which he will mark at a ceremony in St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday.
HELLO! understands the Duke will not meet with his father while in the UK this week “due to His Majesty’s full programme”. A source says
: “The Duke of course is understanding of his father’s diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon.”One of the King’s activities is the hosting of a garden party on Wednesday, the first garden party of the year and one of the monarch’s first major activities since his cancer diagnosis.
On Tuesday, Charles also met with Major General the Hon. Sitiveni Rabuka, the prime minister of the Republic of Fiji.HELLO!’s royal editor, Emily Nash said: “To an outsider it may seem odd that they can’t make time for a meeting, but the King is head of state and has his diary planned months in advance – so it wasn’t a given that it would happen, with Harry only here for a couple of days. It will inevitably lead to speculation over the state of their relationship, which has come under pressure over the past few years.”