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The is the moment Prince Harry chuckles as he is asked whether he is happy to be home during his whistle-stop trip to the UK.
The Duke of Sussex will give a speech at St Paul's Cathedral to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games after he was 'snubbed' by his father following his arrival in the UK.
He was captured leaving an event in Central London yesterday strolling towards a black Range Rover.
The smartly dressed prince smiled as he said hello and waved at onlookers. Walking with a black folder under his arm, he nervously chuckled as he was asked if he was happy to be home. He dodges the question and says in response: 'Nice to see you.'
It comes after Harry admitted that his father King Charles was too busy to see him this week.
After weeks of speculation about a reunion, his spokesman announced stiffly that a meeting 'will not be possible due to His Majesty's full programme'.
Harry tried to put a brave face on the situation, saying he understood his father's position and 'hopes to see him soon'. But the news will have come as a crushing blow to the prince, who told US television in February he hoped Charles's illness could 'reunify' the Royal Family.
Prince Harry waves at onlookers as he walks with a black folder under his arm yesterday. Asked if he was happy to be home he nervously chuckles and says in response: 'Nice to see you'
While Harry was just three miles – or a 25-minute drive away – on an engagement in east London yesterday, Charles met the prime minister of the Republic of Fiji at Buckingham Palace, before retiring to Clarence House.
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Today he again has meetings at Buckingham Palace in the morning before attending the first royal garden party of the season in the afternoon, followed by his weekly audience with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and a Privy Council meeting well into the evening.
His spokesman said: '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.'
Royal aides have repeatedly declined to comment on anything to do with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for fearing of triggering yet another war of words across the Atlantic.
However, just hours after Harry's statement, palace officials blithely announced a new
