Prince Harry admits he is partially to blame for William rift and says Diana would be ‘heartbroken’

Prince Harry has said his mother Diana would be heartbroken at William for breaking their brotherly pact - but admitted he is partly to blame for their fallout.

Prince Harry has said his mother Diana would be heartbroken at William for breaking their brotherly pact - but admitted he is partly to blame for their fallout.

The Duke of Sussex made more extraordinary revelations in an interview with Michael Strahan on ABC News ahead of the release of his explosive new autobiography Spare.

Opening up to Good Morning America co-anchor Strahan, Harry said he believes sharing “the truth” is what it will take to help bring peace between him and his family, The Sun reported.

And he also touched on what his mother Princess Diana might think about the fractured relationship between him and his brother William.

Harry said his mother Diana would be “heartbroken” by what had become of his relationship with his brother William. (Photo by Anwar Hussein/WireImage)

The Duke of Sussex said his late mother would likely be saddened by the situation and left “heartbroken” as to how it’s ended up.

He said: “I think she would be sad. I think she’d be looking at it long term to know that there are certain things that we need to go through to be able to heal the relationship.”

Harry added: “I think she would be heartbroken over the fact that William, his office were part of these stories and William and I made a pact.”

The Duke alleged that the people William employed broke a longstanding pact between the two brothers.

According to the Prince, the pact meant that “no matter what” the brothers “would never let their offices fight against” each other.

But the Duke did concede he has to take responsibility for his role in the breakdown of the relationship with his brother the Prince of Wales.

Harry admitted partial blame for his rift with William (photo by Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Asked if he thinks he has any responsibility in the breakdown of the relationship, Harry replied: “Without question. Sure.

“There has always been this competition between us, weirdly.

“But what people don’t know is the efforts that I’ve gone to to resolve this privately both with my brother and with my father.”

Harry also said he believes that the British press has “always pitched” Kate and William against him and Meghan.

Speaking on Good Morning America, Harry said: “They pitch the Waleses, which Kate and William are now, against the Sussexes, me and my wife.

“They always pitched us against each other. They pitch Kate and Meghan against each other.”

Asked if he thought this then made the two women “go against each other”, he said yes “without question”.

And he hit back against critics accusing him of selling out his family, telling Strahan: “The only way I can protect us, is to write something - the truth in one place.”

But the Duke did concede: “I accept writing a book is feeding the beast anyway.”

This story was originally published by The Sun and was reproduced with permission

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