Prince Harry was born on September 15, 1984. He appeared to have a close relationship with his father from a young age — here they are at their former Kensington Palace home in 1985.
However, the family’s home life wasn’t always a happy one. Charles and Diana’s marriage went “down the drain” after Harry was born, Diana once said in audio recordings about her life.
Source: “Diana: In Her Own Words”
Charles would often abandon the royals’ stereotypical “stiff upper lip” to comfort his sons. Here he is embracing Harry at a polo match in 1990.
Charles walked alongside Harry and William at their mother’s funeral on September 6, 1997. Harry was just 12 at the time, while William was 15.
Harry supported his father at his wedding to Camilla Parker Bowles on April 9, 2005. Harry reportedly once said Camilla is not the “wicked stepmother” and that people should “feel sorry for her” because of the position she’s in.
Source: “Harry: Conversations with the Prince” by Angela Levin, cited by The Daily Express
Meanwhile, Charles supported Harry in his military career. He presented his son with a flying badge at the Museum of Army Flying on May 7, 2010.
Charles walked Harry’s bride, Meghan Markle, down the aisle at St George’s Chapel on May 19, 2018, after her own father was unable to make the ceremony.
They ditched royal formalities and greeted each other with a hug before the meeting began.
Their relationship took a turn for the worse after Harry resigned from royal duties in March 2020. Harry told Oprah Winfrey in March 2021 that his father stopped taking his calls shortly before his “step back.”
Source: “Oprah with Meghan and Harry”
Harry and Charles reunited at Prince Philip’s funeral on April 17, 2021. It was the first time they had come face to face since the Oprah interview aired, where Harry also said he had been cut off financially from the family.
Harry and Meghan returned to the UK in June 2022 for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. While they attended many of the same events as Charles, they weren’t photographed together or seen interacting with him.
On September 13, Harry, Charles, and Meghan were pictured together at Buckingham Palace as they waited for the Queen’s coffin to arrive from Scotland. It marked the first time the trio were pictured together since the Sussexes’ step back.