The King has been reunited with his grandchildren after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited the head of state at his country home, it is understood.
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Charles welcomed Meghan and Harry’s children to his Highgrove residence during the afternoon after days of speculation over whether the family meeting would take place.
It is understood the Queen who has a private home near to the King’s Gloucestershire property was also among the group.
The meeting between Charles and the young prince and princess is likely to be interpreted as a sign of the thawing of the relationship between the King and his son Harry.
The pair were estranged for some time especially after Harry criticised his father, stepmother Camilla, brother the Prince of Wales and sister-in-law Kate in his Oprah interview, Netflix documentary, interviews and his autobiography Spare, after stepping down from the working monarchy six years ago.
His rift with William is ongoing and shows no sign of abating and the family reunion took place during the same afternoon William was playing in a charity polo match at Windsor.
In February 2024 Harry made a transatlantic dash from his Californian home to Britain to see his father following his cancer diagnosis, which may have led to the first steps in a reconciliation between the pair.
Harry had planned to bring his family to the UK while he undertook a week-long series of events promoting charities and organisations close to his heart including the Invictus Games he founded.
Security issues prevented Meghan and the children travelling with him on Monday but it appears concerns over safety were mitigated to allow the visit to Highgrove to take place.
In the run-up to the reunion there was a public disagreement about royal accommodation for the duke that ended with Harry finding his own private lodgings but rumours persisted of Meghan travelling to the UK with their children.
The duke has had an eventful week, on Tuesday he lost his High Court claim, made with a group of celebrities, against the Daily Mail’s publishers over alleged unlawful information gathering.
But he was mobbed by nurses as he walked through Birmingham Children’s Hospital to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a specialist nursing program funded by the Charity WellChild, and he spoke about the “financial difficulties” facing the NHS.
He launched the one-year to go countdown for his Invictus Games at the tournament’s host city Birmingham on Friday, taking part in a series of exhibition matches including wheelchair rugby.
The week-long series of official events in the UK will end for Harry on Saturday when he attends Scotty’s Summer Festival at Maxstoke Castle in Warwickshire, in his role as global ambassador of Scotty’s Little Soldier, a charity supporting bereaved military children and young people.
Harry has faced a protracted legal battle with the Home Office over the security arrangements for him and his family when in the UK after his level of protection changed when he stepped down as a working royal in 2020.
The duke had been waiting for a review by the Risk Management Board, part of the process by which the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures rules on his security requirements, but found out last Friday this has yet to take place.
The Sussex family are not eligible to receive taxpayer-funded protection while in the UK, other than when within royal residences, so it remains to be seen if visits by Archie and Lilibet to see their grandfather the King will become common place.