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Jennifer Newton

War is still raging between Prince William and Prince Harry, claims royal expert


The feud between Prince William and his brother Prince Harry is still on despite both taking part in events for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, a royal expert has claimed.

They were both at Trooping the Colour last Thursday although William and wife Kate were not spotted with Harry and Meghan.

And the next day at St Paul's Cathedral, the couples were not sat anywhere near each other.

Harry and Meghan were sat in the second row of the cathedral, across the aisle from William and Kate, with the couples not acknowledging each other or exchanging eye contact.

Meanwhile, on Saturday, Harry and Meghan held a first birthday party for their daughter Lilibet - the same time as when William and Kate along with Prince George and Princess Charlotte were on a visit to Cardiff.

Prince William and Prince Harry, who have had a frosty relationship (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

And according to royal biographer and expert Duncan Larcombe, not seeing a moment or any photos of the brothers together over the course of the weekend was "significant".

He told True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat: "We know this is the Royal Family. Every little handshake and everything is choreographed in the minutest of detail.

"Maybe it was them [William and Harry] just behaving themselves at last.

Harry and Meghan at St Paul's last week (Getty Images)
William and Kate at the same Jubilee event (PA)

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"Without that symbol of William and Harry, side by side at the Queen’s Jubilee, I am telling you the war is still on between those princes and it is very sad.”

His comments come after fellow royal expert Camilla Tominey was asked if Harry and Meghan had seen William and Kate privately during the Jubilee weekend on ITV's This Morning, earlier this week.

She told hosts Philip Schofield and Holly Willoughby they had not and added: "Ahead of the Jubilee it’s fair to say there had been some reports that they’re on good terms and talking regularly, but I don’t think we can conclude that they’re on good terms and talking regularly if they didn’t really spend any private time together over the weekend at all.

“The truth of the matter is, there’s still a lot of residual hurt over the Oprah Winfrey interview, and because of the lack of acknowledgement of the hurt caused from the Sussex side of things, things are still frosty.”

There has been much made of the rift between the two brothers with their frosty relationship reportedly sparked by William's concerns over Harry's fast-developing relationship with Meghan 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.

Since leaving the UK in early 2020 and before last weekend, Harry had only seen his brother twice - at the funeral of Prince Philip and at an unveiling of a statue of their late mother Princess Diana.

The Royal Beat - available on True Royalty TV.

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