Prince Harry and Prince William are looking for ways to have a frank conversation after Harry’s successful interview with Oprah Winfrey, sources told Page Six.
“They opened up channels of communication,” said a source in the UK.
Although it is unclear exactly how much contact the pair had, they still exchanged after the revelation, in which Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, accused the royal family of cruelty and racism.
Meanwhile, William, the Duke of Cambridge, was asked on Thursday whether he had spoken to his brother.
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“No, I haven’t talked to him yet, but I will,” he said.
Princes Harry (left) and William (right) are said to have ‘opened channels of communication’ after Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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As we reported, the two brothers – previously very close – have only communicated via WhatsApp for almost a year.
During the interview last Sunday, Harry told Winfrey that he still has great affection for his brother.
“As I said before, I love William in pieces,” he said. “We have been through hell together and we have a shared experience, but we are on different paths.”
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Oprah’s interview put the royal family on the defensive this week.
Queen Elizabeth herself was forced to issue a statement saying “memories may vary” about whether racist statements were made about the color of Meghan’s skin and Harry’s baby, Archie.
A report later said that the Queen was interrogating her team about Meghan and Harry’s allegations.
During the interview with Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made accusations against the royal family around racism and mental health. (Photo: Harpo Productions / Joe Pugliese via Getty Images)
On Thursday, William was questioned at a public event about the alleged comment about skin color.
“Is the royal family a racist family?” asked a reporter, to which he replied: “We are not a racist family”.
William and his wife, Kate Middleton, were on a long-planned visit to School2 in East London to promote a children’s mental health program when Sky News reporter Inzamam Rashid asked the question.
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Amid rumors that questions were planted, a real source said: “They were not pre-planned. Of course, William and Kate probably expected someone to shout something – but it wasn’t a setup, they didn’t know what would be asked.”
Another real source added that “normally such a ‘door-slamming’ approach is frowned upon.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle now live in the United States and will produce content for Netflix and Spotify.
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However, William’s brief comments disappointed commentators like Nikesh Shukla, author of “Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family and Home”.
Shukla said William’s comments offer “a bulletproof defensive shield, rather than a discussion of racism”.
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“Having something you said was said to be racist is really uncomfortable, but it’s what you do next that counts,” he told the Associated Press.
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“And what I saw that the royal family did … is instead of interrogating this racism, they said, ‘We are not a racist family’, which is a very difficult thing to move on.”
A spokesman for Harry and Markle declined to comment.