Palace insiders have claimed that the Prince of Wales was arguing with son the Duke of Cambridge after he thought he was being erased out of his son’s family life.
Those close to the Royal Family have alleged that Prince Charles grew upset with his first born son when his son described his wife’s family - the Middleton’s - as his “surrogate family.”
The hectic schedule of the next in line to the throne means that Charles has to plan his diary six months in advance which means he is unable to come to impromptu family events like surprise parties for his grandchildren: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Insiders told The Mail that Charles felt “airbrushed out of their lives.”
Rebecca English, Royal Editor, breaks down how the Prince of Wales came to feel like this.
She writes: "Explosive rows between father and son were often overheard by staff, with Charles — who hates family confrontations — burying himself in his paperwork to avoid the conflict."
However insiders claim that relations between William and Charles have improved over the years and they are now much closer, the Mirror reports.
They have come together to support the Queen through a series of huge royal decisions, including the conditions of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's new, non-royal lives and stripping Prince Andrew of his royal titles.
An insider tells the newspaper: "They are much more on the same page now. They will always be quite different characters, but there's a mutual respect."
Most recently, they jointly "blocked" Prince Andrew from joining the senior royals for the Garter Day procession at Windsor Castle.
While he still took part in the private ceremony, which takes place behind closed doors, he was missing from the public section of the day with the Queen apparently telling him to stay out of sight “for his own good” after Charles and William raised fears of a public backlash.
There were reports he was hoping to use an appearance with the royal family as a first step to returning to public life.
A source told The Sun : “He was confident and bullish he can make a comeback.”
Prince Andrew stepped down from royal duties in the wake of a sex scandal earlier this year.
He denied the allegations against him and later came to an out of court settlement with his accuser. The settlement is not an admission of guilt.
In January, ahead of his legal settlement in the case, the Queen stripped Andrew of his honorary military roles, including Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, and he gave up his HRH style.
According to the Daily Mail they were both "dismayed" by the prominent role Andrew played in Prince Philip's Service of Thanksgiving. The Duke of York drove from Windsor to London with his mother and accompanied her down the aisle.
They reportedly “reluctantly” accepted they would travel together as they live so close to each other, but hoped Andrew would would travel with the Queen to London because they lived so close to each other “common sense” would prevail and that Andrew would not seek to play a prominent role.
