King Charles is currently 'less irritated' by Prince Harry than he is by his older brother William, according to royal biographer Tina Brown.
The claim throws an intriguing new light on yesterday's meeting between the monarch and his prodigal son - their first face-to-face encounter in more than 18 months.
Writing on her Fresh Hell Substack, the highly respected author of The Palace Papers said that tensions are brewing between King and heir over William's workload, which pales in comparison to his cancer-stricken father and has been punctuated by numerous holidays.
Brown also said that the King feels William's carefully cultivated image as a doting father, while genuine, is a 'tacit criticism' of his own past shortcomings as a parent.
The Duke of Sussex has been on his own pseudo-royal tour of the UK this week, which culminated in him meeting his father for just under an hour at Clarence House.
