Prince Harry and Prince William were ever the best of brothers. They grew up together and supported each other through a horrible tragedy, but what promised to be two power couples to help bring the Royal Family into a new era turned into a bitter feud of historical proportions instead.
There will come a time when William is crowned king, and previous reports have claimed that he might not invite his own brother to the coronation. As fate would have it, sending an invite could be a waste of time, as a new rumor states that Harry might opt to skip the grand day anyway.
Prince William and Prince Harry were once destined to become the faces of the new, modern Royal Family. The two brothers grew up together, raised largely by their mother, Princess Diana, but tragedy struck when they were just 15 and 12 years old respectively.
Diana passed away following a car accident in Paris, leaving the boys without a mother. Prince Harry has since claimed that his father wasn’t the best person to deal with his sons’ feelings and emotions following the tragedy. Even so, William and Harry’s relationship grew stronger because of it.
Today, the reality is a different story. After Harry’s royal exit and the many allegations lodged by he and Meghan Markle against his brother and other Royal Family members, he and William are far from friends. If reports are to be believed, the duo have not spoken to each other in more than two years.
Today, reconciliation looks far, far away indeed.
Harry has hardly been shy about letting the world know his feelings towards the royals, both in his bombshell book, Spare, and in a number of interviews. He appeared in an extraordinary BBC interview not long ago, claiming that his father, King Charles, refuses to speak to him. The estranged prince said he would “love reconciliation” with his family.
Royal Family feels “betrayed” by Prince Harry
“There have been so many disagreements, differences, between me and some of my family,” Harry said, adding that “some members” of his family will “never forgive him” for what he’s done, including “writing a book.”
The Royal Family has not made a single statement about Harry’s many comments or allegations. A source told Us Weekly earlier in May that the royals feel “hurt and betrayed” by the prince. Prince William, it’s claimed, has had the most visceral reaction, being left “more hurt than anything else.”
The source said: “Everything changed when Meghan came into the fold, [But] she’s not blamed for everything, and Harry is a part of it.”
Still, the source added, reconciliation could be on the table in the future. Prince William and Kate Middleton “can forgive Harry because he’s family,” but they “don’t want to see Meghan again.”
“The first step is to stop talking to the public about private matters,” the insider concluded. “They don’t see a path forward until Harry can stay quiet.”
Prince Harry ‘regret’ writing about William in his book
When Kate Middleton received her cancer diagnosis last year, Harry and Meghan were said to have reached out to her and lent support. At the same time, reports suggested that Harry regretted writing nasty things about his sister-in-law in Spare. In January, a source speaking to the Mirror suggested that Harry might feel the same about his brother.
“Although Harry is glad he finally got his say on everything that went on with Spare, there is part of him that has some regrets over it all and the way it was handled,” the source said.
“He was still very angry about how he was treated by his family and wanted them to know and felt his book was the only way they’d listen. But looking back, he’s not sure it was handled in the right way and he has faced a lot of criticism for it and hurt his family a lot,” they added.
Sadly, Harry’s recent BBC interview could have been the final nail in the coffin. A source told PageSix that they “don’t think there’s [any] coming back from that,” and that Harry appears not to have learned his lesson at all.
When King Charles dies, Prince William will ascend the throne on the day of his own coronation. Sadly, it appears he has no plans to invite his brother to be there for his big day.
While the Prince of Wales has been rumored to want his coronation to “look and feel different,” a friend of William and Harry told The Times in August last year that William could exclude his brother from the event and not invite him. The friend claimed that the brothers last spoke almost two years ago. “They are estranged, which is dreadfully sad,” the source added.
Harry could skip attending William’s coronation, source claims
Of course, William is technically well within his rights to exclude Harry from his coronation. Still, royal expert and author Christopher Andersen told Fox he is “convinced” that the Duke will be there.
“Despite all the bad blood between the brothers, I’m convinced that, when the time does come, William will not be foolish enough to exclude his only sibling, now fifth in line to the throne, from his coronation,” Andersen said.
“Things probably have never been worse between the brothers than they are now. William and Charles have pretty much made the joint decision to effectively cut Harry out of their lives, at least for the time being. There is no sign of a reconciliation on the horizon, and everyone involved seems to have pretty much come to terms with that.”
Harry returned to the UK for his father’s coronation, though his relationship with his family was icy to say the least. However, if William invites Harry to his coronation, Harry might not even want to go, according to a PageSix source.
Speaking to the news outlet, royal expert Hugo Vickers said that William “theoretically” should invite his younger brother to his coronation.
“William won’t strip them of their titles”
“But quite frankly he can do what he likes. It is not set in stone,” Vickers told Page Six. “The Duke of Windsor was not invited to [his niece Queen Elizabeth’s] coronation in 1953. There was a lot of discussion about it.”
There have been rumors about William’s plans to strip Harry and Meghan of their HRH titles when he takes the throne. According to Hugo Vickers, that won’t happen.
“We know that William is unforgiving anyway,” Vickers said. “But … he won’t strip Harry and Meghan of their titles, it appears vindictive.”
The source agreed: “William won’t strip them of their titles because they are irrelevant and meaningless at this point. No one thinks [Harry and Meghan] are royal anyway!”
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