From the “fab four” to allegations of physical assault and racism, the wedge driven between princes Harry and William has developed into a yawning chasm. Yet their father King Charles’s shock cancer diagnosis is prompting hopeful speculation that the rift may heal as Harry flies into the UK to be by his father’s side.
Growing up under the media spotlight they appeared, to the outside world, inseparable. But rumours that the brothers had not been getting on were circulating since 2018. Last January, the extent of the feud was made public through bombshell allegations contained in Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare – chiefly that Prince William had physically assaulted him after calling the Duchess of Sussex “difficult” and “abrasive”.
