Prince Harry rejected King Charles’ offer to stay in royal residence during UK trip: report

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stayed at a hotel during the three-day trip instead. Charles’ friends told The Sunday Times that the monarch, 75, was willing to let his youngest son enjoy royal accommodations in London, where Harry visited last week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.The friends claimed that had Harry stayed in a royal residence, it would’ve been “easier” for him to see Charles amidst their estranged relationship.

But sources close to Harry alleged that Charles chose not to see his son during the trip — which Charles’ friends claimed is untrue. “It’s all very sad,” a friend of the king said to The Sunday Times. “While it is true that the King is understandably wary about meeting with Harry, given the publicity circus that seems to surround all such visits, he did of course agree to see his son at the most vulnerable moment of his illness, and at very short notice.”The friend continued, “While he was hardly going to roll out the red carpet the moment this Invictus trip was announced, with doctors advising him to focus on his treatment and recovery, the idea that he refused to find space in his diary … well, let’s say recollections may vary once again.”On the flip side, a friend of Harry’s insisted that the Duke of Sussex made a request to see his father well ahead of his trip to his birth country. “I can’t imagine that request fell through the gaps.

Even if they didn’t get a request, which I don’t believe, could His Majesty not have made a request to see his son? It was widely known he was coming,” the friend said.Harry’s friends who allegedly spent time with him in London claimed Harry was “deeply stung” over not seeing Charles.“It surprises me a lot.