• Prince William traveled alone to Balmoral Castle in Scotland for a private father-and-son visit with King Charles.
  • The meeting comes just two weeks after Prince Harry had his first one-on-one with the King in 19 months.
  • Insiders claim there is tension between Wills and Charles right now due to the visit with Harry and conflicting opinions about how to handle Prince Andrew.

Just two weeks after King Charles’ rare meeting with Prince Harry, Prince William has reportedly flown solo to Balmoral Castle in Scotland to pay his father a visit. According to a royal insider for the Daily Mail, the “father-and-son mini-break” began on Tuesday afternoon, when Wills landed in Aberdeenshire for “an informal few days with his father privately.”

Per the source: The visit was “not diarized with senior staff, but set aside to chat as sovereign and heir.” And while this is reportedly the third consecutive year that Wills and Charles have enjoyed a father-son getaway together, the timing is definitely...interesting.

For starters: You might recall Harry’s trip to the U.K. earlier this month, during which he sat down with the King for a nearly hour-long chat at Clarence House for the first time in nineteenth months. William and Harry notably did not meet up at all during Harry’s four-day visit—and according to a source for the Examiner, “It sickens William that Harry has wormed his way back to his father’s affections.”

According to Rob Shuter’s ShuterScoop, Wills was “blindsided” and “left stunned” when he found out about the meeting between his brother and father at the “very last second,” and supposedly, he wasn’t “consulted” about the reunion at all.

Another potential source of tension between William and his father: Prince Andrew. Insiders claim that Charles wants to keep his disgraced brother around to guarantee his loyalty, while William wants to cut him off completely.

As another ShuterScoop royal source revealed, “Charles thinks keeping Andrew and Fergie close somehow protects the family. But to everyone else, it looks reckless, naïve, and frankly stupid. The scandals around those two never end.”

In conclusion, Wills and Charles likely had lots to discuss during their one-on-one visit.