King Charles III would not want to turn down a request for a meeting from Prince Harry both "as a parent" and to get an update on his grandchildren, a royal author has told Newsweek .

The Duke of Sussex is due to appear at the WellChild awards in London on September 8, creating a potential opportunity for him to see his father.

However, the situation may be more complex than that, as September 8 is the anniversary of the death of Queen Elizabeth II and for the last two years Charles has spent it in Scotland, where she died.

Ingrid Seward, author of My Mother and I , told Newsweek , she felt a meeting would likely go ahead, but Harry would need to be willing to travel up to Scotland.

"My opinion is that Harry desperately needs the stardust of meeting his father," Seward said.

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