King Charles has expressed a want to spend extra time together with his two youngest grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

The 76-year-old monarch, who was identified with most cancers earlier this 12 months, has solely hung out together with his grandson a handful of occasions – with these visits principally going down when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex nonetheless lived within the UK. The King is assumed to have met his granddaughter in 2022 – with this being their first and solely meet.

Talking of the festive interval, one supply has said that there’s “no higher time” for a reunion to happen than at Christmas time.

A supply just lately informed Mirror US: “King Charles has expressed his needs to see his grandchildren – and there is not any higher time than the festive interval to carry households collectively. There isn’t a feeling like being a grandparent and it’s a function King Charles relishes.

“It’s his hope for his household to be reunited and there is not any higher means than spending high quality time together with his grandchildren at Christmas. It could be actually particular.”

Archie and Lilibet – now aged 5 and three – now reside in California with their dad and mom, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

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