Meghan Markle spoke of “magic” and shared a new photograph with fans just hours after her husband, Prince Harry, met with his father, King Charles, after 19 months apart. The Duchess of Sussex remained in Montecito, California, with her two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, during the Prince Harry’s visit to the UK.
On Meghan’s brand, As Ever’s Instagram page, she shared a picture of herself gardening whilst wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat. The caption read: “Harvest hues, golden views, and a season that feels like magic.” The mother-of-two officially launched her brand in April, and products included jam, flower sprinkles and rosé wine. Meghan last visited the UK in September 2022, when she and Harry extended their trip to attend the late Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral.
Meghan’s cryptic Instagram message comes at a time when Prince Harry and King Charles met after months of speculation. The Duke of Sussex arrived at the Clarence House on Wednesday in a black Range Rover at 5.20pm, and left after about an hour.
He later said of the King: “Yes he’s great, thank you,” as he attended an evening Invictus Games event in London.
Harry has not seen his father in over a year, and previously said in a BBC America interview in May: “I would love a reconciliation with my family.”
The Duke said at the time that his father would not speak to him because of the court battle over his security arrangements, and that he did not know “how much longer my father has”.
The King, who has been receiving cancer treatment since early 2024, travelled down from his Balmoral home where he has been spending his summer break.
Harry has been carrying out a series of events since his arrival in the UK on Monday afternoon. He began his stay by leaving flowers at the final resting place of his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II to mark the third anniversary of her death.
Juts miles down the road from the late Queen’s burial site in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, Harry’s elder brother, Prince William, remembered the late Queen at the National Federation of Women’s Institutes in Sunningdale, Berkshire.
Harry and his wife stepped down as working royals in 2020. Shortly after leaving he levelled a barrage of accusations at the King, the late Queen, Prince William and the Princess of Wales in his Oprah interview, his Netflix documentary, interviews and his autobiography Spare.