Prince William ‘most upset’ by Prince Harry’s book, source claims

Prince William is “most upset” by his brother’s memories, while King Charles “would like to have Prince Harry back in the family,” according to a source close to the Royal House.

The informant said PEOPLE: ‘William is the most upset and needs time to calm down. He has been painted as hot-headed and unsympathetic.

They added that the 40-year-old father of three was unlikely to “back down” following the Duke of Sussex’s attacks on the British royal family in his book Spare, which was published last month.

However, Charles, 74, is said to be keen for the situation to “calm down” ahead of his coronation on May 6, with the source saying: “He would like to have Harry back in the family.”

“If they don’t figure it out, it will always be a part of the King’s reign and how he has left his family apart. He has had a reputation as a distant father, and it would be terrible for him if that continued,” they added.

Last month, the Mail On Sunday revealed that the King had asked the Archbishop of Canterbury to negotiate a deal to allow Harry to attend his Coronation, but was met with resistance from William.

Charles wants Justin Welby to strike a deal with his warring children that would allow Harry and his wife Meghan to attend the Westminster Abbey ceremony in May, senior sources close to Lambeth Palace have said.

Speculation over whether the Sussexes would attend the high-profile event has rife since they stepped away from royal duties, and especially since the publication of Harry’s tell-all memoir Spare, which contained a series of hurtful attacks on leading members of the royalty. Family.

The King is said to believe Harry and Meghan’s absence from the coronation would be more of a distraction than their presence, so he is willing to make concessions to persuade them to attend.

But it is understood that William is worried that his brother will use the event to stage a “stunt” that will upstage the event.

Both Lambeth Palace and Buckingham Palace declined to comment at the time.

Welby, who will officiate at the ceremony at Westminster Abbey, was first asked to act as go-between for William and Harry shortly after the Queen’s death in September.

Earlier, he was drawn into the drama surrounding the Sussexes when Meghan claimed in a TV interview that she had secretly married them before their official wedding in 2018, forcing him to clarify that the ceremony broadcast to the world was the legal marriage.

Charles (pictured in November 2022) is said to be eager for the situation to “calm down” before his coronation on May 6, with the source saying: “He would like to have Harry back in the family.”

There has been much speculation about whether the Sussexes (pictured June 2022) would attend the high-profile event since stepping away from royal duties, and especially since the publication of Harry’s tell-all memoir Spare, which contained a series of hurtful attacks. about high-ranking members of the royal family

Despite the king’s dignified silence on the allegations aired in Spare, the royals said he was “furious” over his son’s attacks on Queen Consort Camilla, calling her “dangerous” and a “villain” in television interviews for promote your book

The duke said: ‘She was the villain, a third person in the marriage, she needed to rehabilitate her image.’

Harry also accused William of physically attacking him and claimed that the Palace planted negative stories about Meghan in the media.

Harry has asked for a reconciliation with his family, but only if they apologize to him.