Prince Harry has had a life-long "feeling of inadequacy" compared to his older brother Prince William - and it is a worry that his late mother Princess Diana picked up on according to a royal expert. Prince Harry has seemingly always felt "inadequate" compared to his older brother William, a concern that was noticed by their late mother, Princess Diana while he was just a child, an expert claims. The Duke of Sussex's relationship with the Royal Family has been strained since he relocated to the United States, where he has openly criticised his former lifestyle in interviews with US media outlets.
In his memoir Spare, Harry discusses his upbringing and the nickname given to him by his father, King Charles. He recounts how Charles told Diana: "Wonderful! Now you've given me an heir and a spare - my work is done." Harry expresses resentment towards this nickname in his book, reflecting on his childhood and the secondary role he played to William within the Royal Family.
Royal biographer Ingrid Seward has suggested that even as a young child, Diana was concerned about Harry feeling inferior to William. She recalls a time when Harry reacted angrily at school after William was mentioned. Ms Seward told The Sun: "[Diana] was very concerned about [Harry's] feeling of inadequacy with William.
Even when they were very little, when Harry went to Miss Minors, which was the baby school, after William had been there, the teacher there said to him 'here Harry, play with this clay, William used to be really good at making model figures'. Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland.
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"Harry threw it down and said 'no! ', so from a very young age, Harry felt inadequate. It was nothing to do with Diana, nothing to do with Charles, but it was just there." In his explosive memoir, the Duke of Sussex also levelled various accusations against his family, including claims that William described Meghan Markle as 'difficult', 'rude', and 'abrasive' and once shoved him into a dog bowl.
He further alleged that Charles barred Meghan from joining him in Scotland during the Queen's final days. Since Spare hit shelves in January 2023, the rift between Prince Harry, his father, and his brother appears to have deepened. The discord between Harry and William, already simmering prior to the book's publication, has reportedly grown colder.
The Sunday Times suggests that the last conversation between the siblings occurred at their grandmother's funeral in September 2022, where, according to Harry's own account in his memoir, they "barely exchanged a word". Spare was released just months after the late Queen's passing in September 2022 and Harry has been in a room with William on several occasions since then but the pair are believed to have deliberately avoided "face to face" contact. However, a reconciliation could be on the cards after the Royal Family extended a very public olive branch to the Duke of Sussex on his 40th birthday this weekend.
For the first time in three years, the Firm acknowledged Harry's birthday on their social media accounts, taking time to wish him a happy birthday on Sunday September 15 as they uploaded a snap of the duke which his wife Meghan Markle was noticeably cut from. In an unexpected twist, the Prince and Princess of Wales also followed suit in marking the duke's special milestone, suggesting their frosty relations may finally be thawing. Get the latest celebrity gossip and telly news sent straight to your inbox.
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