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Jennifer Newton

William makes rare remark about Prince Harry amid frosty relationship between the pair

Prince William reportedly opened up about his brother Prince Harry while dancing with locals in Belize on his Caribbean tour.

William and wife Kate visited the village of Hopkins yesterday, where they showed off their dance moves with nine local schoolchildren from the Garifuna Cultural Centre.

In recent years, much made of the rift between William and his younger brother with their frosty relationship reportedly sparked by William's concerns over Harry's fast-developing relationship with Meghan Markle ahead of their royal wedding in 2018.

The tense row quickly boiled over - with Harry claiming his brother was "trapped" within the royal system during a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey after quitting as a senior royal.

William and Harry during their last public appearance together (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Since leaving the UK in early 2020, Harry has only seen his brother twice - at the funeral of Prince Philip and at an unveiling of a statue of their late mother Princess Diana.

And William has made very few comments about his brother in public recently.

However, yesterday while visiting Hopkins, William was reportedly asked about Harry previous trip to Belize in 2012 - when he also showed off his dance moves.

William dancing in Belize yesterday (Getty Images)

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Cynthia Ellis-Topsy, ambassador at large for the Garifuna nation, told PEOPLE magazine : "I said to William that when [his brother] Prince Harry came to Belize he was dancing and didn't need encouragement. He is a wild card.

"William laughed and said, 'Harry's not self-conscious'."

William and Kate's Caribbean tour continues today with them visiting the stunning ancient Maya ruins of Caracol deep in the heartland of Belize.

Prince William and Kate Middleton try fresh cocoa during the first full day in Belize (Tim Rooke/REX/Shutterstock)

They were given a tour of the site and had the chance to take in Caana, or sky palace, which remains the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

Later, the royal couple will spend time with British and Belizean troops deep in the Chiquibul Forest.

The duke visited Belize as a teenager in 2000, when he reportedly learned jungle survival techniques with the Welsh Guards who were receiving training from the British Army Training Support Unit as part of Exercise Native Trail.

William was beginning a gap year before university at the time and while in the jungle, the then 18-year-old duke learned his A level results.

The last engagement of the day will see the couple attend a reception hosted by the Governor General of Belize at the Maya ruins at Cahal Pech, near San Ignacio.

This special reception will be held in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and William will give a speech.

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