It has been reported that Prince Harry and Prince William were present for their uncle's funeral this week, although they did not converse.
The royal brothers "discreetly" attended the funeral of Lord Robert Fellowes, the brother-in-law of their late mother, Princess Diana.Despite earlier rumours that Prince Harry would not attend the funeral, they were seated separately at the back of the church in the Norfolk village of Snettisham.
A source told the Sun: “I didn’t know they were there. They arrived very discreetly.”
The brothers were close once but, since Harry and Meghan left the UK to become less involved in royal life, they don't appear to be as close.
Lord Fellowes, who was also the late Queen's private secretary, passed away on July 29, at the age of 82, due to unspecified circumstances.
Who was Lord Robert Fellowes?
In 1941, Lord Fellowes was born in Sandringham to Sir William and Jane Fellowes.
Lord Fellowes attended Eton College and later, in 1960, he was granted a commission for temporary service in the Scots Guards.After serving in the armed forces for three years, from 1960 to 1963, he married Lady Jane Spencer, the elder sister of Princess Diana, in 1978.Lady Jane and Lord Fellowes were wed for more than 40 years, and had three children – Eleanor, Alexander, and Laura.
Prince William and Prince Harry are cousins to the three children, while Laura is Princess Charlotte’s godmother.
After he began serving in the Royal household in 1977, Lord Fellowes advanced to the position of private secretary to Queen Elizabeth.
Lord Fellowes had served as Queen Elizabeth's most trusted advisor from 1990 to 1999, when Princess Diana passed away and three of her children divorced.
On July 12, 1999, he was made a life peer and given the title Baron Fellowes of Shotesham in the Norfolk County in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. He served as a crossbench peer until his retirement in February 2022.
On October 26, 1999, Lord Fellowes was formally introduced to the House of Lords and seated.
Despite his retirement from the royal household by this point, Lord Fellowes continued to have a position in the royal household as an auxiliary equerry to the Queen. From 2003 until 2022, he was the Order of Merit's secretary and registrar.
