Overview

• Alex Rayner, a longtime confidant who joined Harry on a 2012 North Pole charity trek, told the Daily Mail he expects a “wonderful embrace” when the opportunity arises.
• Rayner said he hopes the reunion happens within months, if not by the end of the year then next year, calling it likely in the “not-too-distant future.”
• During a solo UK trip this month, Harry met King Charles for a private tea of about an hour, reported as their first in-person meeting in many months.
• Harry and William did not meet during that visit, and reporting says the brothers have had limited contact since speaking at Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral in 2022.
• Coverage highlights lingering strains linked to Harry’s memoir, while Rayner described the father–son bond as “indestructible” and the rift as recoverable.