Kate Middleton, ‘family peacemaker’, calms William and Harry’s split

The ice is thawing between feuding royal brothers, Prince William and Prince Harry – thanks to the family’s chief mediator, Kate Middleton.

The Duchess of Cambridge, wife of William – whom he has dubbed the “family peacekeeper” – was the first to bring the isolated Harry into conversation after his grandfather Prince Philip’s quiet funeral on Saturday, the Sunday Times of London reported.

She started an animated conversation with her brother-in-law when the royal family appeared in the bright spring sun.

The prince seemed visibly relaxed as she spoke – then William joined them and turned their tete-a-tete into a threesome.

While most royals threw out the cars waiting for them outside the chapel and walked back to Windsor Castle together, Kate dropped discreetly behind him – allowing William and Harry to walk side by side, speaking friendly along the way.

Kate Middleton at Prince Philips' funeral on April 17, 2021.
Kate Middleton at Prince Philips’ funeral on April 17, 2021.
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Royal aides reportedly sat “on eggs” when they planned the funeral around the brothers’ tense relationship.

An enraged William was reportedly left in the aftermath of his brother’s incendiary Oprah Winfrey interview last month, when Harry and his wife Meghan Markle raised allegations of racism against unnamed family members saying his brother feels “trapped” by his royal duties.

The brothers were separated by their cousin Peter Phillips as they marched in the procession behind their grandfather’s coffin, and were far apart during the funeral service.

While Markle, pregnant with the couple’s second child, was unable to travel to Britain for the ceremonies, Harry can stay in his homeland for several more days, the Times reported, to mark Queen Elizabeth II’s 95th birthday with the ceremony on Wednesday. family to celebrate.

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