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Prince Harry hopeful King Charles’ cancer could bring royal family closer

  • Buckingham Palace revealed earlier this month that Charles had been diagnosed with a form of cancer and would postpone public engagements to undergo treatment
  • Prince Harry flew to London on hearing the news and had a brief meeting with his father, before returning to the US

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King Charles’ cancer diagnosis could bring the British royal family closer, his estranged son Prince Harry said in an interview on Friday, adding that he loved his family and was grateful to have recently seen his father.
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Buckingham Palace revealed earlier this month that Charles, on the throne for a year and a half since the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth, had been diagnosed with a form of cancer and would postpone public engagements to undergo treatment.

Harry, who fell out with the rest of the family after he and his American wife Meghan quit royal duties and moved to California, flew to London on hearing the news and had a brief meeting with his father, before returning to the US.

(Clockwise from top left) Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Queen Consort Camilla and King Charles III watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth is placed into the hearse following the state funeral service in Westminster Abbey. Photo: AP
(Clockwise from top left) Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Queen Consort Camilla and King Charles III watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth is placed into the hearse following the state funeral service in Westminster Abbey. Photo: AP

When asked if illness can have a reunifying effect on a family, and if that was possible in the royal family’s case, Harry said: “Yeah, I’m sure.”

“Throughout all these families, I see it on a day-to-day basis – the strength of the family unit coming together,” he told Good Morning America, speaking at an event in Canada linked to the Invictus Games for injured military veterans.

“Any illness, any sickness, brings families together,” Harry said in a snippet of the interview aired by the ABC network on Friday.

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Harry’s autobiography Spare last year contained damning revelations about his father and elder brother, while a Netflix documentary series he made with Meghan also made a series of disclosures about their time in the royal family.

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