King Charles and Queen Camilla met Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet on Friday afternoon at the Highgrove House, in the children’s first meeting with their grandparents in four years.
The gathering came after days of speculation over whether the family meeting would take place after it was announced Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and the children would not join Harry in London.
Meeting for the first time in four years
Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, last saw their grandparents in person during Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022, but on Friday, the family met at the King’s Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire.
The meeting is widely seen as a sign that relations between the King and Harry are thawing after the Duke stepped back from royal duties six years ago and became estranged from much of the Royal Family following his interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Netflix documentary series and his memoir, Spare.
