The ice thaws between the feudal royal brothers, Prince William and Prince Harry – thanks to the family’s chief mediator, Kate Middleton.
The Duchess of Cambridge, William’s wife – whom he called the “family peacemaker” – was the first to engage the isolated Harry in conversation after Saturday’s discreet funeral for his grandfather, Prince Philip, the Sunday Times in London reported.
She launched a lively conversation with her brother-in-law as family members stepped out into the bright spring sun.
The prince seemed to relax visibly as he spoke – and then William joined them, turning head-to-head into a trio.
While most of the family members gave up the cars waiting for them outside the chapel and walked back together to Windsor Castle, Kate fell discreetly behind – allowing William and Harry to walk side by side, speaking kindly along the way. .
The royal agents allegedly were “on eggshells” while planning the funeral around the strained relationship of the brothers.
An angry William was allegedly “upset” by his brother Oprah Winfrey’s incendiary interview last month, when Harry and his wife Meghan Markle accused him of racism against unnamed family members and said his brother felt “caught up” in his duties. royal hall.
The brothers were separated from their cousin Peter Phillips as they marched in procession behind their grandfather’s coffin and were placed at a distance during the funeral service.
While Markle, who is pregnant with the couple’s second child, was unable to travel to the UK for ceremonies, Harry could stay in his homeland for a few more days, the Times reported, to celebrate privately on Wednesday. -95th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II with her family.