King Charles III and Queen Camilla met with their son, Prince Harry, his wife, Meghan, and their two children on Friday for the first time in four years, according to British media reports.
The PA news agency and several other media outlets reported that Harry’s family traveled from an unspecified location in Europe for the meeting at Highgrove, Charles’s private residence in southwestern England.
Harry arrived in the UK on Monday to mark the one-year countdown to next year’s Invictus Games for wounded military veterans, which he founded.
Meghan, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, were initially expected to miss the trip, allegedly because they were denied police protection.
Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to AFP’s request for comment.
Harry and Meghan have lived in California since 2020 and the children had not seen their grandfather since 2022.
On Tuesday, Harry and other prominent figures lost a court case against the publisher of the Daily Mail, accusing the newspaper of illegal information gathering.
He is scheduled to appear at another court hearing on July 29 and 30, where he and the other six plaintiffs could be ordered to pay significant legal costs.
The prince gave emotional testimony during the trial, in which several prominent figures, including singer Elton John and actress Elizabeth Hurley, accused the tabloid editor of invading their privacy.
The case, the third and final brought by the Duke of Sussex in his bitter legal battle with the British tabloids, has further strained relations with the Royal Family.
Harry, 41, has also been involved in other legal disputes, including one over his police protection in Britain following his departure from frontline royal duties six years ago.
Harry and Meghan left Britain for North America in 2020 amid a bitter dispute with the Royal Family, which worsened after Harry published his memoirs, Spare.
He later said that he wanted to reconcile with his father.
However, the lead-up to his current trip was also marked by controversy, with media quoting sources close to Harry as saying he would stay at Buckingham Palace in London, only for the Palace to deny the claim.
The Palace said Harry had not accepted the invitation to stay at the British monarch’s official residence with sufficient notice.
Harry has long blamed the media for the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 while being pursued by paparazzi.
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