Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will head back to the US following the Queen's funeral after "efforts on both sides" to heal rifts with their royal relatives, a friend has said.
But TV host Gayle King, who is known to be close to Meghan and attended her baby shower in New York before she gave birth to son Archie, added it remains to be seen if they can bury the hatchet with the likes of King Charles and Prince William. There has been much made of the rift between William and Harry with their frosty relationship reportedly sparked by William's concerns over Harry's fast-developing relationship with Meghan Markle ahead of their royal wedding in 2018.
The tense row quickly boiled over - with Harry claiming his brother was "trapped" within the royal system during a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey after quitting as a senior royal.
Meanwhile, Harry has also accused his dad Charles of cutting him off financially and claimed he had stopped taking his calls in the same tell-all chat with Oprah.
The death of the Queen brought Charles, William and Harry together once again as they mourned the Queen and walked behind her coffin in several processions - and attended her funeral with their wives.
And speaking after the funeral, Ms King said: " There have been efforts on both sides … to sort of make this right.
"'Big families always go through drama, always go through turmoil. It remains to be seen — are they going to be drawn closer together or are they going to be drawn apart?
"I have no idea, I have no inside information on that, but I will tell you this: It was good to see Harry standing with his family."
It comes after royal insiders said William's temporary truce with his estranged brother will remain until after Harry publishes his memoir.
Royal sources have revealed that regardless of the display of harmony between the former "Fab Four" of the brothers and their wives, the princes did not plan to meet throughout Harry’s time in the UK.
William, 40, and Harry, 38, reportedly had just one meeting last Thursday when they shared a brief chance encounter.
The Prince of Wales was returning to Windsor after collecting his children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis from school. Harry and Meghan, 41, were in their car as the brothers drove past each other, but then stopped, reversed, wound down their windows and chatted, according to the Sunday Times.
One royal insider said: "The family continue to be in mourning and are now finally being allowed to grieve for the Queen away from the gaze of millions.
"However, any talk of a truce between the Prince and the Duke would only be temporary.
"There is still a serious amount of distrust in the air and there hasn’t been any cause for that to change.
"The feeling is very much that there is little point in pursuing a repair in relations until all the cards are on the table.”
The Duke of Sussex's memoir, which was due to be released in December, is set to be delayed because of the royal mourning period.
It is now likely to be published next year. Senior royals including the King and Prince William are said to be "increasingly uneasy" about the content of the book.
