There has been much back and forward about the state of the brotherly nation. The nation between the king-to-be, Prince William and his little bro, Harry. But the true reason the future king has now completely cut ties with his sibling has now become clear.

According to some, the gulf between the pair is getting bigger and one woman always gets the good tea in royal-land is professional royal-iser, Ingrid Seward.

Seward says William is “sensitive” and likes structure and has perseverance saying “he does not give up easily”, she told the Mirror newspaper in the UK.

“His relationship with brother Harry upset him more than he would care to admit but he found it easier to cut ties rather than allow himself to be continually annoyed.”

But surely it’s not forever? Other royal watchers have claimed the boys are close to a truce, before that theory is quickly debunked. The family game of ping-pong seems to go on and on.

Let’s be serious and totally honest here. These two seem fairly unlikely to become besties-in-brotherly-love in the immediate future: William has a few much more pressing issues on his mind.

As his father, the King of England, goes through cancer treatment (he is also wrestling with the fact his “King-coming” may come sooner than later) his wife, Catherine, the Princess of Wales, is also in the midst of her treatment for the insidious disease.

And this is where Harry needs to be the bigger man. Instead of waiting for William to extend an olive branch, Harry needs to grow up and stop acting like a churlish child. He has to realise his big brother is the busy one and it is he is the one who should be helping make any kind of reconciliation easy for Will to navigate, not protracted and frankly, riddled with drama and difficulty.

Sure, the rift between Prince William and Prince Harry is a complex issue with multiple contributing factors, so a thawing of their current freeze will only come if a whole lot of things come into play.

We all know the pair have totally different roles and expectations and as the heir to the throne, Prince William has always had different responsibilities than Prince Harry. This difference in roles has sometimes led to tension and differing perspectives on royal Duties.

Harry has been particularly vocal about the intrusive and often negative media coverage he and his wife, Meghan Markle, have faced. He has felt that the whole royal family did not do enough to protect them from this scrutiny — oh, cry us a river from your Montecito mansion — which strained his relationship with his brother … and probably sparked eye-rolls in the Wales household.

Way back, William expressed concerns about the speed of Harry’s relationship with Meghan, which Harry, naturally, did not appreciate. And this initial tension has worsened over time, creating even more sibling static.

When Harry and Meghan stepped back from their roles as senior royals and moved to North America (hello “Megxit”) there was a significant upheaval within the royal family and the rift between the brothers became even deeper.

Harry and Meghan’s public statements, including their interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, where they discussed their struggles within the royal family, further strained the bro-bro relationship and Harry’s comments about feeling “trapped” in the royal family and has contributed to the sibling fallout.

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