Don’t expect Prince William and Prince Harry to reunite while their father, King Charles III, is still alive — at least according to one source.
“The funeral of Charles would be the first time that courtiers would imagine [them reuniting],” an insider exclusively told Us Weekly in this week’s cover story. “I can’t imagine William would invite Harry to his coronation.”
Charles, 76, was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer in January 2024. Harry, 40, seemingly acknowledged his father’s ongoing health battle during a bombshell BBC interview last month after losing his appeal for government-funded security in the U.K.
“I don’t know how much longer my father has,” he said, in part.
According to the same source, William, 42, was “absolutely appalled” by those comments and feels like Harry stooped “so low.”
Royal commentator Amanda Matta weighed in as well, speculating that Harry and William would have to “engage in open, honest dialogue” for any progress to be made.
“Any reconciliation between the brothers would require so much more than just a single conversation,” Matta told Us. “It would demand a real reckoning with the emotional damage on both sides.”
Matta noted that the “ball seems to be in William’s court” at this point, and any conversation between them “would likely happen privately” instead of on a public scale.
“This isn’t just about two brothers falling out like you and I would understand it. This complex and widening rift is about two very different worldviews,” Matta continued. “One is rooted in preserving tradition, the other in breaking from them when they start to cause harm.”
A “basic working relationship” between William and Harry — and even their respective wives, Princess Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle — would be “hard to rebuild,” Matta added. “Right now, it feels like they’re speaking entirely different languages.”
Harry stated in his now-infamous BBC interview that his father “won’t speak to me” and pleaded for a reconciliation with his family following his courtroom loss. Harry and Meghan, 43, lost their government-funded security in the U.K. after departing from the royal family in 2020. He has been in a legal battle to get it back, even alluding that his father had something to do with the decision before losing his appeal last month.
Now, Harry doesn’t think he’ll be able to ever bring his family back to his home country. (He and Meghan share kids Prince Archie, 6, and daughter Princess Lilibet, 4.)
“I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point,” Harry said in the same BBC interview. “I love my country, I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done.”
