Prince Harry’s PR team recently met King Charles III’s press secretary at a discreet London private members club in a glimmer of hope for reconciliation—but the tabloids photographed the trio via Newsweek.
The low-key summit at the Royal Over-Seas League (ROSL) came as Harry and Meghan’s California-based chief communications officer Meredith Maines flew into London.
She then joined forces with with Liam Maguire, the Sussexes’ U.K. based PR man, for the sit-down meeting with Tobyn Andreae, Charles’ director of communications.
However, a photographer for U.K. tabloid the Mail on Sunday captured images of the three royal aides sitting down for a casual drink at the ROSL, a short distance from Clarence House, Charles’ London residence.
For years, Prince Harry has accused Buckingham Palace of leaking stories about him and his family, so the appearance of images of three people in the papers, none of whom has a significant public profile, sparked immediate fears the embryonic peace talks could disintegrate.
Not least of all, the Mail on Sunday is Harry and Meghan’s least favorite British tabloid, the pair having sued it four times between them.
Prince Harry signaled his desire to heal his relationship with King Charles during an interview with the BBC in May 2025.
“There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore,” Harry said. “Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has. He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff. But it would be nice to reconcile.”
