Prince Harry's recent overture for reconciliation with King Charles has been met with a wall of resistance from Buckingham Palace, as insiders accuse the exiled royal of leveraging his children for personal security guarantees-an action the King has reportedly labeled "bribery in all but name."
"I would love reconciliation with my family," Harry said in a recent BBC interview. "There's no point in continuing to fight anymore." But the Duke of Sussex's comments come as his relationship with his father, King Charles III, continues to deteriorate following his failed legal challenge to reinstate police protection in the United Kingdom.
Sources close to the Palace told RadarOnline.com that King Charles is "disgusted" by alleged efforts by Harry and Meghan Markle to condition royal access to their children, Archie and Lilibet, on security arrangements. "Withholding his access to his grandchildren as he fights cancer is just disgusting in his view, and has ruined any chances Harry had of a reconciliation with the royals," a senior palace insider said.
Tom Quinn, a royal commentator, added: "Charles believes Harry should let bygones be bygones for the sake of Archie and Lilibet, but he senses that access to the children is being used as a bargaining chip and that, in Charles' view, is unforgivable."
Harry, speaking from Montecito, California, emphasized that security concerns are the sole reason he won't bring his family to the U.K. "I can't see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point," he said. "I love my country... and I think that it's really quite sad that I won't be able to show my children my homeland."
The royal family's distrust of Harry and Meghan remains high, with biographer Sally Bedell Smith telling People magazine, "The King and William don't trust Harry and Meghan with any kind of confidential conversation."
Harry's relationship with Prince William, 42, is equally frigid. "The brothers have not spoken, and there is little chance they ever will again," a family friend told RadarOnline.com, noting that their estrangement has remained unchanged since Queen Elizabeth II's funeral in 2022.
The internal rupture arrives at a delicate time for the monarchy. King Charles, 76, is currently undergoing treatment for cancer, and while his health has sparked concern, officials insist he is coping well. "The thing you learn about this illness is that you just manage it and that's what he does," a royal aide told The Telegraph. "He has dealt with his illness in a very human way."
Still, uncertainty lingers. A source told NewsNationNow that the monarch refused chemotherapy in favor of less invasive treatments, a move that has reportedly worried Harry. "He won't speak to me because of this security stuff," the Duke said. "But it would be nice to reconcile. Life is precious. I don't know how much longer my father has."
