{"id":1489,"date":"2026-05-09T14:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-prince-harrys-relationship-with-william-was-doomed\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T14:05:27","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T14:05:27","slug":"why-prince-harrys-relationship-with-william-was-doomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/why-prince-harrys-relationship-with-william-was-doomed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Prince Harry&#8217;s relationship with William was &#8216;doomed&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127197061.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Prince William and Prince Harry\u2019s relationship was damaged years before Meghan Markle entered the picture, a royal author says.<\/p>\n<p>Andersen added that it was \u201cmade very clear\u201d to Harry that \u201che was lesser than,\u201d and that \u201cleft a real mark on them and really kind of doomed their relationship, ultimately.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Prince William and Prince Harry\u2019s relationship was bound to be testy, says a royal author. <span class=\"credit\">Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Royal author Christopher Andersen says there were issues long before Prince Harry met Meghan Markle. The California-based couple is seen here at the 2026 NBA All-Star Game. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Harry, 41, detailed the different ways the siblings were treated in his <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"0593593820\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSpare-Prince-Harry-Duke-Sussex%2Fdp%2F0593593820%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F05%2F09%2Froyal-family%2Fwhy-prince-harrys-relationship-with-william-was-doomed%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">explosive memoir, \u201cSpare,\u201d<\/a> claiming that William, 43, was given a much nicer bedroom in Kensington Palace.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy half of the room was far smaller, less luxurious,\u201d Harry wrote in the book. \u201cI never asked why. I didn\u2019t care. But I also didn\u2019t need to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Harry also claims his brother <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/05\/prince-harry-seemingly-accuses-william-of-jealousy-over-invictus-games\/\">\u201cappeared supremely irritated\u201d<\/a> when he first heard of the idea for the Invictus Games, which Harry created. He blamed William\u2019s less-than-excited response on their \u201crivalry.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Andersen says there has been \u201ctension\u201d between the brothers since \u201cthey were small children.\u201d Here they are with their parents in 1986. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Harry wrote about being treated differently from his brother in his book, \u201cSpare.\u201d The siblings are seen here in 2018. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Their relationship deteriorated once <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/08\/26\/royal-family\/meghan-markle-talks-early-prince-harry-romance-including-who-said-i-love-you\/\">Harry began dating Meghan Markle.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Harry writes that the two of them had an argument over unflattering press reports about Markle\u2019s behavior, which <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/01\/04\/prince-harry-claims-william-physically-attacked-him-in-memoir\/\">quickly turned physical<\/a>, with William pushing Harry to the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The brothers have reportedly not spoken to each other in several years.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Andersen says that the Princess of Wales, photographed in 2026, tried to act as a peacemaker. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Middleton moved away so William and Harry could talk privately after Prince Philip\u2019s funeral in 2021. <span class=\"credit\">BBC\/Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One example of her peacemaker inclinations was after Prince Philip\u2019s funeral in 2021, when she was walking with William and diplomatically broke away when Harry joined them, <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/04\/17\/princes-william-harry-seen-talking-after-prince-philips-funeral\/\">allowing the siblings to chat privately.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe wanted them to make amends,\u201d Andersen says.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/09\/royal-family\/why-prince-harrys-relationship-with-william-was-doomed\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prince William and Prince Harry\u2019s relationship was damaged years before Meghan Markle entered the picture,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1490,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127197061.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}