ヘンリー英王子、父の病気を機に家族関係は修復可能

【ワシントンＡＦＰ＝時事】英国のヘンリー王子は１６日、父チャールズ国王が、がんと診断されると直ちにロンドン行きの「便に飛び乗った」と語り、国王の病気をきっかけに王室内の亀裂は修復できるとの考えを示した。（写真は英ロンドンの裁判所を去るヘンリー王子）
　ヘンリー王子は、米ＡＢＣテレビの番組「グッド・モーニング・アメリカ」のインタビューで、国王が、がんと診断されたことについて公の場で初めてコメント。
　国王から直接知らされ、「できるだけ早く会いに行った」と語った。国王の健康状態については「内々の話」だとして、詳細は明らかにしなかった。
　一方で、「私は家族を愛している」とし、先週、短時間ながら父親と過ごせたことに「感謝している」と語った。
　また、国王の病気によって家族の絆は取り戻せると思うかとの質問には、「間違いなくそう思う」と明言。
　「英国を経由したり帰国したりする旅行も考えている。できるだけ多く家族に会いに行くつもりだ」と話し、米国の市民権取得について検討したこともあったが、現段階では優先事項ではないとした。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2024/02/19-17:32）

Prince Harry has suggested that King Charles's illness could help reunite the British royal family, and described how he immediately jumped on a plane to London after his father's cancer diagnosis.
In an interview with ABC's Good Morning America show on Friday, the prince made his first public comments on the king's health.
He said he heard the news directly from Charles and went to go and see him as soon as I could.
I love my family, Harry said, adding he was grateful to spend a brief amount of time with his father last week.
Harry spoke in Canada where he and his wife Meghan are attending training a year ahead of the Invictus Games for injured military veterans, an event that he organizes.
Asked if the illness could bring his family back together, Harry said Yeah, I'm sure.
Referencing the games, he added that throughout all the families that I see on a day-to-day basis (it is) the strength of the family unit coming together.
Harry declined to give details on his father's health, saying that stays between me and him.
Prince Harry quit royal duties in 2020 and relocated to California where he lives with his American wife and their two young children.
I have got other trips planned that would take me through the UK, or back to the UK so I will stop and see my family as much as I can, said Harry.
He also said he had considered seeking American citizenship, but it was not a current priority for him.
Charles' diagnosis came just 17 months into his reign following the death of his 96-year-old mother, Queen Elizabeth II, on September 8, 2022.