King Charles may never see grandchildren and Prince Harry’s children again, sources fear

King Charles may never reunite with his grandchildren Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet as Prince Harry refuses to take his family to the UK, sources fear.

The Duke of Sussex declared last week that he will not travel to Britain with his wife Meghan due to security fears of a knife or acid attack from a “lone actor”.

Royal experts have said the statement means the King will become “more and more remote” from the children in an “incredibly sad situation”.

King Charles last saw Prince Archie, 5, and Princess Lilibet, 3, in June 2022 when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

Prince Harry, 39, has been back to the UK several times since then without his wife and children for his legal battle with the Government over the loss of his taxpayer-funded security.

He has recently suggested that an attacker could be inspired by something they have read in a newspaper.

In a British TV interview, the Duke of Sussex appeared to confirm he will travel solo in future: “All it takes is for one lone actor who reads this stuff to act on what they’ve read. And whether it’s a knife or acid, these are things that are genuine concerns for me.

“It’s one of the reasons why I won’t bring my wife back to this country.”

Where King Charles and the Sussex children are concerned, the rift threatens to become a chasm.

“It would be great to think that at some point soon the King would get to visit the grandchildren that he has seen very little of, but he is 75 and still not in the best of health,” Joe Little, managing editor of Majesty magazine, said.

“A visit to America is unlikely to be a high priority now, given the other demands on his time. “It’s an incredibly sad situation.”

Royal author Margaret Holder added: ‘If the children can’t come here and the King can’t go there, you are looking at a situation where you’ve got a grandfather, who is undergoing cancer treatment, becoming more and more remote.

‘The whole thing is a mess.”