'Harry is not a bad person - but he's no one else to blame for royal rift'
The Duke of Sussex will be making his return to the UK on Wednesday, 8 May to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Invictus Games - the multi-sport event which celebrates wounded servicemen and women.
While very little is known about Prince Harry's return and the service he will attend at St Paul's Cathedral on 8 May, it has been reported that part of the visit will be made up of a reunion between King Charles and his estranged son.
This reunion, former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond points out, will put everything into perspective for Harry amid an incredibly difficult time for the Royal Family.
“I think Harry must be feeling rather contrite. His problems and complaints seem so trivial in the face of the cancer both his father and sister in law are fighting," Jennie told OK!
"In his book he talked about his happy memories of the times when the family were all together and when he arrives back in the UK tomorrow there must surely be a part of him that wishes that could still happen."
On whether Harry will regret allowing relations between him and his family to sour to such an extent, Jennie adds: “Harry is not a bad person. He was always the most popular of the young royals and was fun, modern and warm.
"There must be a part of him now that profoundly regrets the rift he and Meghan have caused… he has no-one else to blame. The path to making things right again is a rocky one, or, indeed, a near impossible one when it comes to William and Catherine.
“He’s here to celebrate the Invictus Games… and rightly so, it is a great achievement. But how telling it will be to see him there without a single member of the royal family present to salute his achievement. It will be a graphic illustration of what he has done to the family he still professes to love.”
Prince Harry will return to the UK on Wednesday, 8 May for the 10-year anniversary service of the Invictus Games at St Paul's Cathedral. Despite this celebration, no other members of the Royal Family, or Meghan Markle, will be present to mark the occasion.
The Mirror reports that while the Duke of Sussex will manage to fit in a meeting with his father on his return to London, he is not expected to see his brother, the Prince of Wales, despite wishing to, as "now is not the time.”
A source told the publication: "Their relationship remains extremely fractured. Harry has privately expressed a wish to sit down with his brother but now is not the time.”
Harry last saw The King for less than 30 minutes at Clarence House back in February when the monarch's cancer announcement was made public.
A source told the paper: “Harry has kept in regular contact with his father on several occasions and made no secret of his desire to see him when he can. He has been especially concerned about him and hopes the King will be well and able to see him as planned.”
Prince Harry's solo return to Britain will start on Tuesday, 7 May - the day after his son, Prince Archie, celebrates his fifth birthday - and will come to a close on Thursday when Harry flies to Nigeria to meet up with Meghan where the couple have been invited.
