“We’re brothers, we’ll always be brothers. “Part of this role and part of this job and this family being under the pressure it’s under, inevitably stuff happens,” he said. The sorrow in his eyes appeared to speak to a sense of regret that while he has gained a stalwart and supportive heir – he has lost his “spare”.Īt the end of the Duke and Duchess of Sussexes’ tour of Africa in 2019, Prince Harry spoke of being on a “different path” to Prince William. The 74-year-old monarch looked visibly moved after his eldest son leaned in to kiss him on the cheek, responding with a heartfelt: “Thank you, William.” His sidelining appeared all the more stark in comparison to the prominent role Prince William, 40, played in publicly pledging to be the King’s “liege man of life and limb”. Yet, in seemingly not exchanging a single word with his father or brother during his whistle-stop visit, returning to California after just 36 hours, the father of two, 38, could not have looked further removed from the Firm he once called home. Marking the first time Prince Harry has been in the same room as the King and the heir to the throne since the publication of his bombshell autobiography Spare, which was highly critical of the Royal family, it was never going to be an easy reunion. It was the stare that spoke a thousand words about the broken bond between two once close royal brothers.ĭiana, Princess of Wales, had insisted they be brought up as equals.īut as he was relegated to a third-row seat, The Princess Royal’s hat obscuring his view, there was no mistaking the Duke of Sussex’s sense of unease as he briefly glanced across to the Prince of Wales during their father’s Coronation on Saturday.
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