Royal family news: Prince Harry ‘desperately’ misses UK and wants to be admired

This comes amid claims that Prince William does not want Harry to attend his coronation when the time comes.

They told The Times: “From the conversations I’ve had with the King, I would never say their relationship is irreparable.

“The King’s capacity to forgive his son is undimmed. There are other members of the royal family who are much more weighted against Harry, that’s the problem.”

Harry’s relationship with the royal family has steadily deteriorated since he stepped down as a working member in 2020 and moved to California.

The remark was made when the family attended the Nerf war at the Gone Wild Festival at Holkham Hal in Norfolk.

“Nerf or nothing, let’s do this!” Louis, six said, according to Norfolk Nerf Parties boss Georgina Barron said.

The Princess of Wales also joined in the fun and “grabbed a Nerf gun, ran around, and played stuck in the mud with her kids”, the Daily Mail reports.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex spent four days in the country on a visit designed to “illuminate Colombia’s role as a beacon of culture and innovation”.

“The culture, the history – all of it was a dream – this trip was a dream. I can feel this community and this is the feeling that is the best thing right now,” she said.

While speaking at an event highlighting Afro women, she stressed the importance of using your voice and said that Lilibet has already found hers, despite being three years old.

“I know how it feels when you don’t utilise your voice when you need to be heard or have something to say,” she said.

“I encourage our daughter to do so – who at three has absolutely found her voice, and we are so proud of that.”

Residents of the first free African town in the Americas have said Prince Harry should apologise for the royal family’s role in slavery on his visit.

On the third day of their quasi royal tour of Colombia, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex visited San Basilio de Palenque, which was established as the first free African town in the Americas in 1619.

Ahead of their arrival, locals expressed their wish for Harry to use the visit as an opportunity to apologise for the royal family’s role in the slave trade.

“I think he does have to [apologise], to free our hearts and our minds and ask for a pardon,” said Segundo Caceres Reyes, 49, president of the town’s local police told The Telegraph.

“We are in the process of forgiving and forgetting because we know how hard the facts are.”

Local hairdresser Elida Canarte Diaz, 33, also voiced her hope for an apology and told the paper: “His ancestors made our ancestors go through terrible times and he can make good faith and repent to show that they don’t agree with what happened before.”

During the visit on Saturday he and Meghan enjoyed speeches and performances from community leaders.

The couple greeted their hosts in the indigenous language of Palenquero before finishing in Spanish. Meghan said she was “so honoured” to visit the town. Harry described the visit as an “incredibly moving experience” before they explored the street market and watched a concert featuring local musicians.

Friends of Prince William have reportedly said that the he does not want Prince Harry to come to his future coronation.

The heir to the throne has had a strained relationship with his younger brother following the duke’s departure as a working royal in 2020.

Since then, Harry has gone on to do a tell-all interview with Oprah, a Netflix series and written a book revealing private conversations between himself and his family.

A friend of William’s told The Times that, in the aftermath of the King’s coronation last year, The Prince of Wales said he wanted his own coronation to “look and feel different”.

The source revealed that as things stand, he would not want his brother at the crowning and said: “They are estranged, which is dreadfully sad.”

Members of the royal family worry that private conversations had with Prince Harry will feature in a second autobiography, a friend of the family has said.

Speaking to The Times, a friend of the king revealed: “The problem for the King and other members of the family is the worry that if they have a chat with Harry, it will appear in Spare volume two. How do you regain the trust? I don’t think Harry ever can.

“But from the conversations I’ve had with the King, I would never say their relationship is irreparable. The King’s capacity to forgive his son is undimmed. There are other members of the royal family who are much more weighted against Harry, that’s the problem.”

Some of Harry’s oldest friends have questioned how happy the prince is in California as they say they “can’t imagine” he wanted to end up in “gilded” Californian exile.

Friends described the Harry they used to know loved a “night out out in the pub and hanging out in the country with friends” but say he is now “isolated from his family and most of his old mates.”

A source who has known Harry since his teenage years told The Times: “Maybe he has grown into a different person, but do I think he’d really suit the Californian lifestyle? No. Now we’ve seen it all play out, what has that left him with? On the surface, an enviable lifestyle — but for the Harry I know, I can’t imagine that gilded exile in California is where he wanted to end up.”

Another friend who says he still gets “the odd WhatsApp” from the duke said: “He’s an angry boy. Things haven’t turned out how he wanted. I think he misses being over here [in Britain] desperately and wants to be admired more. Anyone who knows him feels he’d rather be top of the pops here with everyone loving him, as they do with William and Kate.”

As reports reveal that the King is axing the Duke of York’s entire security team, rumours are circulating that this could mean the end of Prince Andrew’s stay at the Royal lodge.

Andrew’s private security have been privately funded by Charles after he lost publicly-funded police protection in 2022. According to The Sun on Sunday, members of the security detail have been told their services will not be needed from November.

A palace insider told the newspaper: “Everyone is speculating this means the duke will have to leave the Royal Lodge because what other reason could there be to take his security away?

Sources added: “It isn’t a secret that the King wants him out.”

Earlier this year, it was reported Andrew refused an offer to move out of Royal Lodge into nearby Frogmore Cottage. The duke was said to have signed a 75-year lease on the mansion in 2003.

In January, reports suggested Andrew would have to fund the multi-million-pound security costs at Royal Lodge himself if he wanted to stay in the 30-room mansion in Windsor Great Park.