Prince Harry reportedly wrote a “deeply personal” letter to Father Charles before his return to the UK, the only way he could get there after a “complete disruption of communication”.
Harry, who caught up with Oprah Winfrey to stop her father from receiving calls, wrote the missive from her California mansion before heading to Grandfather Prince Philip’s funeral, The Mirror said.
He was “forced to write letters” due to a “complete breakdown of communication,” a source close to Harry told the British newspaper.
The Duke of Sussex previously admitted to Gayle King that a first call with his father after his explosive message from Oprah “was not productive”.
In his letter, Harry, 36, reaffirmed his “reasons for leaving” life in the UK as a royal lord, promising to “respect the institution” of the monarchy, sources told The Mirror.
After Philip’s funeral on Saturday, Harry spent personal time with his father, meeting with him and his brother, Prince William, at Harry’s former British home, Frogmore Cottage, according to numerous British reports. .
They were initially joined by William’s wife, alleged “pacifier” Kate Middleton, but left after about two hours so the siblings and her father could overthrow their differences, sources told The Sun.
“Obviously Harry felt overwhelmed in numbers, as there are three of them and only one of them wanted him to be on the grass,” a source said of the meeting at Frogmore.
Princess Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, who currently live in the house, were “scarce” when the group arrived and “hammered things,” a source told the newspaper.
As a sign of distrust caused by Harry in his TV interview, Charles, 72, and William, 38, insisted on meeting together, a source told MailOnline.
“It was important for Charles and William to be together. It means that nothing that can be talked about can be misinterpreted in the future, “a source told the network.
Another source told the media that she was only the first in one of the many “baby steps” in the reconciliation attempts.