Prince Harry has been spotted laughing and joking as he enjoyed a low-key dinner with friends in a west London pub.
The Duke of Sussex, 35, ate for around three hours at Brook House Pub in Fulham last night ahead of further talks with the Royal Family on Monday.
He wore a grey polo shirt to the New King’s Road venue and was said to have been acting like a ‘normal’ customer before leaving at around 11pm.
The Duke of Sussex (pictured earlier this month), 35, ate for around three hours at Brook House Pub in Fulham last night ahead of further talks with the Royal Family on Monday
He wore a grey polo shirt to the New King’s Road venue (pictured) and was said to have been acting like a normal customer
A witness told Fabulous: ‘He seemed very happy, relaxed.
‘He was sat in the middle of seven guys and they spent a good few hours laughing and joking.
‘He seems like he was just a normal guy enjoying a few beers and a meal with his pals.’
The eatery, which sits over the road from Eel Brook Common, offers main meals of up to £25 – for the roast Cornish cod.
It has been given four stars for food, three and a half for service, and three and a half for value by customers on TripAdvisor.
Harry has previously been seen out drinking down the road in The Cross Keys in Chelsea, as well as Bunga Bunga just over the Thames in Battersea.
It comes as the Prince was forced to delay flying back to Canada to be reunited with Meghan and baby Archie because he of his fresh talks with the Palace on Monday.
The Queen appeared stony-faced as she drove through Sandringham on Saturday while Harry prepared for more meetings in the UK
As she drove through Sandringham, the monarch was wrapped up against the winter chill in a patterned head scarf as she firmly gripped the steering wheel while wearing dark glasses and pink lipstick
The Queen, who wore a steely expression behind the wheel of her Land Rover at Sandringham on Saturday, had ordered courtiers to hammer out a plan ‘in days, not weeks’ for a stripped-back Royal role for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
As she drove through her Norfolk estate, Her Majesty wrapped up against the winter chill in a patterned head scarf and dark glasses.
Following a crunch summit between Princes Charles, William and Harry last Monday, the Queen agreed to let the Sussexes step back from official duties and tasked Palace aides with drawing up a blueprint for the couple’s future in double-time.
But negotiations have since stretched on for five days because both parties are at loggerheads and unable to navigate a way through the deadlock.
Buckingham Palace has confirmed to MailOnline that Harry, who was previously believed to be digging his heels in over securing a good financial settlement, has further meetings in the UK on Monday.
This is despite his desire to return to Canada to be with Meghan and eight-month-old Archie, who he has not seen for almost two weeks.
Meghan Markle appeared fresh and happy as she drove herself to the airport in Canada on Friday, but was accompanied by a security guard
Harry had been expected to fly back across the Atlantic this weekend after hosting the Rugby League World Cup draw at Buckingham Palace on Thursday.
The last time he saw his son was at the $14million Vancouver Island mansion where he and Meghan spent Christmas – and Archie stayed when they returned to the UK to make their bombshell statement outlining their plan to quit as senior Royals.
And his time away from Archie will yawn into its third week, after a source told the Mirror talks had snagged and ‘couldn’t be done’ by the end of the week.
They said: ‘The talks have hit a deadlock. There was huge pressure to produce something for the end of the week but it couldn’t be done.
Prince Harry was pictured in London on Friday after he attended an event at Buckingham Palace. The Queen had recently held a summit meeting with senior members of the royal family
‘The Queen said it herself, these are complex issues and she is exactly right.’
‘Any announcement made in due course will be a halfway house, enough to suggest an agreement has been made between Harry, Meghan, and the rest of the family.’
As well as splits between the Palace and Sussex households, friends claim that Harry and Meghan are themselves divided over where in Canada to settle down.
The Duke is believed to be happy to continue living on the west coast near Vancouver, while his ex-actress wife is understood to favour Toronto, where she lived during her time filming Suits.
‘Meghan has a lot of connections here. She finds it comfortable and believes it is somewhere they can develop new roles and pursue her interests,’ a source told the Times.