Prince Harry and Prince William were once brothers who loved each other dearly, but their relationship looks different these days. It’s been reported that they haven’t spoken since Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, and sadly, very little indicates that the brothers will make amends.

Though Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to leave royal life behind, twice this year they have embarked on journeys to other countries: Colombia and Nigeria. The couple have been welcomed as royals in both places, reportedly making William and their father, King Charles, furious.

With William next in line to the throne, there is reportedly already a plan for his coronation at some point down the line. Given the present acrimony, it’s being suggested that William won’t invite his brother to his coronation.

And now, a friend of the future king has revealed that the brothers’ next meeting could actually be on a very sad occasion.

The feud between the royals, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, peaked when Harry released his book, Spare, in January last year. The Duke lashed out at almost every senior Royal Family member, including his brother, Prince William. Harry even gave a detailed insight into one of the biggest fights of his life.

Prince Harry detailed physical attack by Prince William in book ‘Spare’

It happened in 2019 at his London home, where Harry wrote that he and William had a physical confrontation. The Duke claimed William had called his wife, Meghan, “abrasive,” “rude,” and “difficult,” something Harry called “parroting the press narrative.”

It escalated, and Harry described how William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and… knocked me to the floor.”

“He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out,” Harry wrote.

The Duke then described how William urged him to hit back, describing their fights as children. When Harry refused, the future king left before returning later “looking regretful, and apologized.” Harry said he sustained visible injuries on his back.

The Royal Family has not commented on the shocking claim – indeed, they’ve remained silent on just about everything Harry and Meghan have said. It’s safe to say it will most likely stay that way.

King Charles wasn’t there at the scene of the reported fight. However, a few years later, following Prince Philip’s funeral in 2021, Harry, William, and Charles had a meeting at Frogmore Cottage that didn’t end well. At the time, Harry and Meghan had just featured in their bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview, in which they accused the Royal Family of many things.

“Please, boys, don’t make my final years a misery”

In Spare, Harry wrote that his family members had “come for a fight” in the meeting at Frogmore Cottage as they tried to reconcile with him. The Duke explained that the least they wanted was to understand why he and Meghan had left the Royal Family in the first place.

“I tried to explain my side of things. I wasn’t at my best. For starters. I was still nervous, fighting to keep my emotions in check, while also striving to be succinct and precise,” Harry wrote. “More, I’d vowed not to let this encounter devolve into another argument. But I quickly discovered that it wasn’t up to me.”

But, as previously mentioned, it didn’t end well. Before the main subject was to be discussed – when King Charles asked about the weather and the funeral – Harry felt he was cut off whenever he wanted to speak. Eventually, the two brothers got “heated,” and their father had to step in.

Harry recalled Charles “looking up at our flushed faces,” saying, “please, boys, don’t make my final years a misery.”

Harry’s revelations about his brother aren’t the only things that have angered Prince William. In his book, the Duke also exposed some private text messages Kate Middleton had sent Meghan Markle, among other things.

However, things had already began to deteriorate even before the Sussexes left royal life behind. Speaking to the Daily Beast, a friend of the Prince and Princess of Wales claimed that Harry and Meghan “deliberately” referred to Prince William’s wife as Kate instead of Catherine.

Prince William was “furious” with his brother’s “rude” way of addressing Kate Middleton

Before William and Kate tied the knot, she reportedly asked her friends to call her Catherine instead of Kate. But Harry and Meghan didn’t comply.

The friend told the Daily Beast that the Sussexes continued calling her Kate “even when they were sending her get-well-soon messages after her cancer diagnosis.”