King Charles told to 'make peace' with Prince Harry or be remembered for the feud

King Charles is under growing pressure to end the years-long royal rift with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and he’s been warned the public will judge him not just as a monarch, but as a father.

Despite stepping down as working royals in 2020 and setting up home in sunny California, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex continue to dominate headlines, and tensions with the royal family show no sign of cooling.

Now, journalist Eleanor Mills has publicly urged the King to extend an olive branch and seize the chance to reconcile, warning that history will remember how he handled the estrangement.

In a piece for The Telegraph, Mills wrote: “This is a time for the Royal Family to pull together; to let bygones be bygones. Come on, Charles, show some true statesmanship... and forgive Harry and Meghan before it is too late.”

Her remarks follow reports that Harry, 40, recently made a move toward reconciliation, offering to share his official schedule with the Palace to avoid awkward overlaps, a gesture some interpreted as a peace offering. 

But instead of headlines about healing, the visit inadvertently stole attention from Queen Camilla’s birthday celebrations, knocking her new portrait off the front pages.

“That is the yardstick by which you will be judged,” she wrote. “We may not all be kings, but we all know what family is about.”

“Harry is trying to meet you on the territory you most care about — your royal image. It’s up to you, as King, but more importantly as his father, to bury the hatchet,” she added.

“Be the grown-up. The paterfamilias. Get off your high horse. There’s no time like the present.”

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