'Any illness, any sickness, brings families together

Prince speaks to American TV crew about 'reunifying effect'

- RUSSELL MYERS

PRINCE Harry has told how he believes his relationship with the Royal Family could be repaired by the King's cancer diagnosis.

The Duke of Sussex spoke about his hopes of a reconciliation after several years of conflict.

Harry said: "I think any illness, any sickness brings families together." The Duke, who made a brief visit to Britain last week to see his ailing father, added: "I love my family." The meeting the first time Harry and Charles have been face to face in 16 months - lasted just 30 minutes, but the Duke said he was "grateful" to see the King, 75, and suggested the illness could help to heal the rift.

He added: "I've got other trips planned that would take me through the UK or back to the UK, so I'll stop in and see my family as much as I can.

But he also said he is "loving every single day" living in California with wife Meghan and their children, Archie, four, and Lilibet, two.

Buckingham Palace has released hardly any details about the King's cancer, and Harry also declined to provide information about his father's health, saying: "That stays between me and him." In the interview with a US breakfast show, the Duke also made the startling admission that he is thinking about becoming a US citizen.

If he went ahead with it he might have to renounce his titles as well as his allegiance to Britain and the King.

Harry, who has been in Canada this week with Meghan, marking one year until the Invictus Games, granted behind-the-scenes access to US TV show Good Morning America.

A film crew led by reporter Will Reeve, the son of the late Superman actor Christopher Reeve, followed Harry in the winter sports town of Whistler, which is co-hosting the 2025 Invictus Games the Duke's multi-sports event for wounded and sick military personnel.