[Image: EJ Hersom / Flickr]After nearly two years of frosty silence, Prince Harry and King Charles finally had the long-overdue reunion that royal watchers have been gossiping about for months. But it seems Charles’ cancer diagnosis earlier this year was the nudge Harry needed to bridge the gap. “I would love reconciliation with my family,” Harry told the BBC back in May 2025, shortly after losing his fight to reinstate government-funded security in the U.K. “Life is precious. “I think that Harry’s relationship with his brother is a different beast than his relationship with his father,” royal expert Kristen Meinzer told Us in August. “But perhaps if Charles warms more to Harry, William will feel compelled to follow his lead.”For now, it’s baby steps.