It may have been 19 months in the making and just 54 minutes long, but the Duke of Sussex 's reunion with the King today marked a first step in the family reconciliation he has long hoped for. Prince Harry was driven through the gates of Clarence House at 5.20 to spend time with his father, who had flown back from Balmoral a few hours earlier.

The meeting – a private tea – had been under consideration for some time, but both camps had firmly refused to be drawn on whether it would actually happen.

Only once Harry had departed, ducking down in the back of his car as it pulled out of the gates at 6.14pm, did Buckingham Palace confirm that the reunion had taken place.

The meeting appears to have gone well, with Harry saying of his father: "Yes he's great, thank you" as he arrived at an I

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