Beaming Prince Harry steps out in London as window for King Charles meeting opens up

A smiling Prince Harry has stepped out for a visit in London, with King Charles also said to be making his way back to the capital, further fuelling rumours that the father and son will reconcile.

The Duke of Sussex is visiting the Centre for Blast Injury Studies, where he is receiving an update on research into paediatric blast and crush injuries, and discussing the mental health impact of war.

Harry’s appearance at the college is his third time visiting the Centre for Blast Injury Studies, after he previously opened its laboratories in 2013, before attending part of the Blast Injury Conference in 2019.

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Today’s visit focuses on the Centre’s more recent work on child amputees and how learning can be maximised for use in conflict and disaster zones. Following a tour of the lab, the Duke is expected to take part in a roundtable discussion on mental health and medical evacuation in war settings.

The research is part of the Paediatric Blast Injury Partnership, a collaboration between Imperial College London and Save the Children, designed to develop guidance and training for medics dealing with children affected by blasts and crush injuries.

The visit comes after Prince Harry travelled to Nottingham’s Community Recording Studio on Tuesday, where during his visit to highlight the urgent challenges facing young people living in communities affected by violence across the city, Harry made the substantial donation of £1.1million to BBC Children in Need.

It comes as Harry and the King are both set to be in London today, paving the way for a potential long-awaited reunion. Charles is expected to travel back to the capital from Balmoral, meaning he would be in the city where his estranged son is carrying out a third day of charity visits on his rare trip to the UK.

A potential window of opportunity has been carved out for a long-awaited meeting in between this engagement this afternoon and another unannounced one this evening.

The royal father and son have not seen each other in almost 20 months since Harry dashed to the UK to see King Charles after he revealed his cancer diagnosis in February 2024. It is understood both sides would like a meeting to happen, with a source close to the Duke of Sussex saying: "As Harry has stated before, he'd love to see his family and be reconciled."

A US source told the Mirror on the potential reconciliation: “It’s clear there is now a determination on both sides to make this happen. Nobody is pretending the wider family issues have been resolved, but this is about beginning with Charles and Harry.

"For the first time in a long time, there’s a genuine sense that reconciliation is within reach. Prince Harry ’s team and the Palace have opened a line of communication, and there is every hope that father and son will see one another.”

Warring brothers William and Harry are not expected to meet during Harry's trip to the UK. On Monday, the pair marked the third anniversary of the late Queen's death separately, just eight miles apart.

Harry privately laid flowers at his grandmother's grave in St George's Chapel, Windsor, while William and wife Kate visited a Women’s Institute branch in Sunningdale in Elizabeth II's honour.