Royal reconciliation? Senior aides to King Charles III and Prince Harry pictured meeting in London

Senior aides to King Charles III and Prince Harry were pictured meeting in London on Sunday, fuelling speculation about a royal reconciliation.

LONDON — Senior aides to King Charles III and Prince Harry were pictured meeting in London on Sunday, fueling speculation about a royal reconciliation between the estranged father and son.

Photos obtained by The Mail on Sunday newspaper showed Meredith Maines, Harry's chief communications officer, meeting with Tobyn Andreae, Charles' communications secretary, at the Royal Over-seas League, a private club near Buckingham Palace.

“There’s a long road ahead, but a channel of communication is now open for the first time in years," a royal source told the newspaper about the meeting.

It comes after Harry, who is the fifth in line to the throne, saying he would “love reconciliation with my family,” during a BBC interview in May. “There’s no point in continuing to fight people,” he said.

His comments came after he lost his appeal against the British government’s decision to axe his publicly funded security detail, an issue that he said had driven a wedge between him and his father.