Prince Charles “Looking Forward” to seeing Prince Harry at funeral

Prince Charles has found one thing to look forward to as the royal family prepares for his father's funeral after his father's death at the age of 99: reuniting with his son, Prince Harry.

Harry is returning to the UK for the first time in over a year to attend the service and celebrate his late grandfather, but his partner, Meghan Markle, is pregnant with the couple's second child and has been advised not to fly by her doctors.

“I'm sure Charles will be very happy to see his son,” a Buckingham Palace source said of the impending reunion. “It's been more than a year. The Prince is very much looking forward to seeing him .”

Following the death of the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Harry, according to another source, “wants to be with everyone.”

The funeral for Prince Philip is set for Saturday, April 17, with Prince Harry flying back from California to attend, while his wife Meghan Markle has agreed to stay after doctors cautioned her against long-distance travel due to her pregnancy.

According to the Mirror, Harry was expected to separate for five days after landing.

According to reports, he will take advantage of the provision that allows travelers to stop the obligatory ten-day quarantine early by taking a private test.

At 1.15pm on Sunday, a witness told The Sun that he saw Harry arriving from a British Airways flight at London's Heathrow Airport, where police were waiting on the tarmac.

He was allegedly dressed in chinos, a jacket, and a black face mask and was greeted by police upon exiting the plane before being driven away in a black Range Rover.

Travellers can leave self-isolation after five days if their Covid test results are negative, according to England's rules.

While Harry's relationship with several members of his family has reportedly been strained recently, especially after his and Meghan's sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey in March, the family is said to be “united in grief,” and a royal source made it clear shortly after Philip's death that Harry “wants to be with everyone” through this tough period, according to the Mirror.

The palace is gradually revealing specifics of Philip's funeral arrangements, and has announced that the royals will honor his wish for a private funeral, at which the public will not be invited.

It will be celebrated on Saturday, April 17, at St George's Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, which will coincide with a nationwide three-minute silence.

Just 30 individuals, in addition to clerics, will be eligible to attend the Queen's husband's funeral under new coronavirus rules, placing the monarch in a difficult situation since an intimate circle of mourners will have to be hand-picked.

Prince Charles will head the parade of mourners on foot, and brothers Harry and Prince William are scheduled to stand shoulder-to-shoulder for the service after months apart.