The Duke of Sussex touched down on a flight from Los Angeles about 1pm yesterday (midnight today AEDT) without wife Meghan and their kids, according to multiple local media outlets.
The Telegraph reported Harry’s car was accompanied by two police vehicles as it left Heathrow Airport.
The Sussexes quit royal duties in 2020 and relations with the rest of the royal family have only appeared to sour further since then on the back of a revealing Oprah Winfrey interview and Harry’s memoir, Spare.
News of the King’s diagnosis came as his daughter-in-law Kate, Princess of Wales, recovered from abdominal surgery that saw her hospitalised for about two weeks.
Kate is taking a break from royal duties as she recovers. Her husband, Prince William, who is heir to the throne, also took time off to help look after her and the couple’s three children, but is due to preside over a ceremony at Windsor Castle and a charity dinner on Wednesday.
Charles departed from royal tradition with his openness about his prostate condition. For centuries Britain’s royal family remained tight-lipped about health matters.
The British public wasn’t told that Charles’ grandfather, King George VI, had lung cancer before his death in February 1952 at the age of 56, and some historians have claimed that the king himself wasn’t told he was terminally ill.
In the final years of Elizabeth’s life, the public was told only that the queen was suffering from “mobility issues” when she began to miss public appearances towards the end of her life. The cause of her death was listed on the death certificate simply as “old age”.
– Reported with Associated Press
