Prince Harry and Prince William ‘Started Quarreling’ at Prince Philip’s Funeral, Royal Historian Says
Prince William and Prince Harry‘s reunion at grandfather Prince Philip‘s funeral did not put an end to their rift.
In a new article for the Daily Mail, Robert Lacey — author of Battle of Brothers and consultant to Netflix’s The Crown — wrote that though some hoped the funeral “would bring the warring brothers together in an atmosphere of reflection,” the result was not as positive.
Although the pair shared a brief public chat outside St. George’s Chapel that day, an argument broke out between William and Harry “within minutes of the siblings getting inside the castle and beyond camera vision,” according to the royal historian.
“They started quarrelling again,” he added.
“There they were, at each other’s throats as fiercely as ever,” a friend of the family told Lacey. “The rage and anger between those two has grown so incredibly deep. Too many harsh and wounding things have been said.”
Lacey went on to write that the brothers did not have a family talk with Prince Charles.
As PEOPLE previously reported, the schism between the brothers began when William expressed concern about the speed at which Harry’s relationship with then-girlfriend Meghan Markle was moving prior to their May 2018 wedding.
Reconciliation between William, 39, and Harry, 36, has been made more difficult by geographic distance and the challenges of the pandemic.
There is, however, another reunion just around the corner: on July 1, both brothers are expected to attend the unveiling of the long-awaited statue of their mother, Princess Diana, at Kensington Palace Gardens, a project they commissioned together several years ago.
