HARRYING OVER
Prince Harry caused ‘disquiet’ by ‘taking it upon himself’ to fly over with no invitation at short notice, expert says
Harry only spoke with his dad for 30 minutes before heading back to the airport
PRINCE Harry caused "disquiet" by "taking it upon himself" to fly over to London with no invitation at such short notice, an expert has said.
The Duke of Sussex, 39, made a transatlantic dash on Tuesday after King Charles' shock cancer diagnosis - but only for a brief 30-minute meeting.
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Friends and family of the King, 75, say his spirits remain high as he fights his latest health battle.
Charles is currently taking time off from his public-facing royal duties, after the unspecified cancer was detected during tests when he was treated for an enlarged prostate.
Charles has now returned to Sandringham, in Norfolk, where he will rest in between treatments as an out-patient.
During his one-night stay in the capital, with Camilla, 76, by his side, Prince Harry jetted in to visit him after 16 months without face-to-face contact.
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But royal expert Robert Jobson said while Charles was "touched" by the gesture, Harry was "not invited" to travel the 5,500 miles.
He told : "I am told that the reality is both more complex and more troubling – that Harry caused some disquiet by ‘taking it upon himself’ to fly over unbidden and at such short notice.
"Put bluntly, the King was unhappy about what amounted to a fait accompli served up by an emotional but well-meaning son.
"Charles just needs peace and quiet right now and had planned to fly off to the tranquillity of Norfolk with his wife, the Queen, much earlier on Tuesday.
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"Yet thanks to Harry’s intervention, their Majesties were left kicking their heels at Clarence House, their main London home, while they waited for the errant younger son to appear."
Harry did not spend the night on the royal estate and is thought to have stayed in a hotel instead.
Last year Charles ordered Harry and Meghan to vacate Frogmore Cottage, their home in Windsor.
The Sussexes now reportedly need a "formal invitation" to be able to stay with the royals on "protected property".
Before Harry made the journey back to wife Meghan and kids Archie and Lilibet, it is understood he did not meet up with Prince William.
Sources had earlier said the Prince of Wales had "no plans" to see his brother during his brief stint in the UK.
It comes as Wills made a return to public engagements on Wednesday.
The prince publicly acknowledged his father's health shock at a fundraising gala in London.
He cracked a joke about "getting away from it all" during a speech at a fundraiser for the London Air Ambulance Charity.
Wills was also heard thanking Brits for their well-wishes ahead of the event.
Inside Charles’s 30-minute reunion with Harry after King delayed helicopter to Sandringham so he could welcome his son
KING Charles spent 30 minutes with estranged son Harry — their first meeting in 16 months.
The Duke flew 5,000 miles from the US to London after his dad’s cancer diagnosis.
The Duke of Sussex, 39, landed at Heathrow at lunchtime following a ten-and-a-half hour overnight flight.
He was whisked to London while Charles, 75, delayed a helicopter flight to Sandringham so they could hold their first meeting in 16 months.
The King was said to be “doing very well” and “entirely his normal self”.
A friend who saw His Majesty said: “If you didn’t know there was anything wrong with him you wouldn’t know.”
Another Palace source said the King was “on his usual good form”, and “just a little frustrated that his condition has affected not just his own plans but impacted on others”.
Wills told guests at London's Raffles Hotel: "Thank you for being here. And thank you to all those whose hard work has made this evening possible.
"I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you, also, for the kind messages of support for Catherine and for my father, especially in recent days. It means a great deal to us all.
Then in a light-hearted joke amid a stressful past three weeks, he added: "It's fair to say the past few weeks have had a rather “medical” focus.
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"So I thought I'd come to an air ambulance function to get away from it all."
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