Prince Harry feels remorse for several actions taken since Megxit, with his recent visit to Britain aimed at mending ties with his family and the British public, as revealed by a source.

The Duke of Sussex, aged 40, is currently in Ukraine following four days of successful commitments in London and Nottingham, which included a reconciliation meeting with King Charles—their first in 19 months.

According to a royal insider quoted by the Daily Mail, the past week might mark the beginning of Harry, Meghan, and their two children becoming a part of a ‘functioning wider family once more’.

The King reportedly wishes to restore his bond with his son and is eager to spend time with his grandchildren, Archie and Lilibet, whom he has not seen for three years.

‘It is evident that Harry regrets some of his decisions. He wishes to rebuild his connection with his family and the UK public,’ said an insider.

‘Although it is unlikely that he would ever return to live in Britain, this may initiate a process that at least allows them to operate as a cohesive extended family again.’

It came after Prince Harry’s spokesman said he ‘loved’ being back in the UK and ‘catching up’ with his good causes and friends.

In May after losing his High Court battle with the Home Office, Harry himself told the BBC that he would ‘would love a reconciliation’ with the Royal Family, adding: ‘There’s no point continuing to fight any more, life is precious’.

The King reportedly begged his warring sons ‘not to make his final years a misery’ during an anguishing meeting at Windsor Castle in 2023, but while Charles engaged with his son this week the Prince of Wales refused despite being just a few miles apart at one point.

Harry is in Kyiv as part of his work for the Invictus Games and to support Ukraine’s tens of thousands of injured veterans.

The Duke of Sussex flew to Poland and then caught a train to the Ukrainian capital, arriving on Friday morning.

It is his first visit to Kyiv, which was hit by Russian cruise missiles just two days ago on the same night numerous attack drones from Russia violated Polish airspace and were shot down.

‘I had to check with my wife and the British government to make sure it was OK’, he admitted today. 

‘We cannot stop the war but what we can do is do everything we can to help the recovery process’, he said.

‘We can continue to humanise the people involved in this war and what they are going through. We have to keep it in the forefront of people’s minds. I hope this trip will help to bring it home to people because it’s easy to become desensitised to what has been going on.’

During the Kyiv trip he will head to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, meet hundreds of veterans and also sit down with the Ukrainian prime minister, Yulia Svyrydenko. 

Prince Harry’s reconciliation meeting with his father this week is viewed as the first step towards his family returning to the UK for a visit next year.

The summit over tea at Clarence House last night could pave the way for Archie and Lilibet to visit their grandfather for the first time in more than three years.

‘The King wants to be a grandfather to his grandchildren so that’s an important pull. He was so pleased when they came over for Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee and he was able to spend some time with them,’ the same royal source told the Daily Mail.

But whether Meghan Markle will want to come with them remains another matter, the insider has said. Meghan hasn’t returned to the UK since the Queen’s death in September 2022.

Charles last saw Archie and Lilibet in June 2022, when Harry and Meghan returned for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. He has only met Lilibet once and Archie a handful of times.

Harry’s taxpayer-funded security was reduced after he and Meghan quit royal duties – sparking his legal battle with the Home Office – but the Sussexes would likely receive armed bodyguards when visiting the King. 

‘There are all sorts of obstacles to that happening again because of Harry’s insistence that they have guaranteed armed police protection. But maybe there is a way of getting them over to Balmoral or Sandringham next year or another royal residence where they are within the security perimeter’, the insider said.

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

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

On Wednesday night the prodigal prince managed to secure himself a 54-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 yesterday 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.