King Charles reportedly saw "tremendous flickers of hope" in healing his rift with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after spending time with them following the death of the Queen.
It has been reported that the new monarch has been "buoyed" by the recent interactions he has had with his youngest son and daughter-in-law as the royals came together to mourn the late Queen. It comes after Meghan suggested in a magazine article last month that her husband felt his bond with his father was over following their decision to quit royal life and move to the US. However, in a televised address to the nation the day after he became King, Charles expressed his love for both Harry and Meghan.
The Sussexes then joined the other royals for several ceremonies and processions following the Queen's death, including her state funeral and committal service.
And now an insider has told The Telegraph: "It remains the case that the King loves both of his children.
"Over the last 16 days or so, there were tremendous flickers of hope. In terms of the future, there is hope of a cause for unity."
Prior to the Queen’s funeral, Harry and Meghan attended her Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June but kept out of the limelight for the majority of the weekend.
Since then the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have railed against the royals over their perceived treatment in numerous interviews with American media.
With Meghan’s veiled threats on keeping a journal during her brief time as a royal and Harry’s upcoming memoir on the horizon, the King’s issues are right at his doorstep.
It is as yet unclear whether they will attend the coronation of Charles III and it remains to be seen whether differences will be put aside in a bid to heal the rift for good and if this would signal a return to them becoming a more permanent fixture once more in future royal events.
Meanwhile, a royal expert has claimed that Charles will wait on Harry's upcoming memoir before making a final decision over his children Archie and Lilibet's royal titles.
Following the Queen's passing, the Sussexes’ children automatically have the right to be an HRH with Archie a prince and Lilibet a princess - unless and until Charles sticks to his image of a slimmed-down monarchy.
Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair's royal correspondent and author of The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown, believes Charles will keep his cards close to his chest until the publication date.
She writes: "Now that Charles is king, Harry and Meghan’s children automatically become Prince Archie of Sussex and Princess Lilibet of Sussex; however, the royal family’s website still has them listed as Master Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor and Miss Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor.
"Would Charles go as far as barring Archie and Lilibet from becoming a prince and a princess now that the Sussexes are no longer working royals?
"According to a source close to the king, it depends a lot on what happens in the coming months, particularly with Harry’s book and their TV show."
