Warring brothers Prince William and Prince Harry, and their wives Kate and Meghan, reunited on Saturday to inspect the wreath for Queen Elizabeth II and congratulate well-wishers.
The mourning couple, dressed in black, looked together at the growing edges of flowers left at the doorway Windsor Castle Since the death of the Queen at the age of 96 on Thursday.
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William and Harry, Kate and Meghan They were once dubbed the “Fab Four”, with the hope that they could simultaneously secure the monarchy’s appeal for younger generations.
But relations between them reportedly soured soon after Harry’s marriage to Meghan, a former British Army captain, who was a mixed caste American television actressIn Windsor in 2018.
The sight of two couples together – even if they are different enough to talk and shake hands with different people – will fuel rumors of a private reconciliation.
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Harry, 37, who publicly admitted that he and his brother were “on separate paths”, announced that he and Meghan, 41, was leaving royal life in early 2020.
The two couples were last seen in 2020 at the Commonwealth Day Service in Westminster Abbey just days before their blustery announcement.
clean olive branch
He moved to the United States, from where he made repeated public criticisms of life at the institution, including claims of racism.
it inspired William40, angrily insisting that “we are not very much a racist family”.
Harry also claimed that William, now the heir to the throne after the death of his grandmother, and his father Charles, the new king, were trapped in a hidden institution.
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But Charles offered an explanation as a clear olive branch to his self-exiled son, who now lives in California and is trying to reinvent himself as a welfare and social justice advocate.
In his first speech as king on Friday, Charles, 73, spoke of his love for his second son and daughter-in-law.
Relationship between brothers — from Charles‘ The first marriage – to Princess Diana – was apparently frosty when they reunited last year to unveil their mother’s statue.
They did not meet during the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June.
Harry and Meghan are staying at the Windsor Estate’s Frogmore Cottage, which is just a short walk from William and Kate’s new home, Adelaide Cottage.
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British media said the couple had no plans to meet until the Queen’s death on Thursday, despite their closeness.
Harry and Meghan were initially on a whistle-stop tour, attending two charity events in the UK and the other in Germany for the former Invictus Games for disabled veterans.
But he is now expected to stop for the Queen’s funeral on 19 September at Westminster Abbey in London.
This story has been published without modification in text from a wire agency feed. Only the title has been changed.
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