Royal family faces new divisions after positives of tea and Trump

Prince Harry has accused palace figures of "sabotage" after his tea with his father, while Prince Andrew faces new scrutiny over ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

LONDON — The royals are in turmoil again.

It had all been going so well, with the pomp of President Donald Trump’s state visit and Prince Harry’s tea with King Charles III building a sense of a family steadied after a litany of crises. Then came the fallout.

Harry has accused unnamed palace figures of “sabotage” and of planting false accounts of his meeting with his father. Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson face renewed scrutiny over ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Meanwhile, Prince William opened up about what he called “the hardest year” of his life.

Together, the stories have jolted the palace narrative from triumph to turbulence — with Harry’s latest clash with the British media at the center of the storm.

Prince Harry in Nottingham, England, on Sept. 9.Max Mumby/Indigo / Getty ImagesBritain’s The Sun newspaper claimed last week that Harry’s first meeting with the king in two years was “distinctly formal,” claiming the prince had expressed feeling more like an “official visitor” than a son.