Prince Charles and Prince Harry are reportedly speaking again

Sources close to the royal family have claimed Prince Charles and Prince Harry are speaking again, but it’s not “all roses”.

Prince Charles has not seen his younger son, Prince Harry, in almost eight months – but they are back on speaking terms again, multiple sources tell Page Six.

The pair last saw each other in person at Prince Philip’s funeral in April, and Charles, who has spent several days this week in Barbados as it becomes a republic, has yet to meet Harry’s daughter – his granddaughter – Lilibet, born in July.

“Charles was hugely hurt when Harry and Meghan just dumped it on the family they were giving up their roles and moving abroad,” a royal insider told Page Six, referring to Harry and wife Meghan Markle’s decision to “quit” the family.

Sources say Charles was ‘hugely hurt’ by Harry and Meghan. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

“I don’t think [Harry and Charles] talked for a good while, but now the channels of communication are open.”

Still, the insider admitted: “I don’t think it’s all roses. It’s not like they are sitting down for a heart-to-heart on the phone once a week.”

Representatives for Charles, and for Harry and Meghan, did not respond to requests for comment.

As Page Six reported last week, the new book Brothers and Wives, by Christopher Andersen, alleges that Charles unwittingly triggered a rift with Harry and Meghan, who is bi-racial, after asking his wife, Camilla: “What do you think their children’s complexion might be?”

A spokesperson for Charles called the account “fiction”.

After months of speculation, a new book has alleged Charles was the royal who questioned Archie’s skin colour. Picture: Getty Images

Harry and Meghan have not commented on it, but a highly placed source told The Post this week: “I think people on both sides of the Atlantic in the family are united in agreeing they don’t want to give this book any more oxygen.”

Harry was brutally honest about his thoughts on his father during his and Meghan’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in March.

He claimed that both his brother, William, and dad were trapped because of their roles, and said Charles had left him financially bereft.

Financial accounts released this summer showed that the heir to the throne continued to financially support Harry and Meghan after they stepped down as senior members of the royal family – spending $US6.3 million ($A8.8 million) on his sons over the past year.

In May, Harry alleged that Charles expected him to “suffer” as he had, adding that he was handed down a “cycle” of “genetic pain and suffering”.

“Just because you suffered, it doesn’t mean that your kids have to suffer … That doesn’t make sense,” Harry said on his Apple+ docuseries, The Me You Can’t See.

Harry spoke of ‘suffering’ in the royal family during the emotional docuseries. Picture: Getty Images.

The Mail on Sunday reported that father and son had planned to have a one-on-one dinner when Harry returned to Britain in June for the unveiling of a statue of his late mother, Princess Diana, but it’s not believed this dinner actually happened.

Another source familiar with the royals’ inner workings said of the decision: “I think the family accept the situation. They’re not annoyed. They’re accepting things for how they are.”

Prince Charles is yet to meet Harry and Meghan’s daughter Lilibet. Picture: AFP

Majesty magazine deputy editor Joe Little told Page Six: “There had been some thought that there might be a memorial service for Prince Philip [Charles’ father, who died in April] towards the end of this year, but that has not happened. This would have given Harry and Meghan a chance to come over.

“Clearly, though, a family Christmas would have been a good way of breaking the ice.”

But 2022 will be a huge year for the family, as palace staff have been finalising plans for celebrations for the 95-year-old Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June, which will include a concert in the gardens of Buckingham Palace.

Harry and Meghan and their children are expected back for the celebrations.

“The Duke loves and admires his grandmother very much,” a family source added.

This article originally appeared in the New York Post and is reproduced here with permission