the haughtier, more Hanoverian William.”
Brown further claimed that Charles has grown weary of William’s “self-righteous intractability” and wishes to “re-embrace Harry,” though only if Harry refrains from launching further public attacks against the monarchy.
