Prince Harry's evolving role inside the Royal Family was thrown into sharp relief at the Hay Festival in Wales, when Mike Tindall reportedly referred to the Duke as 'fun' only in the past tense, prompting fresh questions about how far relations have cooled between Prince Harry and the relatives he once saw almost daily.
The off‑the‑cuff remark, made during a live event in Powys and picked up by royal watchers this week, has been seized on as a rare glimpse of what is really being said about Prince Harry behind palace doors.