That brotherhood bond is hard to break.
After several reports that Prince William and Prince Harry were at odds, the brothers have apparently been working on their long-distance relationship following Harry’s Megxit move to California with his wife Meghan Markle and son Archie.
“There were phone and video calls over the Christmas and New Year holidays and the Sussexes were sending presents to the Cambridges and vice versa,” royal pundit Katie Nicholl told ET. “It was an opportunity in an otherwise very busy and chaotic year for both families to come together and connect, albeit virtually.”
The pair have come a long way, as last year William reportedly refused to break bread with his sibling at their infamous Sandringham Summit, where the whole family tried to solve the Megxit drama.
“Things are going a lot better between William and Harry. If you go back a year at that stage, these brothers could barely speak, ”Nicholl recalled. When William went to the Sandringham Summit, he was so angry with his brother. He couldn’t even handle going to that lunch with the queen. He went to the meetings alone, so great was his frustration and disappointment with what his brother had done and how Harry handled the situation.
“Fast forward to today, the relationship is much better than it used to be,” she continued. “To start with, they talk to each other, and not just to each other, they also speak relatively regularly. They had a lot of contact during the holidays ”, Nicholl explains. “But there is an ocean between them, there is a time difference and like Harry [has] said … they are two brothers on different paths. “
The brothers may be able to personally reunite this spring. Harry will also likely make the trip home in July to honor his mother at the unveiling of a new statue of Princess Diana.
“The highly anticipated tribute to Princess Diana will be unveiled in the gardens of Kensington Palace on what would have been her 60th birthday,” said Nicholl. And it is Harry’s intention, and Meghan too, to be here in the UK for that opening. It may be the first time we’ve seen the brothers together, but I think we’ll probably see them together in the spring around the birthday of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh. COVID travel plans allow it. ”