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The fractured relationship between Prince Harry and Prince William “will never” be repaired unless they separate from their wives, a royal expert claimed.
Ingrid Seward, editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, told Mirror’s Pod Save The Queen podcast that she fears the damage to the siblings’ relationship will be irreparable, following the Duke of Sussex’s decision to walk away from real life with his wife Meghan Markle, 39.
Seward, who has been following the tribulations of the royal family for decades, said he believes that just a “terrible tragedy” would be enough to return the siblings to the level of closeness they once shared.
He added that Harry’s decision to leave the royal family had also ‘baffled’ his grandfather, the Duke of Edinburgh, who, having been a royal outsider, had welcomed Meghan with open arms.
He claimed that Prince Felipe, 99, was “shocked” by the couple’s “neglect of duty” after they moved into a $ 14 million mansion in Montecito, and could not understand their decision.
Prince William, 38, and Kate Middleton, also 38, pictured in London, may never mend their relationship with Prince Harry, 36, and Meghan Markle, 39, Ingrid Seward said.
‘I highly doubt that they will ever be the way they used to be. Really I do not think so. I think it’s probably a broken relationship.
I think maybe if something happened to Catherine or Meghan, the boys would get back together. But as long as their women are there and their families are there …
‘If there was a terrible tragedy, I would bring them together, but otherwise I don’t think the relationship will be fixed.
“But that’s a very personal point of view and he may not be right.”
Seward said the brothers might only be able to unite if they were hit by a terrible tragedy (pictured: Harry and Meghan during a Time 100 conference call from Los Angeles)
His comments come as another royal commentator has stated that Prince William King’s main ‘challenge’ will be to keep his balance and stay true to his principles while ‘bringing Prince Harry back’ to be a part of The Firm.
Royal biographer Robert Lacey, author of Battle of Brothers, a new book examining the gap between the two dukes, said that “ everyone wants some kind of reconciliation ” between the 38-year-old Duke of Cambridge and the Duke of Sussex, 36..
Speaking to Katie Nicholl of Vanity Fair, she said that bringing Prince Harry back into the institution would be Prince William’s greatest test.
He explained: “The challenge for William is whether, being true to his principles, he can also modernize the institution by making his brother a part of it. That’s what everyone wants, a kind of reconciliation.
The royal expert went on to claim that the Duke of Cambridge has adopted a similar attitude towards Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, 39, as their 94-year-old grandmother, the Queen.
Robert went on to say that he believes there is no ‘chance’ that Harry and Meghan will return to Britain full time, or ‘leave their American base’ (pictured, with Prince William and Kate Middleton at their final royal engagement in March )
He said: ‘At the end of the day, we saw a cruelty from the queen for her outright refusal to allow the Sussexes to use the word royal for their new brand, and we are seeing the same cruelty in William.’
However, Robert went on to say that he believes there is “no chance” that Harry and Meghan will return to Britain full time or “leave their American base.”
Lacey has also concluded that the brothers have ‘five months to heal their breakup’ or their relationship will never recover.
Speaking to Newsweek, he said the gap between Prince William and Prince Harry should be resolved at the end of a 12-month review of Harry and Meghan’s new working relationship, scheduled for March.
Prince Harry and Meghan are currently in the middle of a 12-month probationary period, at the end of which the Queen, Prince Charles, 71, and Prince William will meet to review their relationship with the monarchy.
Prince William’s main ‘challenge’ as monarch will be to stay true to his principles while modernizing the institution by ‘bringing Prince Harry back’ to join The Firm, a royal expert has claimed.
He explained that the relationship would become irreparable if Prince William assumed Prince Harry’s former military title as Captain General of the Royal Marines.
Robert added: ‘There have been stories that William will be assigned. If that was the case, that would be the end.
In October, Prince Harry told ITV’s Tom Bradby that the brothers were on ‘different paths’ but that he ‘still loved his brother very much’.
Robert said “there has been no statement from William about what happened” and added: “I think I should address it publicly.”
The siblings’ breakup is believed to have originated when Prince William warned his younger brother not to rush to marry Meghan Markle.
He reportedly advised Harry to take all the time he needed to get to know ‘this girl’.
But his well-intentioned advice didn’t sit well with Harry, who called his brother a ‘snob’, and felt that he and Kate Middleton hadn’t done enough to welcome Meghan into the royal fold.
