King Charles asked for forgiveness from son Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle

King Charles has been left with a “regret” from his deepening feud with his youngest son Prince Harry.

The King is unhappy with only seeing his grandchildren on video calls and would like to develop a closer relationship with them.

Charles has only met the Duke of Sussex’s daughter Lilibet and has not seen either of the Sussexes’ children since 2022.

Sources have also claimed that the King’s wife Queen Camilla is encouraging her husband to see more of the children and is fully supportive in his efforts to build a closer relationship.

Royal commentator Michael Cole told the outlet that Charles feels the “lack of closeness with his California grandchildren acutely” and his “only regret is that he does not see Archie and Lilibet.”

Cole said: “[The King is] painfully aware that time is precious and regrets that he cannot be closer to his grandchildren Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

“It is not just the 5,000 miles between Clarence House and California that keeps the monarch at a distance from his youngest grandchildren.

‘The antipathy between Prince Harry and his wife Meghan and the Royal Family has created a deep divide that makes normal family relationships so fraught as to be almost impossible.”

The tensions between Prince Harry and the rest of the senior members of the monarchy rose after he dramatically quit his job as a working member of the Royal Family and moved his family to the US.

Cole added that the relationship between Harry and his family had been “tested to breaking point” following Harry and Meghan’s exit from royal life in 2020 thanks to interviews, TV programmes and Harry’s biography Spare.

Harry and the King last saw each other after Buckingham Palace announced the King had been diagnosed with cancer in February 2024.

Speaking to Good Morning America at the time Harry said: “I jumped on a plane and went to go see him as soon as I could.

“Look, I love my family. The fact that I was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend any time with him, I’m grateful for that.”

He added: “I’ve got other trips planned that will take me through the UK, or back to the UK and so I’ll stop in and see my family as much as I can.”

The duke recently visited the UK for the Invictus Games but did not appear to see any of his family while he was there.