Prince William Finally Addresses Prince Harry Feud Amid Reports They’ve ‘Not Spoken in More Than 2 Years’
Prince William sure knows a thing or two. about family squabbles. The Prince of Wales is currently dealing with a rift with his brother Prince Harry, and he shared a rare insight about the Royal family.
Prince William visited the Army Air Corps on June 3, and he asked a soldier, “Is the pace of life good at the moment?” The soldier responded that it was a “mixed bag,” which led to a conversation about family life.
“Family’s OK? See you enough?” the Heir asked. “Some of them might not want to see you that much. It’s a mixed bag sometimes.”
The statement comes after reports came out that William and his brother Prince Harry haven’t talked in two years. “There is no relationship,” a source confirmed to Us Weekly. Royal expert Marlene Koenig agreed that, “Bridges have been burned on both sides.”
“For William, there’s a fear that Harry would go to the press and talk about what was said between them if he speaks to him,” Koenig expands. With Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis, the Wales family were preoccupied in giving their energy towards recovery. “William and Kate have had to deal with her cancer and not worry about what Harry is saying. They’re doing what they do as a family and as the future king and future queen consort and live their lives.”
Koenig also explained that Prince William acts like a barrier between Harry and Charles. “Charles never stopped loving Harry, but he doesn’t want to [cause] any more tension within the family,” she says. “He can’t bring his two sons together — that’s something they need to do. It must be awfully painful for the king that he doesn’t see his grandchildren and that he can’t talk to his son for fear of what will happen,” she adds, “but he’s keeping his distance until they can find a way to talk.”
“I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore,” Harry said in his bombshell interview with the BBC. “Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has. He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff, but it would be nice to reconcile.”
Royal commentator Richard Fitzsimmons told the outlet that the interview might have deepened the rift. “William cannot forgive Harry for having betrayed the royal family in destructive interviews and a memoir while at the same time ruthlessly monetizing their royal connections in the U.S.,” says Fitzsimmons.
Recent reports from The Daily Beast reveal that once William ascends to the throne, he will treat them very harshly. A source told The Daily Beast: “Charles might be happy to put up with this, but William won’t. He loathes and despises Harry and Meghan with every bone in his body, he believes they have betrayed everything the family stands for and the idea that they are using their royal status as a calling card will enrage him.”
