Twenty-five years on from the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, much has changed in the lives of her two sons. Princes William and Harry were just 15 and 12 when their mother was tragically killed in the early hours of August 31, 1997.
The brothers sought comfort from one another in the aftermath of Diana’s death during their difficult teenage years and beyond. Harry said of William when he turned 21: “Ever since our mother died, obviously we were close, but he is the one person on this earth who I can actually really… we can talk about anything.”
A quarter of a century later, the Dukes of Cambridge and Sussex are now grown men, fathers and husbands, but their once close relationship has altered beyond all recognition, blighted by a long-running rift. Harry’s fallout with William stretches back to before his 2018 wedding to American-born former Suits actress Meghan Markle, now the Duchess of Sussex. The duke was apparently angered at what he perceived to be his brother’s “snobbish” attitude towards his bride, after William questioned whether he should rush into things.
