Prince William’s hurt after Harry’s ‘blatant attack’ on Princess Kate that ‘broke trust
Prince Harry’s comment on the alleged challenges faced by women who marry into the Royal Family was seen as a huge blow by his brother Prince William, who took it as a “blatant attack” on his wife, Princess Kate, a royal author has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex has been estranged from his older brother ever since he and wife Meghan Markle quit the Firm and moved to the US in 2020, with the siblings now not even being on “speaking terms.
Harry and Meghan have made a series of claims and accusations against the royals since they moved across the pond.
One of them was during their infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021
Harry opened up about how, according to him, it’s different for women who marry into the Royal Family, stressing the challenges they face, compared to those born into the House of Windsor.
The duke talked about the “pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution” and compared it to what his late mother, Princess Diana, went through.
He said that he was “terrified. I didn’t want history to repeat itself” nodding to his wife.
He added: “I think for so many people in the family, especially obviously the men, there can be a temptation or an urge to marry someone who would fit the mould, as opposed to somebody who you are perhaps destined to be with.
“The difference between making decisions with your head or your heart. And my mum certainly made most of her decisions, if not all of them, from her heart. And I am my mother’s son.
It is this comment about royal men marrying women who were considered to “fit the mould” is said to have hurt the heir to the throne, according to Richard Hardman, author of Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story, who cited a “friend of Prince William’s”.
Mr Hardman wrote: “The clear inference that he was talking about his elder brother astonished friends of the family.”
He quotes William’s “friend” as saying: “On top of all the other breaches of trust, here was Harry making a blatant attack on Catherine. For William, this was the lowest of the low.
