I hope Princess Diana reunites William and Harry beyond the grave as the brothers talk

Princes William and Harry have come together to finalize details for a statue celebrating the life of their mother, Princess Diana.

The move could rebuild the couple’s relationship, which has been broken in recent years.

One royal said: “Everyone hopes this will help heal old wounds.”

With both princes engulfed in a rift that would have left their mother heartbroken, it is fitting that she is the one who can now bring them together again.

The couple have come together to finish a statue of Princess Diana that will be unveiled at her former Kensington Palace home on July 1 next year, which would have been her 60th birthday.

The move is expected to help the brothers heal their fractured relationship, prompting Harry and his wife Meghan to leave their royal roles in favor of a new life in America.

They came together to finalize the details after years of disputes over the statue they commissioned to mark the 20th anniversary of Diana’s death in 2017.

A royal insider said: “Everyone hopes this can be the start of something new in their relationship that will help heal old wounds.”

William, 38, and Harry, 35, were tasked with recognizing “Diana’s positive impact in the UK and around the world.”

The princes said: “We hope the statue will help all who visit Kensington Palace to reflect on the life of our mother and her legacy.”

The brothers are understood to have contacted in recent weeks to discuss options to push the project forward in time for the groundbreaking ceremony.

Royal sources have said they expect the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to attend the celebration.

It could be the first time they come face-to-face with Harry and Meghan who will likely be spending Christmas in California after moving into a £ 11 million house in Montecito.

Royals, including the Queen and Prince Charles, have implored the two men to once again find the common ground and friendship their mother worked so hard to foster.

Supported by Diana’s deep love and equal affection for both, they grew up inseparable, but in recent months they admitted their struggle to maintain the closeness they once had.

The publication of a revealing biography, billed as “the truth” behind Harry and Meghan’s departure, with which they were rumored to have cooperated, has also done little to defuse tensions between the two parties.

He stated that “Harry had become frustrated that he and Meghan often took a back seat to other family members” and added that they were offended at having to wait in line behind William or Prince Charles when planning a tour or a new initiative.

Sources close to Meghan, 39, also suggested that she felt abandoned by Kate, 38, when she joined the family and became pregnant with their first child, Archie.

Her lawyers made the astonishing claim that the American felt “unprotected” by the institution during her two years in Britain before they left office in January.

The well-placed insider said: “William was infuriated by how they took the Queen by surprise and made their plan public, despite multiple offers of help so they could establish a path to independence.”

In a revealing interview with a documentary crew on their South Africa tour last October, Harry exposed the tension in the siblings’ relationship, confessing that they were “on different paths.”

William reportedly told a friend when Harry and Meghan released their shocking news in January that they were leaving their royal roles: “I’ve wrapped my arm around my brother our entire lives. I can’t do it anymore. “

Plans for the statue have been plagued with delays due to “differences of opinion” over the design, as well as the coronavirus crisis, it is understood.

A source from the palace said: “The project is so personal to them, they both wanted to do it well.

“Now they are very happy with the way things are progressing with the design, which is practically complete and ready for installation next year.”

William was 15 and Harry was only 12 when Diana was killed in a car accident in 1997 in Paris.

When they first unveiled the statue projects, they said, “Our mother touched so many lives.”

The princes chose sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley for the project.

He created a 17-inch statue of Irek Mukhamedo and produced the image of the Queen used on the coins of Great Britain.

Waiting game for Queen’s sculptor

William and Harry have entrusted their most precious project to Ian Rank-Broadley, a celebrated British sculptor whose portraits of the Queen are used on British coins.

A wood cutout of Diana is understood to be in her Gloucestershire studio, while the sculptor awaits further instructions from William and Harry.

In July of last year, Prince William told people gathered outside Kensington Palace on what would have been his mother’s 58th birthday that the sculpture would be finished “very soon.”

Mr. Rank-Broadley has works in the permanent collections of the British Museum and St Paul’s Cathedral.

In 1997, he won a Royal Mint competition for his design of the Queen Mother’s centennial crown coin.