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King Charles and Queen Camilla arrive for Sunday service at Crathie Kirk in good spirits as it emerges the monarch will plan first public appearance with Prince Harry in six years

The King and Queen appeared cheerful as they arrived at Crathie Kirk

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Published: 13:08 BST, 21 September 2025 | Updated: 13:15 BST, 21 September 2025

The King and Queen appeared in cheerful spirits as they arrived at Crathie Kirk for a Sunday service.

Camilla, 78, and Charles, 76, were seen arriving at the Scottish Church, which is located near Balmoral Castle, via car.

It comes amid the news that talks are underway to gradually bring King Charles and Prince Harry together in a public show of unity for the first time in at least six years, the Mail on Sunday revealed.

Elsewhere today, Camilla put on a chic display in a teal coat, tartan scarf, and green scarf adorned with a feather.

Charles looked equally smart in a three-piece tweed suit as he travelled to the venue on Saturday morning.

The monarch has enjoyed a busy few days as of late, having hosted America’s President, Donald Trump, and his wife, Melania Trump, on their State visit to the UK.

During his visit to the UK, Trump was treated to two days of pomp and pageantry, including a glittering state dinner at Windsor Castle alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales.

On Wednesday, he met with King Charles – with the pair both hailing the ‘special relationship’ between their two countries.

King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived for the Sunday Service at Crathie Kirk via car earlier today

Speaking afterwards, Mr Trump said of the Monarch: ‘We were together for a long time.

‘Really two days. I just left him. He is a great person. I knew him as Prince Charles originally and now as King Charles. And the people love him in this country.’

It is believed that Washington is already planning the royal visit for as early as next year.

And according to reports, the Trump administration wants to give the UK a starring role in celebrations for the 250th anniversary of US independence in 2026.

A senior White House official told The Telegraph, ‘It was a really fantastic trip. The British know how to do this perfectly.’

‘They set the bar high for their trip to see us,’ the source added.

Before flying back to the US, Trump thanked his hosts and praised the ‘incredible bond’ between the UK and US.

He said: ‘We’re grateful beyond words for the spectacular honour of the state visit yesterday at Windsor Castle, hosted by His Majesty King Charles III and Her Majesty, Queen Camilla. These are two fantastic people. We will never forget it.’

The 76-year-old monarch looked dapper in a three-piece tweed suit for the occasion on Sunday

Elsewhere, Prince Harry has also made a trip from the States to the UK to see his father in recent times.

Harry, 40, enjoyed a 55-minute tea with his father earlier this month, marking their first meeting in 19 months since the Duke flew to the UK to see Charles in February 2024.

Prince Harry ‘loved’ being back in the UK and ‘catching up with old friends’, his aide revealed after.

Concluding his four-day trip with an event to highlight The Diana Award, a spokesman for the Duke of Sussex later suggested he saw it as a success.

The prodigal prince managed to secure himself a 55-minute meeting with his father, King Charles – the first in 19 months.

But his choice of final engagement – a charity both he and his estranged brother, Prince William, have been involved with over the years – only served to emphasise the gulf that remains between them.

Tessy Ojo, chief executive of The Diana Award, indicated she didn’t expect a joint engagement from them any time soon, saying: ‘You know what, people are fascinated about seeing them together. I’ve had the pleasure of working alongside them for 25 years and they’ve always done things separately.

‘The one time we brought them together was the 20th anniversary of Princess Diana’s death.’

Harry, she said, has been having meetings on a monthly basis over Zoom with Diana Award staff and has been to events in America. It was one of five events packed into what was dubbed a ‘pseudo royal tour’ for the Prince – and one clearly aimed at trying to reset his relationship with the British people.

The icing on the cake, however, was being driven into Clarence House for an almost hour-long meeting with his father. While those in royal circles say it was not a reunion per se, it is being considered a positive step forward.

There is no suggestion of any such thawing in relations with his brother, who had borne the brunt of many of Harry’s most vicious attacks on his family in recent years.

It is not clear whether he has any plans to return to Britain soon.

However, his spokesman strongly suggested he was buoyed by how well he felt this one had gone, saying: ‘He’s obviously loved being back in the UK, catching up with old friends and just generally being able to support the incredible causes that mean so much to him.’

Harry spent around an hour at what appeared to be a specially created event for him, talking to young people about mental health and social action. In an impromptu speech, he spoke about how young people can feel isolated if ‘lost and separated from a group’.

Harry also gave a warm hug to his father’s former press secretary Colleen Harris, who worked for Charles when he was the Prince of Wales, from 1998 until 2003. She is now a trustee of the King’s Charitable Fund.

Afterwards, the Duke headed straight to the airport and now it has emerged that instead of heading back to Los Angeles, he went to Ukraine instead.

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That Monday, Harry marked the third anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death by privately laying flowers at her grave in St George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle.

But he remained apart from William, with the Prince just seven miles away visiting a Women’s Institute branch in Sunningdale, Berkshire, in his grandmother’s honour.

Harry and Charles last met face-to-face more than a year and a half ago when the duke made a transatlantic dash to see the monarch on February 9, 2024, after hearing of his cancer diagnosis, but they spent just over 30 minutes together before the King left to recuperate in Sandringham.

The Duke, who stepped down as a senior working royal along with his wife Meghan Markle in 2020, does not carry out official royal duties on behalf of the monarchy and remains estranged from much of the Royal Family.

Harry claimed in his controversial memoir, Spare, that William had physically attacked him in a row over Meghan, and that his brother and Kate encouraged him to wear a Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party in 2005 and ‘howled’ with laughter when they saw it.

The Duke – who levelled other accusations at William, Kate and the King and Queen Camilla in his Oprah interview, Netflix documentary and his autobiography – told the BBC in May that Charles will not speak to him because of his court battle over his security, and he does not know ‘how much longer my father has’.

Harry is reported to have not been offered a place at a royal palace and is said to be staying at a hotel at his own expense.

The Duke has previously spoken of his hopes for a ‘reconciliation’ with his family, saying: ‘Of course, some members of my family will never forgive me for writing a book. Of course, they will never forgive me for lots of things.’

He added: ‘But you know, I would love reconciliation with my family,’ and said there was ‘no point in continuing to fight anymore’.

Senior aides to the King and the duke were pictured together in London this July in what was reported to be an initial step towards opening channels of communication between the two sides.

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