Queen Elizabeth was “shocked and sad” for Prince Harry and Duchess Meghanlast week’s response to its official statement about its decision to withdraw Sussex from its ceremonial titles and sponsorships. But there is a member of the Royal Family who was and still is “absolutely furious” about it. A real source said Better life what Prince William he was “seething with anger” at what he considered “his Majesty’s utter disrespect in a very public way”. Harry and Meghan’s poignant words came shortly after the announcement that they would sit with Oprah Winfrey for an interview on March 7 on CBS, which the insider said it is “the last straw” in the brothers’ already broken relationship. The Sussex decision to conduct the interview is drawing comparisons with Princess Diana1995 explosive session with Martin Bashir this was disastrous for the princess and royalty. It was a choice she regretted. Almost three decades later, William simply cannot understand why any member of the royal family would open up to this type of scrutiny and drag the rest of the family to him, knowing how devastating it could be for all parties involved.
No one knew that Diana was giving that infamous interview to the BBC, including William and Harry. The director of Eton College, where William was studying at the time, arranged for the prince to attend alone in his office. When Diana arrived to speak to her son the day after the interview opened, during which she questioned Prince Charles’ suitability to be king and talked about his case with Camilla Parker Bowles“William refused to see his mother.” “He loved his mother very much,” said a source. “But at the time, he found the interview an impressive betrayal. He couldn’t understand why Diana said publicly the things she said about her father and the monarchy.”
The source continued, “Harry choosing to do a barrier-free interview with the most famous interviewer and personality in the world has resurrected all of these memories for William.” According to the source, Harry’s decision pushed the brothers’ once-strong bond “into the abyss”. “If there is going to be any kind of reconciliation between the brothers, it will be a long way off now, if it is going to happen,” said the source.
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Diana’s death caused William a deep distrust and dislike for the media, so much so that the Palace had, at his request, to negotiate a deal with the press so that the prince would be left alone during his stay at the University of St. Andrews, under the condition he made himself available to receive periodic press calls, which he supposedly hated. When he and Kate graduated and his then girlfriend was being chased by photographers, he filed a formal complaint with the Press Commission. Today, the prince still keeps the press at bay, but he has learned to give the media enough access to his own family and royalty to protect them while doing his duty as heir.
Harry has filed several lawsuits against the media for what he considers to be stories of harassment and false writings about Meghan and their relationship. He also said Tom Bradby in the now infamous ITV interview that every time he sees a wall of flashes, it brings him back to his mother’s tragic death. But now living in America, Harry has apparently adopted a celebrity mentality about the press.
William spoke about the media for the first time in the 2017 documentary Diana, our mother: her life and legacy. His poignant comments may suggest why he is supposed to be irritated and confused by Harry’s decision to give the interview to Oprah. “Harry and I live [the media’s obsession with Diana and its fatal consequence], and one lesson I learned is that you never leave [the media] too far, because it is very difficult to get them back, “he said.” You have to maintain a barrier and a limit, because if both sides cross them, a lot of pain can arise. “to learn more about the People’s Princess tragedy, take a look at the 6 biggest unanswered questions surrounding Princess Diana’s death.
In autumn, royal historian Robert Lacey said Better life that the toxic combination of William and Harry’s traumatic upbringing due to their parents’ “loveless and arranged” marriage and their mother’s shocking death caused some feelings of resentment that culminated in a breakdown so profound that it jeopardized the very future of the monarchy.
“Almost everyone thought that the double traumas of their parents’ marriage and their mother’s tragic death were a thing of the past,” said Lacey Better life in October 2020. But that was not the case. “They are the legacy of all this headache,” he added. And to find out more about what Lacey thinks Diana would have done about the division, take a look at Diana that would have healed William and Harry’s rift, says the royal biographer.
When Harry started dating Meghan in 2016, William allegedly reminded his brother of the advice his mother once gave them. A real insider said Better life in March 2020, “William and Harry knew how deeply unhappy their mother was because of her disastrous marriage to Charles. She wanted this to serve as a warning to them. Diana and Charles were alone a little over a dozen times before Both had doubts, but felt a duty to go ahead with it. Diana told William and Harry to be absolutely sure that the woman they wanted to marry was ‘the one’ and not to rush or be forced to nothing. “
William would have reminded Harry of his mother’s warning, according to Daily Mail, asking the brother: “Are you sure you are doing the right thing?” My sources confirmed that Harry was deeply hurt and offended by William’s question. “Harry felt that William despised his relationship with Meghan from the beginning,” said my source. “It never changed, things just got worse.” And for more real news delivered straight to your inbox, subscribe to our daily newsletter.
William and Harry apparently internalized Diana’s advice to find the right person and marry for love in a very different way. William and Kate Middleton they started dating at university and stayed together for eight years before they became engaged; Harry and Meghan were in their 30s when they met and dated for two years before they got married. “Harry decided to marry for love at any cost, while William took his mother’s words very seriously and took his time to make sure that real life would suit Catarina and she would fit well in the family,” said a source real. “As a future king, love and duty were also on his mind.” And to learn more about Guilherme’s future as king, read Can the Monarchy Survive Without Queen Elizabeth?
Lacey – whose book Battle of brothers: William and Harry – the inner story of a family in Tumult narrates their complicated relationship – said Better life in October, there were hopes that the one-year review of the Sandringham Summit, which had originally been scheduled for next month, “could produce some kind of reconciliation”. But instead, according to another royal source, the Sussex’s initial decision to end their separation from the Royal Family in a public way and their plans to broadcast what is expected to be an interview full of bombastic revelations to a worldwide audience has meant that “impossible at any time in the foreseeable future.” And for more facts about their mother, read Here is the truth behind the greatest myths about Princess Diana.
Diane Clehane is a New York-based journalist and author of Imagining Diana and Diana: The Secrets of Her Style.