King Charles has offered an olive branch to Prince Harry by posting a photo with both his sons in a Father’s Day tribute.
The monarch shared a collection of photos on Twitter today, including one taken on the Balmoral estate in Scotland in 1997 when Prince William was 14 and Harry was 12.
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams has claimed the photo aims to ‘evoke bittersweet memories’ and is the King’s way of ‘sending a sensitive message’ to Harry about loyalty.
Charles is also ‘reminding’ William how ‘very different’ the relationship between the brothers once was and that they all used to share ‘precious family moments’, commentators say.
The tribute comes just days after it was confirmed that Meghan Markle’s Spotify podcast Archetypes will not be renewed for a second season.
The streaming giant and the Sussexes released a joint statement saying they have ‘mutually agreed to part ways and are proud of the series we made together’.
But Bill Simmons, Head of Podcast Innovation and Monetization at Spotify, condemned the pair in an episode of his own podcast on Friday.
‘The f***ing grifters. That’s the podcast we should have launched with them,’ he said. ‘I’ve got to get drunk one night and tell the story of the Zoom I had with Harry to try and help him with a podcast idea. It’s one of my best stories.’
He claims the photo appeared to show Harry making a discovery that both Charles and William were ‘intrigued by.’
He claimed the snapshot captured an ‘enchanting and innocent moment’ shared by the trio on the countryside estate.’
King Charles is surely sending a sensitive message to his wayward son about what really matters and where his real loyalties should lie,’ Mr Fitzwilliams said of the post.
‘He is also reminding William on this very special day of how very different things once were between him and Harry. They too, once shared precious family moments! Could they again?’
There have been several issues between the Sussexes and the royals in recent years.
Harry and the King are understood to barely be on speaking terms after the Duke repeatedly criticised his family in a series of televised interviews and his memoir, Spare.
