Prince William news has sharpened again as Harry is due back in the UK within two weeks, putting the brothers within easy reach of one another after six years apart. Harry will probably be a short drive away from Windsor, where William's family lives, and that proximity is forcing the Royal Family back into a public conversation about whether the rift can narrow.
William and Harry
For the past six years, Prince William and Prince Harry have been practically and emotionally oceans apart. Last year, Harry told the: "I would love reconciliation with my family. There's no point in continuing to fight any more." That line now sits against a simple fact: the Sussex family is moving back to the UK, and the brothers will soon share the same country again.
A family friend told the that William is "very stubborn," feels cheated by his own brother, and "cannot just put it behind him." Valentine Low put the same point more bluntly: "I think William doesn't care about the pressure to reconcile." He added: "If he doesn't want to reconcile with his brother because of the things he's done, the wrongs that he feels Harry's done to him, he's not going to reconcile. But it does improve the chances I think."
Breakfast and PR
David Yelland said the schism between William and Harry is already one of the biggest news stories in the world. Speaking to Breakfast, he said: "Every single thing they do, where ever William goes, he will be asked about this because Harry is back in the neighbourhood." He also said, "This is a real PR crisis for the Royal Family," and warned that if William does not reach out, the story will keep returning every day for years.
That leaves the next move with William. Harry's return changes the geography of the feud, but not the terms of it: the brothers will be near each other in Windsor, yet reconciliation still depends on whether William chooses to respond. "We don't need cuddles, we don't need posed-up photos, we just need a briefing that they have met," Yelland said.
