In a 2012 interview with CBS News, he described her as “very, very normal and very relaxed” and stated that there was a certain protocol to follow, but it didn’t get in the way of their relationship.
However, Harry’s relationship with his father, King Charles III, has not been as close. In his memoir, “Spare,” Harry wrote that Charles was not good at showing emotions and didn’t hug him after sharing the news that Princess Diana had died in a car crash.
Harry also described Charles making unfunny jokes about not being his real father amid rumors about Diana and James Hewitt, her redheaded riding instructor and former lover.
As Harry and Meghan Markle began to step away from their roles as working royals in 2020, Charles stopped taking his calls.
In addition, Harry and Meghan have accused the royal family of playing an institutional relationship with UK tabloids, with negative stories about Meghan causing a negative perception of her within the royal family.
While Harry has expressed his desire to reconcile with his father, the relationship between them has become less likely. With Charles now the head of the institution, he may be less inclined or able to deviate from what Harry has called the royal family’s “invisible contract” with the Royal Rota, the British press pool that covers the royal family.