The royal family has had a visible rift between them after Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle decided to step down from their role as senior royals. However, Harry's older brother, Prince William, who is next in line to sit on the British throne, has reportedly started planning what his reign would look like in the near future.
In his tell-all book titled Spare, Harry claimed that his older brother physically attacked him while they had a heated argument at Kensington Palace, among other revealing secrets. However, according to Cosmopolitan, the reports of friction between Harry and William first made the headlines in November 2018 when veteran royal reporter Katie Nicholl explicitly stated to sources that the two brothers are not getting along lately.
Nicholl told her sources that the first falling out between the brothers occurred around Christmas of 2018 when Harry allegedly accused William of 'not doing enough to include Meghan in the royal family.' “Harry felt William wasn’t rolling out the red carpet for Meghan and told him so. They had a bit of a fallout, which was only resolved when Charles stepped in and asked William to make an effort. That’s when the Cambridges invited the Sussexes to spend Christmas with them," Nicholl's source told the outlet.
As of 2024, Harry has apparently told his close friends that he is willing to take on some official duties after his father was diagnosed with cancer. However, according to The Mirror, a source revealed that there is no chance that William would let Harry back in. “Whatever has been discussed between William and the King is private, but it is absolutely and categorically clear that [William] would not allow Harry to return,” the insider shared. “He thought it was a bad idea at the time and he’s even more clear now.”
