Overview

• Representatives from Prince Harry and King Charles III held a secret meeting at the Royal Over-Seas League on July 9, 2025.
• King Charles’s communications secretary Tobyn Andreae met with Harry’s communications director Meredith Maines and PR head Liam Maguire.
• Sources describe the discussions as informal and without a formal agenda, marking the first direct channel of contact after years of estrangement.
• The initiative follows public legal disputes over Harry’s UK security arrangements and the family tensions since his 2020 departure from royal duties.
• Neither Buckingham Palace nor Harry’s team has issued an official comment, and participants say the dialogue remains an exploratory first step.