If the King avoids Harry and Meghan again, there’s no coming back

King Charles wants reconciliation with Prince Harry and will set aside time for him, Meghan, Archie and Lilibet if they make a rare trip to Britain next month, it was claimed today.

The monarch would likely want to keep any reunion private - and meet on a royal property - if the family do all visit the UK together in mid-July.

But Queen Camilla may find an excuse not to be there and there is 'no way' the Prince and Princess of Wales will want to be in the same room as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex , experts have said.

Palace aides will also be wary that Harry and Meghan could use the trip as another relaunch amid reports they could be accompanied to the UK by a Netflix camera crew.

'Cynics would say Harry and Meghan feel their star power in the US has diminished and so they need an injection of royal magic,' royal expert and biographer Phil Dampier said.

It will be the first time in four years that the Duke of Sussex and his family have visited the UK, in time for the one-year countdown to the 2027 Invictus Games for injured servicemen in Birmingham .

But not everyone in Harry's family will be as keen to see them as King Charles, particularly his wife and eldest son.

Phil Dampier said: 'The King wants a reconciliation with his son and wants to see his grandchildren. I think he will want to avoid a public meeting on this trip as it would turn into a circus, but would meet them privately.

'But whether Queen Camilla is keen to meet is another matter. It wouldn't surprise me if she has some family commitment to go to and avoids them. She will feel she was badly treated in Harry's book Spare.'

He added: 'There is now no way, however, that Harry will meet up with William and Catherine .'

Harry wrote in Spare that he and William begged Charles not to marry 'dangerous' Camilla, adding that he feared she would one day be his 'wicked stepmother'.

Prince Harry and Meghan with Charles and Camilla at a Buckingham Palace party in May 2018

William and Kate with Harry and Meghan in Windsor after Queen Elizabeth II's death in 2022

Charles, according to Harry, also pleaded with his sons during a tense meeting after the Duke of Edinburgh's funeral: 'Please, boys. Don't make my final years a misery.'

Harry, who claimed in his memoir that William physically attacked him in 2019 and pushed him into a dog bowl, remains estranged from his brother and sister-in-law.

Phil Dampier said: 'He [Harry] has been making it clear in recent months that he  wants a reconciliation with his family , but how genuine that is only he knows.

'Harry's aim is to get him [Charles] along to the Invictus Games as guest of honour next year.'

Mr Dampier also believes that the fact all four Sussexes are coming to the UK suggests that Harry has had 'assurances' they will get taxpayer-funded armed bodyguards .

'No one knows what security arrangements have been made for Harry and Meghan's trip next month, but the fact she is coming with their children indicates they have been given some assurances,' he said.

'It may be that security is provided on a case-by-case basis in future.

'I don't think taxpayers would want to finance their security full time, so this is a compromise.'

Royal commentator Richard Palmer says the Palace remains worried about Meghan and Harry's motives for wanting contact with the Royal Family again .

Aides are concerned about whether to trust them, given all the secrets they have spilled since Megxit.

He said: 'There remains a fair degree of suspicion within the Royal Household, and there is the fear that they will use any meetings with the monarch to try to boost their commercial brand. But against that, the King wants to have a relationship with his grandchildren.

'If Archie and Lilibet are coming over, then I think it makes it highly likely that the Sussexes will spend time with the King. There's a good chance that this could be the start of the family coming to terms with the rift and starting to try to rebuild relationships.

'It may never be the same, but families can learn to move on and reach some sort of accommodation after these types of rifts.

'Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales may be more cautious about meeting. It may take more for them to be won over, but this could be the start of something.'

Prince Harry and Meghan with their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet in a photo released by the duchess for the couple's Christmas greeting in December 2025

Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, have not seen their grandfather King Charles III since their last trip to Britain in June 2022 for Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee.

The Duchess of Sussex has not made a long trip to the UK since the late Queen's funeral that September, only stopping over in London on foreign tours.

She and Harry were booed on the steps of St Paul's Cathedral last time they were seen by the public almost four years ago.

Harry is said to be satisfied with security arrangements for the visit in mid-July and is now…