Royal fans compare baby King Charles to Prince Harry

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published 21 March 2023

Prince Harry may not be on great terms with the Royals at the moment, but he's still family.

This is especially obvious to royal fans who spotted King Charles and Queen Camilla's Instagram post last Sunday.

The post was meant to celebrate Mother's Day, and featured a photo of the late Queen Elizabeth II holding Prince Charles, who looks to be about one or two years old. The second photo was of Camilla as an adult, posing with her late mother Rosalind Shand.

The royal couple captioned the photos: "To all mothers everywhere, and to those who may be missing their mums today, we are thinking of you and wishing you a special #MothersDay."

While people appreciated the sentiment of this post, they focused most especially on baby King Charles, namely how much he looks like his youngest son Prince Harry in that old photo. In it, his hair appears to have a red tinge, but we definitely see a family resemblance in their facial features, too.

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"Did someone notice how much alike is the king in this picture with Harry as a baby?" wrote one person.

"I see Harry in this picture," said someone else.

Sadly, Charles and Harry are not enjoying the most harmonious father and son relationship these days.

Prince Harry's relationship with the UK-based royals has gone from bad to worse ever since he and Meghan Markle left their roles as senior royals in 2020, but things really got dire after the publication of the Duke's memoir Spare in January.

Since then, King Charles evicted the Sussexes from Frogmore Cottage, though he did invite them to his coronation on 6 May.

However, Harry and Meghan have yet to announce whether or not they will be attending the historical event.

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Iris Goldsztajn is a celebrity and royal news writer for Marie Claire. As a London-based freelance journalist, she writes about wellness, relationships, pop culture, beauty and more for the likes of InStyle, Women's Health, Bustle, Stylist and Red. Aside from her quasi-personal investment in celebs' comings and goings, Iris is especially interested in debunking diet culture and destigmatising mental health struggles. Previously, she was the associate editor for Her Campus, where she oversaw the style and beauty news sections, as well as producing gift guides, personal essays and celebrity interviews. There, she worked remotely from Los Angeles, after returning from a three-month stint as an editorial intern for Cosmopolitan.com in New York. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Los Angeles, she interned at goop and C California Style and served as Her Campus' national style and LGBTQ+ editor. Iris was born and raised in France by a French father and an English mother. Her Spotify Wrapped is riddled with country music and One Direction, and she can typically be found eating her body weight in cheap chocolate.

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