The ice is thawing between royal brother feudal lords, Prince William and Prince Harry, thanks to the family’s chief mediator, Kate Middleton.
The Duchess of Cambridge, William’s wife, whom she has called a “family peacemaker”, was the first to talk to the isolated Harry after Saturday’s discreet funeral for his grandfather Prince Philip, the Sunday Times reported. London.
He began a lively chat with his brother-in-law as family members emerged in the bright spring sun.
The prince seemed to relax visibly as he spoke, and then William joined them, turning their tete-a-tete into a trio.
As most of the family members left the cars waiting for them outside the chapel and returned together to Windsor Castle, Kate discreetly fell behind, allowing William and Harry to walk side by side. of the other, speaking kindly along the way.
According to reports, the royal aides were “in eggshells” as they planned the funeral around the strain of the brothers ’relationship.
An angry William was reportedly allowed to “swirl” following his brother Oprah Winfrey’s incendiary interview last month, when Harry and his wife Meghan Markle filed charges of racism against unnamed family members and said that his brother feels “trapped” by his royal duties.
The brothers were separated by their cousin Peter Phillips as they marched in procession behind his grandfather’s coffin, and were seated very apart during the funeral service.
Although Markle, who is pregnant with the couple’s second child, could not travel to Britain for the ceremonies, Harry may remain on his homeland for a few more days, the Times reported, to celebrate the 95th anniversary of the ceremony. Queen Elizabeth II with family on Wednesday in private.