Harry: William and I are on different paths
Prince Harry has opened up about the tensions between him and his brother William.
Prince Harry has opened up about the rift between him and his brother William, admitting that he and the second-in-line for the British throne are currently on “different paths”.
Rumours about a growing chasm between the sons of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana have been rife ever since Harry married the American actress Meghan Markle in 2018.
In an ITV News documentary of his recent royal tour of Africa screened on Sunday night in the UK (Monday morning AEDT), the Duke of Sussex said he would “always love” Prince William but signalled they had grown apart.
“Part of this role and part of this job and this family being under the pressure it’s under — inevitably stuff happens,” he told interviewer Tom Bradby.
“We’re brothers, we’ll always be brothers. We’re certainly on different paths at the moment.
“We don’t see each other as much as we used to … the majority of the stuff is created out of nothing. But as brothers you have good days, you have bad days.”
Speculation over a royal rift was sparked when Harry and Meghan split from William and Kate’s Kensington Palace operation earlier this year and the brothers have now split up their long-running charity work.
The ITV documentary — Harry and Meghan: An African Journey — has made waves as the Duchess of Sussex revealed her emotional struggle with her new-found fame and Prince Harry said “every click” of press cameras reminded him of the death of his mother Diana.
The royal couple are set to take a six-week break after the royal tour which ended with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announcing separate lawsuits against the British tabloid newspapers over claims of invasion of privacy.
The royal couple have become divisive figures in Britain — just a few years after their fairytale wedding — for their political activism on issues such as climate change and rumours over their relations with both the wider royal family and royal staff.
Meghan told ITV she was merely pursuing the publication of a letter to her father printed in the Mail on Sunday because she wanted the press to be “fair”.
“My British friends said to me (before she married Harry), I’m sure he’s great but you shouldn’t do it because the British tabloids will destroy your life,” she said.
“It’s been complicated … I really tried to adopt this British sensibility of a stiff upper lip. I tried. I really tried.
“I never thought this would be easy, but I thought it would be fair.”
Earlier this year, The Sunday Times revealed that Buckingham Palace was exploring plans for the Sussexes to move to Africa.
Prince Harry said during the program that such a move would be too difficult due to the logistics and “judgment” from royal commentators.
“With all the problems that are going on there, I just don’t see how we would be able to,” Harry said.
“I think it would be a very hard place to live when you know what’s going on — but, then again, you’re sort of slightly disconnected from it.”
Harry and Meghan: An African Journey airs on Network 10 on Tuesday Oct 22 at 7.30pm
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