Prince Harry met his father after Charles' cancer diagnosis

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King Charles spent 30 minutes with his son Prince Harry for the first time in 16 months.

Britain's monarch, 75, revealed on Monday that she is suffering from an undisclosed form of cancer, as the Duke of Sussex reunited with son Harry, 39, in London after traveling more than 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from his US home to be by his father's side. fights disease.

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A source who saw Charles told The Sun UK how he was struggling during the meeting: “If you didn't know something was up with him, you wouldn't know.”

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Another Buckingham Palace source said the royal was “as good as ever” and was “a bit upset that his condition has affected not only his own plans but others”.

Harry's older brother William, 41, did not join his father and brother – who is said to have lost his big brother since the publication of his memoir Space, in which he revealed he fought for his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. 42.

Charles also told The Sun UK that he was waiting for his helicopter to meet Harry at Clarence House in London.

Harry landed at Heathrow around midday after a 10-and-a-half-hour overnight flight and was flown to London when he took a helicopter flight back to Sandringham to be reunited with Charles.

A source told The Sun UK that Charles was doing “very well” and “his normal self”.

The sources also said the royal made a “significant” move to postpone travel plans after his son went to see him at short notice.

Their meeting was estimated to have lasted less than half an hour, with Harry and his entourage leaving Clarence House about 45 minutes after their arrival.

It will be the first time she and Charles have met in private since Queen Elizabeth's death in 2022 aged 96, but it is understood they have been in touch by phone.

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