HARRY SPED VISIT TO HIS AILING DAD
Relationship appears better after king’s cancer diagnosis
Prince Harry and King Charles appear to have put some of their differences aside in the wake of the British monarch’s cancer diagnosis.
The Duke of Sussex, 39, broke his silence on the matter for an interview with “Good Morning America” while he and wife Meghan Markle were attending a training camp for the 2025 Invictus Winter Games in Whistler, Canada.
“I spoke to him. I jumped on a plane and went to go see him as soon as I could,” Harry said when asked how he got the news of Charles’ diagnosis. “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.”
Earlier this month, one day after King Charles’ cancer was announced, Harry rushed to the U.K. for a 24-hour visit. During that time, he and his dad reportedly met for 30 minutes at London’s Clarence House, where Charles was resting after undergoing some treatment.
Harry went on to say he believes his father’s illness could “absolutely” have a “reunifying effect” amid the years of tension that have plagued the royal family, particularly in regard to Harry and Meghan’s 2020 departure from senior royal duties.
Harry’s 2023 memoir, “Spare,” also notably caused a great deal of strain among the family for airing much of the royals’ dirty laundry.
“I have my own family, as we all do. My family and my life in California is as it is,” Harry said of how he’s handling living so far away while so much is happening back in England. “I’ve got other trips planned that would take me through the U.K. or back to the U.K., so I’ll stop in and see my family as much as I can.”
But when asked about the outlook of his 75-year-old father’s health, Harry said, “That stays between me and him.”
Last month, Buckingham Palace announced Charles would be treated for an enlarged prostate — “in common with thousands of men each year.” His treatment coincided with daughter-in-law Kate Middleton’s hospitalization for what Kensington Palace said was a previously scheduled abdominal surgery.
It was during Charles’ hospital stay that doctors discovered a form of cancer unrelated to the enlarged prostate.
“During the king’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted,” the family said in a statement. “Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer.”
Following their individual treatments, Charles and Kate are both recuperating at the family’s Sandringham Estate, a 20,000acre property on east England’s Norfolk Coast.