At Lord Fellowes’ funeral in Norfolk last month, all eyes were on two rather recognisable figures — the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Sussex. According to reports, Prince Harry made a last-minute, clandestine trip to the UK to be at the funeral of his much-loved uncle, where he was reunited with his brother. But any hopes of a reconciliation between the estranged pair were swiftly dashed, when one local confirmed the brothers were there but that they “never saw them speak to each other and they were keeping their distance.
The funeral marked the first time the divided siblings have been in the same room together this year, and the brothers are understood not to have spoken since the Queen’s funeral, when they “barely exchanged a word”, as Harry wrote in Spare. Relations with his father are said to be increasingly strained too, with reports suggesting the King doesn’t always answer his younger son’s calls. As such, Harry cut a rather lonely figure when he celebrated his 40th birthday in California in September, surrounded by Meghan and his children, yes, but with his father, brother and other members of his family glaringly absent. The Prince of Wales did, however, publicly wish his brother a happy birthday.
