The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry has confirmed the rumoured rift with his brother, Prince William in ITV’s new documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey which aired in the U.K. on Sunday.
Prince Harry while speaking about his brother Prince William and how they have both grown apart since their marriage, said:
“Inevitably stuff happens. But we’re brothers, we’ll always be brothers. We’re certainly on different paths at the moment. I’ll always be there for him and as I know, he’ll always be there for me. We don’t see each other as much as we used to because we’re so busy but I love him dearly.”
He added, “The majority of stuff is created out of nothing. As brothers, we have good days and we have bad days.”
This comes a few days after his wife Meghan spoke about her relationship with William and Kate and how she suffered during her pregnancy days, especially with the constant media bashing, which was really tough for her. But it was Prince William who gave the British media something to talk about when he questioned the engagement of his brother Harry to Meghan, and how it was rushed.
Since that statement, the two brothers have since grown apart, with the media constantly on the lookout for gossip, as the tension keeps growing each day between the brothers and their wives.
Harry accused parts of the media of “bullying” him likening it to his mother Princess Diana.
He said: “Look, part of this job means putting on a brave face and turning a cheek to a lot of this stuff. “But again there’s a lot of stuff that hurts, especially when the majority is untrue. You know I will not be bullied into playing a game that killed my mum.”
Asked if he felt Meghan was under similar pressure to Diana, he replied: “You slightly hit the nail on the head.
“Everything she went through and that happened to her is incredibly raw, every single day and that’s not me being paranoid.
“That’s me just not wanting a repeat of the past.”
Meghan in her interview had told ITV’s Tom how she tried to follow the Royal Family’s rules of ignoring the media and how it backfired, as it was “really damaging” as it tied her down.
Given where she is coming from, she allegedly told Prince Harry it was the wrong approach to take.
Meghan added: “You know, I’ve said for a long time to H — that’s what I call him — it’s not enough just to surf by something. That’s not the point of life.
“You’ve got to thrive, you’ve got to feel happy. And I think I really tried to adopt the British sensibility of a stiff upper lip.
“I’ve tried but I think that what that does internally is probably really damaging.
“I never thought this would be easy. But I thought it would be fair and that’s the part that’s really hard to reconcile.
“But I do just take each day as it comes.”
Royal insiders expressed surprise at Meghan’s criticism of British aristocratic tradition.
One aide said: “The Queen’s sense of duty and calm in a crisis is the very epitome of the stiff upper lip.”
Meghan said she accepted that her behaviour would always be scrutinised but said the negative comments about her were unfair.
She said: “If things are fair, that completely tracks with me. If I do something wrong I’m the first one to go, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry. I will never do that.’
“But when people are saying things that are just untrue and they’re being told they’re untrue but they’re allowed to still say them, I don’t know anybody in the world that would feel that’s OK. That’s different than just scrutiny.”
She added: “When I first met my now-husband my friends were really happy because I was so happy…
“But my British friends said to me ‘I’m sure he’s great but you shouldn’t do it because the British tabloids will destroy your life.’
“And I very naively, I’m American and we don’t have that there, said ‘What are you talking about. That doesn’t make sense!’ I didn’t get it, so, yeah, it’s been complicated.”
Meghan said she found the constant spotlight particularly tough when she was pregnant.
She added: “I would say, any woman, especially when they are pregnant, you’re really vulnerable and so that was made really challenging.
“And then when you have a newborn, you know?
“So, you add this on top of trying to be a new mom or a newlywed, it’s, well . . .”
Since the clip surfaced online, Meghan has been getting support from celebrities around the world and even those who see her as a role model, where they have created a hashtag to show their support. But no words yet from the camp of Prince William and Kate Middleton, nor the Queen herself, as the media once more are feeding on the clip to further fuel the tension.