When it was revealed Prince Harry met with his estranged father and brother for two hours following Prince Phillip’s solemn funeral on April 17, royal insiders were all ears for the result.
WATCH: Prince William and Prince Harry have one-on-one conversation at Prince Phillip’s funeral
New Idea’s sources say that while talks were “at first cordial,” once they got to the core of each other’s perceived wrongs, things turned tense.
“William had some very choice words to say about Harry’s Oprah interview, which he will never not see as a huge betrayal,” explains a royal source.
“Harry has such a chip on his shoulders, there was no backing down from either one of them and certainly no real apology was made. Charles was already in an emotional state after burying his father and couldn’t bring himself to confront Harry about any of the bad blood.”
“He was hoping for healing. I fear he was left disappointed.”
Contrary to the above sources, royal lip readers say that William and Harry had a civil chat after the funeral service, according to Express.
The experts claimed that William said to Harry, “Yes it [the funeral service] was great, wasn’t it?” before Harry replied, “it was as he wanted.”
The lip readers also alleged that the eldest Duke said to his younger brother, “Absolutely beautiful service, ah, the music.”
Prince William and Harry reunited at their grandfather’s funeral after their relationship fell apart when Harry started dating now wife and mother of his children, actress Meghan Markle, in 2016.
WATCH: Prince William and Prince Harry leave Prince Phillip’s funeral together
Harry had planned to introduce his new girlfriend to his Royal Family mere months into their relationship, which left William feeling suspicious of her intentions.
According to The Sun, a well-placed source revealed: “William told his brother that they knew nothing about her background, her intentions, what she was really like.”
“He just wanted to stress that becoming part of the Royal family is a massive undertaking and the pressure and scrutiny is unrelenting. Was Meghan the right one?”
Suffice to say, William’s reservations didn’t go down too well with Harry who allegedly went “mental” in his defence of Meghan. The same source claimed: “He accused his brother of trying to finish his romance before it had begun. The brothers’ relationship has not really recovered.”
Neither have publicly commented on the conflicting claims about their relationship.
Prince Phillip, the Duke of Edinburgh, tragically passed on the 9th of April.
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