As King Charles’ health becomes more serious, royal fans just received an update on another royal family member’s inheritance that will be split between Prince Harry and Prince William.
The will and testament for Harry and William’s late uncle, Lord Fellowes, was made public and it revealed which of the brothers will inherit his fortune. Lord Fellowes—the brother-in-law of Harry and William’s late mother, Princess Diana—died in July 2024. According to a copy of his will obtained by Hello!, his wife, Baroness Fellowes (previously known as Lady Jane Spencer), will receive the majority of his $2 million net worth. While Baroness Fellowes will also inherit the income of his estate, Lord Fellowes requested in his will that that income would also support his Prince Harry and Prince William and other wider family members.
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The will, which was created in 2012, also left donations to several charities including Tapping House Hospice, the Rhodes Trust, St. Mary’s Church, and the Provost and Fellows of Eton College, where Fellowes, along with William and Harry, all attended. Fellowes married Lady Jane Spencer, the elder sister of Princess Diana, in 1978. However, he had been linked to the royal family before then. In 1977, he started working for Queen Elizabeth II as an assistant private secretary before he was promoted to deputy private secretary in 1986 and a private secretary in 1990.
Despite their feud, both Prince Harry and Prince William attended Fellowes’ memorial service in August 2024, with Harry traveling from his home in Montecito, California—where he lives with his wife, Meghan Markle, and their two kids, Archie and Lilibet—tothe United Kingdom to attend. While both Harry and William were at the service, they avoided each other and sat separately at St. Mary’s Church in Norfolk.
“William and Harry were both there, but we never saw them speak to each other, and they were keeping their distance,” an attendee told The Sun. Harry recently referenced his uncle’s funeral in his legal bid to reinstate his state-funded police, which he lost.
“The only time that I’ve come back to the U.K. is sadly for funerals or court cases, with the odd charitable function where I can in between that. I’ve put myself at risk for that, but I will continue on with a life of public service, so I will always support the charities and the people that mean so much to me,” Harry said during the trial, claiming that security concerns prevent him and his family from visiting the United Kingdom.
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He continued, “I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point. And the things that they’re going to miss is, well, everything,” he continued. “I love my country. I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done. I miss the U.K., I miss parts of the U.K. Of course I do. And I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”
The update to what Harry and William are inheriting from Fellowes also comes amid updates to their father King Charles’ cancer diagnosis. In May 2025, a source told News Nation Now that Charles’ health is still declining, which may force him and Harry to reconcile before it’s too late.
”Charles is indeed a sick man, and he does have cancer,” the source said. “He also refused chemotherapy and decided on a less invasive treatment. While Harry and his dad aren’t speaking, Harry would be aware of all of this via back channels.”
Despite the update, the source slammed Harry for telling the BBC after his security case that he didn’t know how much more time he would have to reconcile with his father. “I don’t know how much longer my father [King Charles] has to live,” he said in an interview with the BBC. “Unforgivable; health matters are sacrosanct. You do NOT mention health, ever,” New Nation Now’s source said in response.
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