11 photos show how Prince Harry's relationship with Prince Charles has changed over time
- Prince Harry told Oprah his father stopped taking his calls before his step back from royal life.
- Harry also said he was cut off financially during the Oprah interview in March.
- Their relationship wasn't always this strained.
Prince Harry was born on September 15, 1984. He appeared to have a close relationship with his father from a young age - here they are at their former Kensington Palace home in 1985.
However, the family's home life wasn't always a happy one. Charles and Diana's marriage went "down the drain" after Harry was born, Diana once said in audio recordings about her life.
Source: "Diana: In Her Own Words."
Charles would often abandon the royals' stereotypical "stiff upper lip" to comfort his sons. Here he is embracing Harry at a polo match in 1990.
Charles walked alongside Harry and William at their mother's funeral on September 6, 1997. Harry was just 12-years-old at the time, while William was 15.
Harry supported his father at his wedding to Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall on April 9, 2005. Harry reportedly once said Camilla is not the "wicked stepmother" and that people should "feel sorry for her" because of the position she's in.
Source: "Harry: Conversations with the Prince" by Angela Leven, cited by The Daily Express.
Meanwhile, Charles supported Harry in his military career. He presented his son with a flying badge at the Museum of Army Flying on May 7, 2010.
Charles walked Harry's bride Meghan Markle down the aisle at St George's Chapel on May 19, 2018, after her own father was unable to make the ceremony.
Harry and Charles aren't just father and son - they used to be co-workers. The pair attended events together when Harry was a working royal, including the "International Year of the Reef" meeting, pictured below.
They ditched royal formalities and greeted each other with a hug before the meeting began.
Their relationship took a turn for the worse after Harry resigned from royal duties in March 2020. Harry told Oprah Winfrey that his father stopped taking his calls shortly before his "step back."
Source: "Oprah with Meghan and Harry."
Harry and Charles reunited at Prince Philip's funeral on April 17, 2021. It was the first time they had come face to face since the Oprah interview, where Harry also said he had been cut off financially from the family.
The current status of Harry and Charles' relationship is unknown.
The Prince of Wales' social media accounts shared a photo of Harry on Father's Day, which Harry's representatives declined to comment on when contacted by Insider.
Princess Diana's biographer Andrew Morton previously told Insider that Harry has a long way to before reconciling with his father and Prince William.
"You don't say that your brother's trapped and your father's trapped in the institution, which you were born into, and expect everyone to be all sweet," Morton said, referencing comments made by the duke during the Oprah interview.
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