By Molly Claire Goddard
5:15pm PDT, Sep 8, 2025
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According to
Eric Schiffer, chairman of Reputation Management Consultants,
Prince Harry and King Charles III should strive to keep their potential meeting as "off the radar" as possible. "It's vitally important for [Harry's] feeling and his desire to have a real relationship with his dad," Schiffer
said. "The challenge is there's such a big trust gap that naturally is going to get amplified by all the players that surround both of them, that it creates this emotional hurdle. The only way he's really going to make that happen is for you and I and everyone else to never know about it."
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Eric Schiffer continued of the need for privacy surrounding
Prince Harry's meeting with King Charles III, "It has to be done in a back-channel way. If [Harry] does that and he's sincere about it and he's consistent and he's emotionally mature, I think there's a way for him to rebuild a relationship, but the onus is on him to build and show that he can maintain and respect the privacy of the king and his confidence. I think the way to get this done is going to be different than through palace aides. You have to find some relationship that Harry can count on and that will trust Harry to deliver for them, to put their capital with the king."
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Eric Schiffer stressed that
Prince Harry should coordinate a potential meeting with King Charles III through a close friend or family member — not a palace aide. "It will need to be done through family or a very close personal friend of Charles who Harry still has a relationship with. Doing it through palace aides is not the way to get this done because it then has the potential to invite others and then the king naturally is going to be protective," he said. "[Charles] doesn't want to look foolish. Harry's going to need to deliver and to feel emotionally ready to deliver."
