Prince Harry and William's bond is 'dire' but there's a glimmer of hope, claims insider
According to a new report, the feud between Prince William and Prince Harry is as bitter as ever - but one insider doesn't believe this means it can't be repaired in the future
Prince Harry's bitter feud with Prince William has shown no signs of being buried.
But there may be a glimmer of hope that their current situation of no contact might one day be resolved, according to an insider. The estranged brothers are not believed to have been on speaking terms since the release of Harry and Meghan's controversial Netflix series and the bombshell memoir Spare.
Although Harry did attend King Charles' Coronation last year, he was not seen speaking to William and the pair don't appear to have met up on the Duke of Sussex's recent trips back to the UK.
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According to PEOPLE magazine, Harry's attempts to contact William through texts, calls and messages go unanswered. But a royal insider told the publication that even though the rift is "very bad" it is not "irreparable". The insider's comments come after it was also reported that Harry is no longer on speaking terms with King Charles with one long-running issue seeing their estrangement deepen, a source has claimed.
It had been hoped that father and son were on the road to begin repairing their rift, especially after they met when Harry dashed to the UK after it was announced that Charles had been diagnosed with cancer. However, weeks later when the Duke of Sussex returned to the UK for a 10th anniversary service for the Invictus Games at St Paul's Cathedral, there was no meeting between the pair.
Now sources close to the Sussexes have claimed that Harry's calls to his dad are going unanswered as Harry tries to discuss his security arrangements with his father. The Duke has been embroiled in a long-running battle over his security when he comes to the UK after he automatically lost the right to his police protection when he stepped down as a working royal.
He has lost his subsequent court battles to have it reinstated for him, wife Meghan and their two children and is planning an appeal. According toPEOPLE magazine, Harry believes his dad could help to have this reinstated, although this has been dismissed as "wholly inaccurate" by a palace source.
And now a friend of Harry's told the magazine: "He gets 'unavailable right now'. His calls go unanswered. He has tried to reach out about the King's health, but those calls go unanswered too." While another friend added: "Harry is frightened and feels the only person who can do anything about it is his father," while another source added: "Harry is determined to protect his own family at all costs."
Harry took legal action over the February 2020 decision by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) which ruled he would no longer be given the "same degree" of publicly-funded protection when in the country. Ravec's decision came as a result of a change in the duke's 'status' after he stopped being a "full-time working member of the royal family ", a judge was told.
In February, retired High Court judge Sir Peter Lane rejected the duke's case that he was "singled out" and treated "less favourably" by the decision and concluded Ravec's approach was not irrational nor procedurally unfair. After the ruling, a legal spokesperson for Harry said in a statement that the Duke "hopes to obtain justice from the Court of Appeal".
During a hearing at the High Court, it was told that Harry believes his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet cannot "feel at home" in the UK if it is "not possible to keep them safe" there. At a previous hearing in the case, in a written statement, Harry said: "It was with great sadness for both of us that my wife and I felt forced to step back from this role and leave the country in 2020. The UK is my home.
"The UK is central to the heritage of my children and a place I want them to feel at home, as much as where they live at the moment in the United States. That cannot happen if it's not possible to keep them safe when they are on UK soil. I cannot put my wife in danger like that and, given my experiences in life, I am reluctant to unnecessarily put myself in harm's way too."
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