{"id":253193,"date":"2025-07-10T10:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/253193\/"},"modified":"2025-07-10T10:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T10:09:10","slug":"prince-harry-reportedly-regrets-family-rift-as-princess-catherine-and-prince-william-shine-during-french-state-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/253193\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry reportedly \u2018regrets\u2019 family rift as Princess Catherine and Prince William shine during French state visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prince Harry is reportedly feeling pangs of \u201cregret\u201d over his decision to leave royal duties amid Prince William and Princess Catherine&#8217;s starring roles in the French state visit to the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>The Prince and Princess of Wales were the main attractions during the first day of an official state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron.<\/p>\n<p>The Wales\u2019 met the French president and his wife on the tarmac on Tuesday, with Catherine wowing fashion critics in an elegant dusty pink Dior suit.<\/p>\n<p>The French luxury house has recently installed Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson as creative director, making Kate\u2019s choice of outfit a savvy diplomatic move.<\/p>\n<p>Photos of Catherine at Tuesday evening\u2019s state banquet in a show-stopping Givenchy gown and dazzling tiara were beamed across the globe, <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.skynews.com.au\/lifestyle\/celebrity-life\/the-only-thing-the-newspapers-will-be-reporting-on-princess-catherine-saved-disastrous-french-state-visit-with-dazzling-appearance-at-banquet\/news-story\/40fd5aa1bc343ee51569a128b96b2a04\" data-tgev=\"event119\" data-tgev-container=\"bodylink\" data-tgev-order=\"40fd5aa1bc343ee51569a128b96b2a04\" data-tgev-label=\"lifestyle\" data-tgev-metric=\"ev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with the palace reportedly thrilled by the public\u2019s enthusiasm over Kate\u2019s return to royal duties<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to royal insider Richard Fitzwilliams, the Duke of Sussex feels \u201cexiled\u201dand increasingly role-less amid his ongoing estrangement from the monarchy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;(Harry) is in exile,&#8221; Mr Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital on Wednesday after Kate and William&#8217;s diplomatic triumph.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Undoubtedly, he has some regrets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe appears to have lost touch with many of his friends and, of course, there is the royal rift.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is understood Harry remains estranged from both William and his father King Charles after cashing in on royal secrets in interviews, a Netflix show and his memoir Spare.<\/p>\n<p>While the Prince and Princess of Wales\u2019 latest appearance offered a glamorous glimpse into their future reign, Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have largely fallen out of the headlines.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex was pencilled in to receive a humanitarian award at a glitzy Los Angeles gala last month, but the event was canned amid violent protests in the city.<\/p>\n<p>It is understood the Sussexes have also recently downsized their mammoth PR team and reportedly let go of six employees last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry is reportedly feeling pangs of \u201cregret\u201d over his decision to leave royal duties amid Prince William&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253194,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,1281,447,2832,532,26926,2831,7710,519,448,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-253193","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-meghan-markle","13":"tag-prince-harry","14":"tag-prince-of-wales","15":"tag-prince-william","16":"tag-princess-catherine","17":"tag-princess-of-wales","18":"tag-royal-families","19":"tag-royal-family","20":"tag-royals","21":"tag-uk-royal-family","22":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114828395360980024","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253193"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253193\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}