As someone who has been covering the British royal family for over a decade, it's hard not to notice the sad shift in the relationship between the Princess of Wales and Prince Harry. From the outside, it seemed like a warm, brotherly-sisterly bond, full of laughter and shared smiles. Along with Prince William, the two were a close-knit royal trio, but now, more than just thousands of miles separate them.
Harry is due back in the UK this week to celebrate the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games, and while the question of whether he will meet with his father King Charles remains unanswered, it is near impossible that Harry will reunite with his brother William and sister-in-law Catherine, who he is firmly estranged from.
In fact, Russell Myers claimed in his book William & Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story that Catherine was less interested than William in having Harry remain a working member of the royal family. The Duke of Sussex and his wife, Meghan Markle, ultimately stepped back from their royal roles in 2020.
"As an 'outsider', Catherine had witnessed the deterioration of William and Harry's relationship. She had seen Harry and Meghan become ever more bitter at having to follow the rules of a hierarchical and hereditary monarchy, until they felt as if they could follow them no longer," Russell wrote.
"Sources suggest Catherine had less interest than her husband in trying to persuade Harry to stay in his current role. She believed William and Harry's fundamental differences as the 'heir and the spare' had created the inevitability of Harry wanting more from his role than being a bit-part player."
Harry is due back in the UK this week to celebrate the one-year countdown to the Invictus Games, and while the question of whether he will meet with his father King Charles remains unanswered, it is near impossible that Harry will reunite with his brother William and sister-in-law Catherine, who he is firmly estranged from.
In fact, Russell Myers claimed in his book William & Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story that Catherine was less interested than William in having Harry remain a working member of the royal family. The Duke of Sussex and his wife, Meghan Markle, ultimately stepped back from their royal roles in 2020.
"As an 'outsider', Catherine had witnessed the deterioration of William and Harry's relationship. She had seen Harry and Meghan become ever more bitter at having to follow the rules of a hierarchical and hereditary monarchy, until they felt as if they could follow them no longer," Russell wrote.
"Sources suggest Catherine had less interest than her husband in trying to persuade Harry to stay in his current role. She believed William and Harry's fundamental differences as the 'heir and the spare' had created the inevitability of Harry wanting more from his role than being a bit-part player."
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