King Charles "snubbed" Prince Harry to reward a senior peer who masterminded his Coronation, it has been claimed.
The Duke of Sussex made a whistle-stop visit to the UK earlier this month to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.
However, King Charles and Prince William did not meet with Prince Harry during his brief return to London.
The monarch and Queen Camilla were instead attending a garden party at Buckingham Palace, a stone's throw away from where Harry's service was being held at St Paul's Cathedral.
King Charles and Prince Harry did not reunite during the duke's UK trip
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Another diary event which kept the monarch from seeing his son was that King Charles, 75, was rewarding the senior peer who masterminded his Coronation and Queen Elizabeth II's funeral.
Eyebrows were raised when the Duke of Norfolk was seemingly overlooked in the New Year Honours, given his pivotal role in making both occasions such successes.
But on May 7, at a private meeting in Buckingham Palace, the King presented him with a silver gilt Coronation Cup, continuing a 300-year tradition.
The 18th duke said the gift was placed on the mantelpiece in his medieval family home, Arundel Castle in West Sussex.
Prince Harry attended a service at St Paul's Cathedral when back in the UK
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He told The Mail: "After the Coronation, the King wrote a wonderful letter saying thank you, adding that a gift would be on its way.
"I am absolutely delighted with the Coronation Cup."
Monarchs have gifted gilded cups to their Earls Marshal, holders of the hereditary office responsible for major ceremonial state occasions, since George II's Coronation in 1727.
George III, George IV, William IV, George V, George VI and Elizabeth II continued the tradition.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were attending a garden party on the same day
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PAHowever, all seven cups were stolen in 2021, when a burglar broke into Arundel Castle with a hammer and grabbed £1million worth of antiques.
No one has ever been convicted and police believe it is unlikely the items will ever be found.
The presentation was one of several meetings King Charles had on the day Prince Harry landed in London.
The next day, while his son was at St Paul's Cathedral, the King held a garden party and met with the Prime Minister.