The jig is up: everyone knows why Prince William is still incandescent with rage with Prince Harry, and it’s not really about Harry’s memoir or Netflix or Oprah. While William is definitely angry about all of that, his rage at Harry predates the Oprah interview by many years. As I’ve said many times, the breaking point (for William) was when Harry fell in love with and married Meghan. That was the “ground zero” for all of this rage. Plus, it doesn’t help that the closer William gets to the throne, the more inadequate he looks, especially compared to his charismatic brother, who is a true statesman and diplomatic heavy. William sees his competition with Harry as zero-sum, and William believes that Harry “steals” attention away from William. Still, Willy’s rage-briefing continues and Us Weekly had a dumb new story about Harry’s tension with Will and Kate.

While Prince Harry is reconnecting with his father, King Charles, in an attempt to repair their fractured bond, his relationship with Prince William and Kate Middleton remains strained.

“There is still ongoing tension with William and Kate,” a source exclusively shared with Us Weekly. “They are deeply hurt by the public disclosures, memoir revelations and interviews and criticisms of their roles, which they perceive as breaches of trust that require significant time to heal from, which is why they aren’t there yet.”

Harry, 41, had the opportunity to reunite with his estranged father, 76, after nearly two years apart on Wednesday, September 10, during a solo trip to London. An insider exclusively told Us that their long-awaited meeting was “super positive and very relaxed.” While some royal watchers were hopeful the Duke of Sussex would connect with his brother and sister-in-law during his recent trip across the pond, a source said their schedules were “not aligned while Harry was in London.”

“There has also been no direct communication between aides like there has been with Charles,” the source continued. “William and Kate haven’t initiated or responded to outreach from Harry at all. They do need more time.”

“There’s emotional distance between the three of them,” a source said of Harry, William and Kate’s dynamics. “There are lingering resentments of past conflicts, including Harry’s comments about Kate in his book. It left William guarded and needing more time to process before a face-to-face with Harry.”

[From Us Weekly]

There’s some debate about whether Harry even bothers to contact William or Kensington Palace before or during his travels in the UK. I suggested last week that I believed that Harry did give William’s office a heads-up for a few of his visits – maybe not for the court appearances, but possibly for Harry’s annual trips for the WellChild Awards. Y’all believe that Harry is grey-rocking his brother, but by Harry’s own words (in Spare), he’s always tried to keep a general line of communication open with William. It can be both – Harry said “space” but he’s shown time and time again that he wants to at least be able to speak to these people, especially during big family moments. Anyway, I don’t know. All I can say is that it’s pretty obvious that William is really struggling emotionally and mentally in about a million different ways right now.

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