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Prince Harry’s transatlantic dash makes people fear Charles’s condition is even WORSE and ‘stirs royal pot’, expert says
Robert Jobson told The Sun's brilliant new Royal Exclusive show why Harry's visit has sparked 'drama'
PRINCE Harry's transatlantic dash has made people fear Charles's condition is even worse and "stirs the royal pot", an expert has claimed.
Harry flew thousands of miles from his California home on Tuesday to be at the King's side following his cancer shock.
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He met with his father for around half an hour at Clarence House, in their first face-to-face encounter for 16 months.
There was no meeting between Harry and William, who have not spoken for more than a year.
Harry was pictured arriving at for his flight back at 1.30pm on Wednesday - just 26 hours after landing.
Royal expert Robert Jobson told The Sun's Royal Exclusive show that Harry's dash could make concerned Brits fear for the worst.
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He said: "This is one of the reasons Charles probably didn't want all the drama.
"The fact of Harry flying over does give the suggestion that his condition may be a lot worse than it actually may well be.
"I think a lot of people will be sitting there thinking, ' Oh well, it must be bad because he's on the plane'.
"Harry brings with him a certain drama. Will there be a reconciliation with William and the King? It stirs that whole pot."
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Jobson added the rift between Harry and Queen Camilla could be the reason the prince's meeting with Charles was so short.
He said: "The Queen was with the King. Let's be honest - he wasn't too complimentary about Queen Camilla in his book Spare.
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"He wasn't very complimentary about her on Netflix. They don't get on."
Jobson added: "Second, there's not been a lot of contact.
"That brings its own level of complexity and drama which he doesn't need at the moment.
"The royals do stick to a pretty military clock. You have to get the helicopter pilot there, all these things.
"So his plans had to be changed. The one thing the King doesn't like is changing his plans.
"He gave him long enough for a kiss and hug, and wished him all the best."
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KING Charles has bravely broken with royal protocol by sharing his cancer diagnosis.
Senior royals have in past been tight-lipped about their health battles.
The last top royal diagnosed with cancer was Charles's grandfather George VI.
Heavy smoker George had his left lung removed for "structural abnormalities" in September 1951, months before he died.
The "abnormalities" were actually a life-threatening carcinoma, but the public never learned about George's cancer ordeal.
Buckingham Palace said Charles wanted to share his cancer diagnosis to boost "public understanding" for cancer patients worldwide.
Last night Harry made a joke-heavy speech in Las Vegas as he handed out a "Man of the Year"; award - without mentioning his father.
The Duke of Sussex, 39, shocked fans as he took to the stage during the 2024 NFL Honors in Las Vegas.
At the awards ceremony, Harry joked that Americans "stole rugby from us and made it your own".
He added: "Instead of passing it backwards, just pass it forwards.
"Why not wear pads and a helmet?
"Of course, have an offence and defence - that makes sense.
"And why not have a breather every 15 seconds?
"And you know what? Instead of a 10-month season, let's just make it 18 weeks. Genius.
"All kidding aside, what you guys do on and off the field is truly remarkable.
"You are role models for millions in the way you carry yourselves and the way you give back.";
It is the first time Harry has spoken publicly since King Charles' and comes just hours after he visited his father on Tuesday.
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Receiving the gong, DE Cameron Heyward said: "Classic. ‘Prince freakin’ Harry.
"I’m in shock. That’s Prince Harry."
Prince Harry's tense visits to Britain since Megxit
Relations between Charles and Harry were previously feared by some to be fractured beyond repair amid the fallout over their royal row.
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told The Sun in December: “Charles and Harry’s relationship was at an all-time low before but this may have fractured it beyond all repair.
“It could spell the end game for them.”
Hopes of a reconciliation had been raised after Harry called Charles to wish him a happy 75th birthday last month and sent a video of the King’s US-based grandkids Archie, now four, and Lilibet, two.
And now, Harry has jetted back from the UK following his first face-to-face meeting with Charles for 16 months.
Here's a look inside their fractured relationship since Megxit.
January 2020 - Harry and Meghan make their 'Megxit' flight, leaving for Canada, eventually setting up home in California, USA.
March 2021 - Harry and Meghan give their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey where Harry accused his dad of cutting him off financially.
July 2021 Harry jets back to UK to join William in unveiling a statue to their mother Princess Diana in the grounds of Kensington Palace.
But sources claimed William didn’t want to attend the memorial amid their ongoing rift.
Pals said at the time: “William was still furious. He had taken the view that he’d only give so much. He just didn’t want to go there [with Harry].”
September 2022 - Harry jets to the UK for Prince Philip's funeral. Meghan Markle, who was heavily pregnant at the time, was unable to attend due to doctor's orders not to fly.
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September 2022 - The duke claimed he found out Queen Elizabeth had died in an online news alert.
He jetted to Balmoral without Meghan, and claimed in Spare that she was told she should not attend by Charles.
Harry travelled on a separate flight to his brother William - who travelled with the rest of the family.
The duke wrote in his memoir: "When the plane started to descend I saw that my phone lit up. It was a message from Meg: 'Call me when you get this.' I looked at the BBC website. My grandmother had died. My father was King."
Harry and Meghan were sat behind Charles at the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey.
March 2023 - Harry is told King Charles is "too busy" to see him while he's in the UK for a privacy hearing, according to reports.
The Duke had jetted to the UK to attend a four-day preliminary hearing at the High Court in London regarding his battle with publisher Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) over allegations of unlawful information gathering.
It was the first time the Prince was back on home soil since the Queen's funeral.
Harry flew back to the US once the hearing was over.
April 2023 - Harry has a "heart-to-heart" talk with his dad before agreeing to come to the Coronation in London
The Duke travelled alone to attend the ceremony on May 6.
Harry headed straight back to the US following the coronation in Westminster Abbey.
He did not appear to speak to his brother William or sister-in-law Kate Middleton at the ceremony - taking a backseat and sitting in the third row at the ceremony.
September 2023 - Prince Harry visits the UK for the annual WellChild Awards, a charity of which he has been patron for 15 years.
But the Duke is not thought to have met his father, as the King had "no time" in his diary to see his son, it was reported.
January 2024 - Harry flies to be with Charles after the monarch's shock cancer diagnosis.
The two have their first meeting for more than 16 months at Clarence House, lasting half an hour.
Harry does not meet William and flies back to the US the following day.
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