King Charles will seemingly miss Prince Harry’s visit to London next week because he is on a solo hiking trip to Transylvania.
The Duke of Sussex will return to London early next month for a hearing in the High Court as he sues News Group Newspaper as part of a phone hacking claim.
But the King’s five-day trip to Romania next week will coincide with Prince Harry’s visit, meaning they are unlikely to meet, reports the Telegraph.
It comes after the Duke’s flying visit to the UK to attend his father’s historic coronation. He left almost immediately after the ceremony was finished.
Prince Harry is also not thought to have seen his father on a visit to the UK earlier this month, again in connection with the High Court case.
The King’s upcoming trip to Romania is thought to fall next week, where he is expected to stay at a home he owns in rural Transylvania.
It will be a solo trip, with Queen Camilla staying at home.
During his annual visits to Romania, the King is said to enjoy spending his time hiking, painting and reading.
His Majesty’s property is a farmhouse in the small village of Viscri which he first bought in 2006. He now owns at least ten properties in the country.
Harry will return to the UK following the second birthday of his youngest child, daughter Princess Lilibet, on Sunday, June 4.
He is expected to give evidence in person at the MGN trial early next week, with evidence in his claim expected to take three days.
He is one of a number of high-profile figures bringing damages claims against the publisher over alleged unlawful information gathering at its titles.
He is among four people whose claims are being heard in the trial as "representative" cases of alleged unlawful information gathering at the publisher’s titles.
Others involved are Coronation Street actors Nikki Sanderson and Michael Turner, known by his stage name Michael Le Vell, and comedian Paul Whitehouse’s ex-wife Fiona Wightman.
