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Prince Harry has revealed today that he will be dining with a millionaire fund manager tonight after his father's diary was too full to see him

The Duke of Sussex will spend the evening with Guy Monson, the former treasurer to the Cambridges and the Sussexes' joint foundation before Harry and Meghan quit as senior working royals and emigrated.

Guy, chief investment officer of Sarasin and Partners, a London-based £18billion investment fund, was alongside the warring brothers when they unveiled a statue of their mother Princess Diana in 2021 at Kensington Palace. It was Harry and William's last solo engagement together.

Guy is a trustee of the Invictus Games Foundation, founded by Harry, and was on the organising committee for its inaugural games. The Duke revealed he was having dinner with him while sharing an anecdote about the event in 2014. 

He is married to Lady Rose Monson and they have two daughters, Olivia and Leonora. 

Educated at the University of Oxford - where he studied a Master's degree in PPE - Mr Monson is chief investment officer of £18billion investment fund Sarasin and Partners. 

He has also served as director of the Chatsworth House Trust, which looks after the iconic stately home in Derbyshire. 

The Duke of Sussex arrived in the UK alone today after flying in from California for a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games in London tomorrow.

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Ahead of the service, Harry visited Armoury House this afternoon for an Invictus Games discussion called 'Realising a Global Community' hosted by Louise Minchin. 

The Prince had hoped to meet his estranged father the King during his trip, which follows a previous quick visit in February after Charles's cancer diagnosis. And Harry's event was just three miles away from where Charles was at Clarence House.

But Harry's spokesman said today: 'In response to the many inquiries and continued speculation on whether or not The Duke will meet with his father while in the UK this week, it unfortunately will not be possible due to His Majesty's full programme.

'The Duke of course is understanding of his father's diary of commitments and various other priorities and hopes to see him soon.'

Reacting to the news, royal expert Richard Palmer said: 'It's surprising if the King and Harry are not meeting at all and perhaps a sign of how much bridge-building still needs to be done. There's been much media speculation that father and son would meet. While that always looked like guessing, I'd have guessed they would meet too.'

Harry is understood to have various Invictus Games commitments today, according to ITV. Tomorrow, he is set to give a reading at a service of thanksgiving at St Paul's Cathedral marking a decade since the inaugural competition in London in 2014.

Organisers had said there was no confirmation of any other royals attending, or if Harry's wife Meghan Markle or children Archie and Lilibet would also be in the UK.

But Harry arrived in London by himself today, and is expected to join the Duchess on a tour to Nigeria later this week with Meghan set to fly there from the US by herself.

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And Harry is not anticipated to see his brother Prince William , who is scheduled to be away from the capital on Thursday and Friday, or his sister-in-law Kate Middleton whose cancer treatment continues following her revealing the diagnosis in March.

Earlier today, Charles was photographed being driven from Windsor Castle before arriving at Clarence House in London soon after. The King later held an audience nearby at Buckingham Palace with the Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka.

The Duke has invited William and other senior members of the Royal Family to the service but none of them are expected to attend, sources told Page Six in the US.

Among the royals who could attend include his cousins Zara Tindall and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, but there has been no confirmation of this. Harry is expected to stay at a hotel in London because he no longer has Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.

Today, Harry paid tribute to the Invictus Games family's 'commitment, enthusiasm and belief' and joined an Invictus conference looking back over the past decade.

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Harry arrived at the Honourable Artillery Company's headquarters on the edge of the City of London for the one-day summit, called the Invictus Games Foundation Conversation, ahead of tomorrow's service

Writing in the foreword for the summit, Harry said: 'It has been an honour to watch the Invictus Games Foundation grow over the years; what began as a vision to pay tribute to the courage and resilience of wounded, injured, and sick service personnel and veterans, has flourished into an international organisation built on hope, strength, and unity.'

Harry was

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