ROYAL FAMILY NEWSQueen Camilla Puts Past Differences With Prince Harry Aside as Cancer-Stricken King Charles 'Works on His Relationship' With Son, Expert Says
Queen Camilla is willing to bury the hatchet with Prince Harry for the sake of King Charles.
Aug. 31 2026, Published 11:12 a.m. ET
Queen Camilla is reportedly willing to put her past issues with Prince Harry aside as King Charles deals with his ongoing cancer battle.
According to a royal expert, the monarch 79, will support the king, 77, as the Duke of Sussex, 41, continues on with his quest for a reconciliation with the royal family now that the Sussexes relocated to England.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Departed the U.K. in 2020
Queen Camilla and King Charles met with Meghan Markle and Prince Harry last month.
"Camilla has weathered far bigger storms than the Sussexes’ 2020 move, or Prince Harry’s book, Spare," royal commentator Meredith Constant recently told Fox News.
"Camilla knows how to lie low when she needs to. She’s going to go through the motions and put on a good face for her husband as he works on his relationship with his younger son," Constant noted.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex Returned to England on August 26
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be staying in the U.K. for a prolonged period of time.
The Invictus Games founder and his wife, Meghan Markle, left The Firm in January 2020 and headed for a new life in Montecito, Calif., but on August 26, Harry and the Suits star, 45, returned with their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, to the United Kingdom.
The couple will be staying in the country for an extended period of time while their kids attend school.
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Queen Camilla Was 'Polite' to Prince Harry During Their Meeting in July
King Charles announced his cancer battle in 2024.
The Sussexes visited Charles — who announced he was battling cancer in February 2024 — and Camilla on July 10 at Highgrove House for a brief meeting. It was the first time Charles had seen Archie and Lilibet in four years.
Sources told royal biographer Tom Bower earlier this month that Camilla gave Harry a “fixed smile” and “offered him tea” during the encounter, which was described as being "polite with no recrimination.”
"Albeit this was indeed a polite gesture, it was merely a tiny aperture being opened, not a welcome for any full return as senior royals at all," expert Hilary Fordwich divulged to Fox News.
Prince Harry said he doesn't see Queen Camilla as his 'evil stepmother.'
"It’s traditionally British to offer tea as merely a polite gesture. Camilla is dedicated to the king’s health and welfare, so it’s not surprising," she added.
Harry opened up about his icy relationship with Camilla in 2023, telling Good Morning America the two “haven’t spoken for a long time."
"I love every member of my family, despite the differences. So when I see her, we’re perfectly pleasant with each other," the army veteran noted.
“She’s my stepmother," the prince explained. "I don’t look at her as an evil stepmother. I see someone who married into this institution and done everything she can to improve her own reputation and her own image, for her own sake.”
