Former BBC Royal correspondent Jennie Bond weighed in on these theories during an interview with OK! Magazine, saying: “I agree that the rift between William and Harry looks unbridgeable. I don’t think William wastes any of his life thinking about his brother, though we know that Harry has said he would like to have some kind of reconciliation.”

“But this would presumably be on his own terms,” Jennie remarked. “You can only go to a coronation if you are invited and, at this stage, I suspect Harry would not be invited. However, that day is hopefully someway away and it’s possible that William’s attitude may have softened somewhat by then,” although she cautioned she ‘wouldn’t hold her breath’.

Looking instead to the more pressing worries weighing on William’s mind, Jennie continued: “William has far too much to concern himself with at the moment: his father’s illness, his wife’s illness, and three young children to nurture. Not to mention his important role as Prince of Wales.”

Prince Harry famously stepped back from royal duties in January 2020, moving to the States with Meghan and their son Prince Archie. Their bombshell interview with Oprah and the Netflix series they released have kept them in the public eye. In 2023, Harry dropped another sensation with his memoir ‘Spare’, reportedly causing even more tension within the Royal Family.

Since his departure, Harry has only made a few trips back to the UK, with his children returning just once for Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June 2022. Given that their youngest, Princess Lilibet, was born in the United States, it is believed this is the sole occasion her grandfather, Charles, has met her.