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LOVE'S LOST?
Prince Harry’s rushed London trip proves there’s no love between him and the King, says royal expert Arthur Edwards
The Sun's Arthur Edwards also revealed Spare's inaccuracies in our Royal Exclusive show above
PRINCE Harry's recent trip to London proved there's no longer "genuine love" between him and his father King Charles, according to The Sun's royal photographer.
This comes as the Duke of Sussex is battling over his visa application this week, following writing about taking coke, weed and magic mushrooms.
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Royal photographer Arthur Edwards spoke on The Sun's Royal Exclusive show, as he said that Harry's fleeting visit to his home country said a lot about his relationship with his relatives.
"When Harry came recently to see the king, it was the right thing to do, but how long did he get with the king?" he said.
"The king held up his helicopter for half an hour, but if there had been genuine love between the two, and a genuine reconciliation, he would have got in the helicopter with him and spent the weekend in Sandringham with the king.
"But he didn't.
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"He came and he went straight home the next day.
"So there doesn't seem to be such a strong feeling between them anymore."
Arthur Edwards went on to say he believes King Charles is "angry" with his youngest son - about what was said about his wife Camilla, and what was said about William and his wife Katherine.
"It just wasn't necessary to do that," he sighed.
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"It wasn't necessary to write about fighting with William - every boy has a fight with his brother at some time.
There doesn't seem to be such a close feeling between Harry and the king anymore
Arthur Edwards
"But to write about it and to criticise his brother…
"And notice that he came here to see the king but he didn't see William because William didn't want to see him."
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Elsewhere in the interview, Arthur made the shock revelation that Harry may have lied in his bombshell memoir Spare, following lawyer John Bardo claiming “the book [Spare] isn’t sworn testimony or proof”.
During the hearing, Harry’s lawyer claimed the royal might have exaggerated his drug claims to sell copies of his autobiography.
Arthur said: “It’s the defence of the lawyers acting on his behalf, maybe it wasn’t true.
“Well you can’t have it both ways, if it’s true then you are guilty, but if it’s not true then you are a liar.
“And what else in the book is lies?
“A lot of the stories in that book are strange.”
Arthur pointed out one anecdote in Spare that isn’t factually accurate.
Harry wrote in his biography that he found out that the Queen Mother had died while he was at school in the UK on March 30, 2002.
His book states: "At Eton, while studying, I took the call. I wish I could remember whose voice was at the other end; a courtier's I believe. I recall that it was just before Easter, the weather bright and warm, light slanting through my window, filled with vivid colours."
However, Arthur Edwards pointed out: “I was with Harry in closeness on a skiing trip when the Queen Mother died.
“He doesn’t remember that. He thinks he was somewhere else completely, somewhere in the UK when the Queen Mother died.
“I remember it clearly as I photographed him the next day leaving back to the UK for the funeral.
“A lot of that book is inaccurate.
“Maybe he lied about the drugs, but if he did Harry what is the point in writing anything more because we don’t know if it’s true or not.
“You can trust someone if they tell you the truth whatever happens, but once they tell a lie you doubt what they say in the future.
“I think he’s going to have to think carefully about what he does in the future.”
Harry's 'drug use'
The Duke wrote in Spare that cocaine "didn't do anything for me" when he took "a line" aged 17.
The 39-year-old added: "Marijuana is different, that actually really did help me."
After taking magic mushrooms, Harry said he started hallucinating and thought a bin in a bathroom was staring at him before growing a head.
Maybe he lied about the drugs, but if he did Harry what is the point in writing anything more because we don’t know if it’s true or not
Arthur Edwards
Conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation has sued the Department for Homeland security in a row over Harry's visa.
In a case heard before a court in Washington DC on Friday, the foundation argued the Duke's past drug use should have disqualified him from entering the US under federal law.
A court filing also accused the dad-of-two of "bragging" about using drugs and called for his immigration records to be shared as a matter of "immense public interest".
But John Bardo, a lawyer for the Biden administration, told the court “the book isn’t sworn testimony or proof”.
He added: "Saying something in a book doesn’t necessarily make it true.
"Prince Harry is one foreign national out of many who enter the US legally.”
Samuel Dewey, for the Heritage Foundation, argued: "Spare is a valid admission, the Duke has confirmed its accuracy."
Security battle woes
This comes as the Duke of Sussex, 39, lost his legal fight against the removal of his government-funded UK security on Wednesday.
He has vowed to appeal after the Home Office refused to spend taxpayers' money on his bodyguards post-Megxit.
Arthur said Harry's lawsuit was "ridiculous" - and the High Court was right to throw it out.
Harry's drug use claims
In his 2023 memoir Spare, Harry admitted to taking cannabis, cocaine and magic mushrooms throughout his life.
Speaking of his cocaine use aged 17, he explained: "At someone's house, during a hunting weekend, I was offered a line, and since then I had consumed some more.
"It wasn't very fun, and it didn't make me feel especially happy as seemed to happen to others, but it did make me feel different, and that was my main objective.
"To feel. To be different."
Harry said he took psychedelics both for fun and therapeutically over the years,
After taking magic mushrooms, the Duke said he started hallucinating, and thought a bin in a bathroom was staring at him before growing a head.
The Duke also made several admissions to using cannabis, including at Kensington Palace and as a pupil at Eton.
He revealed he smoked a spliff and watched a Disney film after his first date with Meghan Markle in 2016.
Harry also admitted to enjoying a bit of bud after putting the kids to bed at his home in Montecito, California.
He wrote: "Late at night, with everyone asleep, I'd walk the house, checking the doors and windows.
"Then I'd sit on the balcony or the edge of the garden and roll a joint.
"The house looked down onto a valley, across a hillside thick with frogs. I’d listen to their late-night song, smell the scented air."
Harry wrote that under the influence of drugs, he was able to see there was “another world where the red mist didn’t exist”.
He said drugs helped him both escape and “redefine” reality.
He added: "He's no longer a working member of the royal family. He just pops in when it suits him."
A judge ruled there had not been any "unlawfulness" in the call to pull Harry's security.
Retired High Court Judge Sir Peter Lane added the decision had been "justified", and was not "irrational" - as it had been dubbed.
But the Duke of Sussex has vowed to appeal the judgement and claimed he is "not asking for preferential treatment".
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