'Panic stricken’ Prince Harry's fears Charles had ‘sugar-coated’ cancer news
ok.co.ukPrince Harry’s immediate decision to fly back to the UK following the announcement of King Charles’ cancer diagnosis prompted fears that the situation was far worse than it seemed.
But after a meeting which lasted 45 minutes - with some insiders saying just 12 of these were spent face to face - many of those worries dissipated as the King, 75, looking hale and hearty, waved to the crowds before he took off for Norfolk in a helicopter from Buckingham Palace with Queen Camilla, 76.
And, after just 25 hours in the UK, the Duke of Sussex, 39, was back at Heathrow Airport for another 5,000 mile journey across the Atlantic to be reunited with his wife and two young children. “Harry was rather panic-stricken when he heard the news about his dad and wanted to head over to the UK as soon as possible," a source exclusively told OK! “He needed to know if what his dad had told him about his illness over the phone was true and not something that he had sugar-coated to not worry him.
Once he was sure that the King was in the best hands, he calmed down a bit and realised that he had time to work things out.” The reason for Harry’s sudden return was chalked up to a son’s understandable concern for his father - but with every large-scale family event and national occasion declared 'an olive branch' to reconcile the warring royals, did his instant response to fly to his father's side prove there is still hope?
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