King Charles left ‘disappointed’ by Prince Harry’s decision to leak private chat to press
A royal expert has shared details of an intimate conversation which was once leaked to the press between Prince Harry and King Charles – which left the monarch “disappointed”.
When King Charles celebrated his milestone 75th anniversary on November 14, 2023, Prince Harry called his father, and sent him a video of his two young children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, singing and wishing birthday greetings to their grandpa.
But the aftermath of the phone call, left the King “really disappointed” according to the Daily Mail’s royal editor, Rebecca English.
She told the podcast Palace Confidential: “One thing I did find out is how really disappointed the King was back in November when Harry did call him to wish him not just a happy 75th birthday but also his children did a little video singing happy birthday to the grandpa they barely even see.”
She added: “And within hours of that happening that was leaked from the Sussex side to favoured media and that really crossed the line in the sand for the Royal Family because so very little of their lives is genuinely private.”
Tensions are high between Prince Harry and his family, especially in the aftermath of the release of Harry’s bombshell memoir Spare, where he railed against his family and revealed things about them in some of their most private moments.
Prince Harry was last in the UK weeks ago to attend the funeral of his late uncle Lord Robert Fellowes, the husband of Princess Diana’s sister Lady Jane Fellowes.
The Duke of Sussex last saw his father in February 2024 when he flew into the UK after King Charles publicly announced his cancer diagnosis, and the two met in Clarence House for a brief 45-minute meeting.
