Princes Harry and William, this unease that takes root between the two brothers
Since the separation of their royal homes, the sons of Prince Charles have taken “different paths,” the Duke of Sussex admitted. Tensions which increased after the interview granted by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Oprah Winfrey on March 7.
Lady Diana had once asked them to look after each other. United during the worst media storms, from the divorce of their parents to the death of the Princess in August 1997, Princes Harry and William, lifelong accomplices, have never broken their promise. However, in recent months, the two brothers, 35 and 37, have taken "different paths", admitted Prince Harry in the documentary Harry & Meghan: an African Journey, broadcast on October 20, 2019.
A distance confirmed on the occasion of Remembrance Day, an event that pays tribute to the British soldiers who fell during the First World War. The Cambridge had thus found the Sussexes in the stands of the ceremony on Saturday, November 9. The atmosphere ? Frosty. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry had taken their place behind Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his companion Carrie Symonds, to the left of Queen Elizabeth II, while Prince William and Kate Middleton stood at a safe distance, to the right of the sovereign.
Tensions which had further increased after the announcement made by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on Wednesday, January 8. The Sussexes have indeed decided to distance themselves from their royal commitments, they explained in a statement. “We now plan to divide our time between the UK and North America, continuing to honor our duties to the Queen, the Commonwealth and our patronages,” they continued.
"Unproductive" conversations
And the relationship between the two brothers suffered a new shock after the interview granted by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to Oprah Winfrey on March 7, 2021 on CBS. A long interview in which the Sussexes returned to the ill-treatment allegedly suffered by the Duchess during her stay at Bukingham Palace, in particular because of her skin color. As well as on a conflict which would have opposed it by Kate Middleton.
Thursday, March 11, Prince William, during an official appearance, had declared to a journalist that his family was "not at all racist". Since then, the two brothers have spoken on the phone, but without much heat according to Gayle King, presenter of the show "CBS This Morning", who spoke with the Sussexes: "Harry spoke to his brother, as well as to his dad. What I have been told is that these conversations have not been productive. But are they happy, at least, to have started them? "
United Brothers
In the past, nothing seemed to resist these two blondes, born under the best auspices in 1982 and 1984. They take their first steps together, under the watchful (and inevitable) eye of the paparazzi. From their return to Wetherby School in London in 1989, to their stay in the Austrian mountains in 1991, including their polo matches, the little princes grew up under scrutiny by the British people. On September 6, 1997, the two brothers, overwhelmed with grief, still glance at each other at Lady Diana's funeral in London.
Side heart, Diana had addressed a piece of advice to her eldest son. "She had said to William," marry your best friend ", remembered Elaine, a friend of Lady Di, in 2010. A brilliant advice, that William took at his word", by marrying in 2011, after eight years of relationship , commoner Kate Middleton. Prince Harry will only wait two years before marrying his American fiancée.
First dissensions
The first tremors were thus caused by the arrival in the royal family of a named Meghan Markle. The tremors turned into a media earthquake on the eve of the marriage between the 38-year-old ex-American actress and Prince Harry, in May 2018. The first rumors of an argument between the future bride and her sister-in-law then emerge. , Kate Middleton, whom she would have made cry during the fittings of Princess Charlotte, bridesmaid of the event.
Very quickly, Meghan Markle began work at an exorbitant cost in Frogmore's cottage, refused to pose for the photographers at the exit of the maternity ward, after the birth of her son Archie on May 6, and imposed that the baptism of the baby be celebrated in private. Behind the scenes at Kensington, the Duchess of Sussex is said to be even sass with Kate Middleton's staff.
At the end of 2018, Prince Harry and his wife left their apartments at Kensington Palace to move into their cottage in Frogmore. "The two brothers have relied on each other since their mother's death," an anonymous witness told The Sunday Times in February. But now that they have families of their own, they don't rely on each other as much. They have become different people with different views on life. ”
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