Prince Harry is seeking a “grovelling apology” from his brother Prince William if the two are ever to “reconcile”, a royal expert has claimed.
With more than four years having passed since the Sussexes’ controversial exile from the Royal Family, Harry is reportedly looking to renew ties between himself and the Prince of Wales for their children’s sake.
After Princess Kate revealed she had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, speculation had soared over whether Harry may return from his Montecito mansion to support his sister-in-law.
And though the duke did return to the UK in May to mark the 10th anniversary of his much-lauded Invictus Games, a Sussex-Wales reunion never came to pass.
Harry and Meghan’s children – Archie, five, and Lilibet, three – have lived on the other side of the world to their cousins, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis, for almost their entire lives.
Tom Quinn, a royal biographer who has penned a litany of books on the family, has claimed Harry would like to bring the sets of children closer together.
He told The Daily Mirror: “He wants to reconcile with his brother so that the children can have some kind of a relationship.
“But he and Meghan still think that a grovelling apology needs to come from William and Kate first.”
Quinn continued: “Harry has spoken to friends about his sadness at not having a closer relationship with his niece and nephews, but what is upsetting him even more is the prospect of Lilibet and Archie having no relationship at all with George, Charlotte and Louis.
“He has implied that if he gets an apology from his family then he is prepared to forgive, but that just isn’t going to happen.”
But while Harry is rumoured to be eyeing up an apology from Kensington Palace, Quinn has also claimed the King is expecting the same from his second son.
He said: “Despite all his criticisms, Harry always assumed he would be forgiven by his father… He thought Charles would make amends for the hurt that – in Harry’s view – justified the criticisms,” speaking to The Mirror.
Quinn added: “Despite Harry’s attacks on the Royal Family, his father has avoided responding by attacking his son publicly.
“But privately, King Charles is furious – so much so that he is now refusing to take calls from his son.”
Speaking to GB News, Royal expert and editor-at-large for the Mail on Sunday, Charlotte Griffiths, said she believed Meghan Markle was also pushing for an apology.
Griffiths said: “She’s been pushing for that for quite a long time,” but noted reports from the Sussex camp that she had “sort of given up” on the idea.
