Prince William mentions Prince Harry for first time since their falling out

Prince William has publicly mentioned his brother Prince Harry for the first time since their falling out in a new documentary.

Could Prince William have taken a tentative step towards mending his feud with his estranged brother Prince Harry?

The Duke of Cambridge publicly named the Duke of Sussex for what is believed to be the first time in six years.

Speaking in a new documentary, Prince William recalls how his mother Princess Diana took the brothers to a homeless shelter in London when they were little in order to show them the realities of life beyond the royal family and Buckingham Palace.

Prince William, Prince of Wales has completed a documentary in which he mentions his estranged brother, Harry. Picture: AFP

The documentary, Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, includes unseen archival images of Prince William and the late Diana at the Passage in Westminster.

In photo, taken when Princess Diana visited with William on 14 June 1993 just days before his eleventh birthday, the young Prince is seen studiously playing chess with a homeless man at the shelter.

In another photo, a young William, in a suit and tie, stands alongside his mother at the shelter, holding gifts ready to give the homeless people.

Princess Diana (C) with her 11-year-old son William (R), now Prince William, Prince of Wales during one of his first visits to homelessness charity, The Passage in London, taken on December 14, 1993. Picture: AFP

The documentary shows a photo of the young princes visiting the shelter in 1993.

“My mother took me to the Passage, she took Harry and I both there … I’d never been to anything like that before and I was a bit anxious as to what to expect,” said Prince William.

“My mother went about her usual part of making everyone feel relaxed and having a joke with everyone … I remember having some good conversation, playing chess and chatting.

“You meet people like I did then, who put a different perspective in your head,” continued the Prince of Wales.

An 11-year-old Prince William (L) playing a game of chess during one of his first visits to homelessness charity, The Passage in London, taken on June 14, 1993. Picture: AFP

The film makes a connection between trauma, family breakdown and homelessness.

Prior to the film, it is believed Prince William and Prince Harry have not publicly mentioned each other since 2018 when the two princes, alongside the Princess of Wales and Meghan Markle, were interviewed at the Royal Foundation Forum.

Princess Diana (2R) with her 11-year-old son William (L), now Prince William, Prince of Wales in the kitchens during one of his first visits to homelessness charity, The Passage in London, taken on December 14, 1993. Picture: AFP

The making of the documentary, which began in June last year, coincided with his wife, the Princess of Wales’s cancer diagnosis.

The Prince at that time also launched his Homewards Campaign, which focuses on ending homelessness in six of the UK’s worst affected areas: Aberdeen; Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole; Lambeth; Newport; Northern Ireland and Sheffield.

“I feel with my position and my platform, I should be delivering change,” the royal said.

“I feel compelled to act because I don’t want to just talk about it. I don’t want to just listen. I actually want to see someone smile because their life has been made better. So therefore building a project is the only way I can see at the moment to try and alleviate and help people who are in a much less fortunate or a very difficult situation.”

Prince William: We Can End Homelessness will be shown on ITV on Wednesday October, 30 and Thursday October 31, 2024.

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