A royal source has claimed the monarch’s ‘patience snapped’ earlier this week during a back and forth battle with the Duke of Sussex over his claims he would be accepting an offer to stay in the London Palace

Reports emerged that the prince had accepted an offer to stay at Buckingham Palace this week, only for officials to say he had agreed too late.

The strained relationship between Prince Harry and his father, King Charles III, has been laid bare once again, after an awkward stand-off over accommodation at Buckingham Palace.