By Sheila Mckenzie-
The Duke of Sussex will travel to the UK to see King Charles in the coming days , a source close to Prince Harry has said.
Buckingham Palace revealed in a statement on Monday that the monarch had been diagnosed with cancer. They declined to disclose the type of cancer.
After the announcement, a source close to Harry said: “The duke did speak with his father about his diagnosis. He will be traveling to the UK to see His Majesty in the coming days.”
A statement from the palace read: “During the King’s recent hospital procedure for benign prostate enlargement, a separate issue of concern was noted. Subsequent diagnostic tests have identified a form of cancer.
“His Majesty has today commenced a schedule of regular treatments, during which time he has been advised by doctors to postpone public-facing duties.”
The last time Harry returned to the UK was in September last year to attend the annual WellChild Awards, a charity he has been patron of for 15 years. But the prince did not see King Charles.
Harry’s relationship with his father has been fractured in the past year over the internal royal family crisis following he and his wife’s step back from royal duty.
He left his father’s coronation last year just hours after the ceremony, and did not have a formal role there.
In Harry’s memoir Spare, released in January last year, the 39-year-old claimed that Charles had always been distant and that they were never close.
The royal alleged that the King was poor at showing emotions and claimed Charles did not hug him when he told Harry that his mother, Princess Diana, had died in a car crash.
“He wasn’t great at showing emotions under normal circumstances, how could he be expected to show them in such a crisis?” Harry wrote in his book.