Photos showed Meredith Maines, Harry's chief communications officer, meeting with Tobyn Andreae, the King’s communications secretary.

Both Harry and Charles are said to be keen to reconcile, MailOnline reports, especially after the king was diagnosed with cancer, for which he is still receiving treatment. A source said the meeting between aides was the ‘first step towards reconciliation between Harry and his father, but at least it is a step in the right direction’.