Why Kate Middleton ‘finally threw up her hands in disgust’ over Prince Harry
After attempting to help Prince William and Prince Harry reconcile over the years, a new report reveals the moment Kate Middleton conceded it was futile.
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After battling cancer, the last thing on Kate Middleton’s mind is playing peacekeeper between Prince William and Prince Harry.
Christopher Andersen, the author of The King, spoke to Fox News about the relationship between the princess and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, saying that the pair aren’t on Kate’s radar.
“The idea that Kate somehow still has the time and energy to continue playing peacemaker is rubbish,” Andersen told Fox News. “She did try over a period of years and finally threw up her hands in disgust. She did her bit, but it wasn’t enough to build a bridge between William and Charles on the one side and Harry on the other.”
Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams said that Kate, 42, “is totally at one” with her husband Prince William, 42, and is done handling the sibling rift.
“Harry portrayed her as cold and unwelcoming to [his wife] Meghan Markle in [his memoir] Spare, when he painted an extremely damaging picture of the royal family,” Fitzwilliams told Fox News.
“The memoir is soon to be released in paperback and his allegations will surface again, though fortunately, he will not be adding to the volume or promoting it. He knows perfectly well how damaging it has been.”
Instead of focusing her time on the royal brothers, Kate will focus her time returning to royal duties as she prioritises her health.
“We have recently seen encouraging signs of Catherine’s recovery,” he explained. “Her focus, as she has said, is being ‘cancer free.’ The Wales family has had a tremendously difficult year. She has finished her course of preventive chemotherapy. William, while carrying out some royal engagements, has been tremendously supportive … [But] Catherine will wish to avoid anything that promotes negative energy.”
In early September, Kate announced that she finished chemo and is now “cancer free.”
“I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment,” the Princess of Wales wrote in a statement on X, formerly Twitter, at the time.
“Doing what I can to stay cancer-free is now my focus. Although I have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long and I must continue to take each day as it comes.”
After stepping down from being an active royal member and leaving the UK in 2020, Harry has had a strained relationship with his family.
Since leaving, Harry, 40, has sat down for a slew of interviews, revealing how unstable his family relationships are.
A lot of the details come from his 2023 memoir Spare, where Harry gets especially candid with arguments he had with his brother and father, King Charles.
Back in June, Harry and Meghan Markle, 43, reached out to Kate before she made a rare appearance at the Trooping the Colour Ceremony, according to reports.
“Both Harry and Meghan have been following Kate’s recovery with huge interest, but sadly it’s had to be more from afar because their lines of communication with the palace and the Waleses, in particular, are minimal, to say the least,” a source told Closer.
“They’ve jointly reached out to send well wishes, but they’re still not really in a place with Kate to warrant much of a response,” the source said, adding that this “hasn’t stopped them from trying to connect.”
The source continued to say that Meghan made it clear that she’s ready to “move past all the nonsense and find a way toward healing for everyone’s sake.”
“She’s ready to let the anger and bitterness go,” the insider added.
The Duke of Sussex, meanwhile, visited London in May to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games.
Harry did not meet with this estranged family due to his father’s “full schedule,” though some say any type of reconciliation won’t be coming anytime soon.
“I always used to say I think there is a possibility, but as time goes on and the more we hear and see, I’m thinking that a reunion between them is more and more unlikely,” former royal butler Grant Harrold told The Post in May.
“I always thought Kate would have been the one between them that would have broken that because she had a good relationship with Harry.”
“However, as time goes on, I think that happening is becoming less and less likely,” Harrold continued.
Andersen had also claimed that William would not allow Harry “anywhere near his ailing wife.”
Kinsey Schofield, host of the To Di For Daily podcast, told Fox News that Harry and Meghan are irrelevant to the future king and queen as Kate puts her energy “on her health and family.”
“Even with Catherine currently in the clear … the reality is that cancer has taken a toll on King Charles,” Schofield claimed, referring to the monarch, 75, who is also battling cancer.
Though Buckingham Palace hasn’t specified what type of cancer the king was diagnosed with, he will reportedly be pausing his treatment for 11 days for his royal Australian tour next week.
King Charles, alongside wife Queen Camilla and a travelling doctor, are set to leave for the tour on October 18.
They are expecting to hit Sydney and Canberra, and then travel to Samoa, where the king will attend his first Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM).
This story originally appeared on New York Post and was reproduced with permission
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