LONDON: King Charles III and his wife Camilla met his son Prince Harry, his wife Meghan and their two children on Friday for the first time in four years.

According to TV reports, Harry’s family had travelled from an unspecified destination in Europe for the meeting.

Harry arrived in Britain on Monday in a visit to mark the one-year countdown to next year’s Invictus Games for wounded veterans, which he founded.

Meghan, seven-year-old son Archie and daughter Lilibet, 5, were initially set to miss the trip reportedly because they were refused police protection.

Harry and Meghan have lived in California since 2020 and the children had not seen their grandfather since 2022.

On Tuesday, Harry and other high-profile figures lost a court case they had brought against the Daily Mail tabloid in which they had accused it of unlawful information gathering.

He will now face another court hearing on July 29 and 30, which could see him and the six other complainants ordered to pay substantial legal costs.

The prince gave emotional testimony during the proceedings in which several high-profile figures, including singer Elton John and actor Elizabeth Hurley, accused the tabloid publisher of invading their privacy.

The case, the third and final one brought by the Duke of Sussex in his acrimonious legal battle with British tabloids, has further strained relations with the royal family.

Harry, 41, has also been involved in other legal spats, including over his police protection in Britain following his dramatic departure from frontline royal duties six years ago. Harry and Meghan left Britain for North America in 2020 amid a bitter feud with his family.­

Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2026