{"id":360185,"date":"2025-08-20T19:27:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360185\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T19:27:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:27:31","slug":"prince-williams-mistrust-of-meghan-has-allegedly-stalled-peace-talks-with-harry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/360185\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince William&#8217;s &#8216;Mistrust&#8217; Of Meghan Has Allegedly Stalled Peace Talks With Harry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the former actress and her husband&#8217;s exit from royal life, she has remained unpopular among monarchists and is criticized for her strained family ties.<\/p>\n<p>Reports also indicate Prince William and Prince Harry have not spoken in over two years, with the duke&#8217;s calls going unanswered.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Prince William&#8217;s Hesitations Over Meghan Markle Reportedly Block Reunion With Prince Harry<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prince-Harry-Prince-William-Meghan-Markle-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"480\" height=\"632\" alt=\"Prince Harry, Prince William, Meghan Markle\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw bwlQPK\"\/>MEGA<\/p>\n<p>A royal expert has suggested that William&#8217;s hesitations about his sister-in-law and his &#8220;mistrust&#8221; of her remain the biggest stumbling block to any reunion with his younger brother, Harry.<\/p>\n<p>According to reports, the Prince of Wales has not spoken to Harry in more than two years, with their fractured relationship further strained by the Sussexes&#8217; media projects, from the bombshell memoir and televised interviews to their Netflix documentary.<\/p>\n<p>Royal commentator Ingrid Seward told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/prince-williams-mistrust-meghan-markle-stalling-peace-prince-harry-author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fox News<\/a> that the trust between the brothers has eroded deeply, with William particularly reluctant to reestablish contact.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The flea in the ointment really is very much Meghan,&#8221; Seward explained. &#8220;She&#8217;s disliked intensely by a large number of the monarchists of this country. They see her as being very\u2026 damaging to the royal family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She further noted that this perception isn&#8217;t limited to the UK. &#8220;I think a lot of people in America feel the same,&#8221; Seward said. &#8220;They don&#8217;t like that Meghan [reportedly] dissed her husband&#8217;s family and dissed her own family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Meghan Markle&#8217;s Strained Ties With Her Own Family Have Also Been A Cause For Concern<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Prince-William-Prince-Harry-Meghan-Markle-Kate-Middleton-2-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"480\" height=\"634\" alt=\"(L-R) Prince William, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Kate Middleton\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw bwlQPK\"\/>MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Seward, who wrote &#8220;My Mother and I,&#8221; also pointed to Meghan&#8217;s strained ties with her father, Thomas Markle Sr., as another factor shaping public opinion.<\/p>\n<p>The father and daughter&#8217;s relationship soured ahead of Meghan&#8217;s 2018 wedding to Harry, and grew worse after Thomas Sr. suffered a stroke in 2022. He has yet to meet his grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s just extraordinary to think that her children have not met their grandfather,&#8221; Seward said. &#8220;I think people in the States find that extremely odd, and [we] find it very odd here. And I think that&#8217;s a real black mark against Meghan&#8217;s character. I think she hasn&#8217;t been able to embrace\u2026 her own family, however much she feels about them. I mean, Harry&#8217;s never even met her father, which is extraordinary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>She acknowledged, however, that &#8220;there are a lot of difficult emotions [to] get over there.&#8221; The comments follow reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/prince-william-prince-harry-divided-rift-princess-diana-tried-act-peacemaker-11788809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">People Magazine<\/a> suggesting that William and Harry remain firmly on &#8220;separate paths.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Experts Say Reconciliation Unlikely As Prince Harry&#8217;s Calls To Prince William Go Unanswered<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/MEGA898811_001-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"2160\" height=\"1441\" alt=\"Royal Family\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw fSIqBf\"\/>MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Historian Robert Lacey, author of &#8220;Battle of Brothers,&#8221; told the news outlet the estrangement runs deep.<\/p>\n<p>He said, &#8220;The rift is very profound and very long-lasting. It will not be changed, in my opinion, until Harry makes a move and apologizes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Harry&#8217;s attempts to reach out through calls and messages have gone unanswered by William.<\/p>\n<p>Seward added that William has deliberately kept his distance from the Sussexes, while Harry reportedly feels his brother was &#8220;unpleasant&#8221; to Meghan during her time within the royal family.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Harry thinks that William insulted Meghan,&#8221; Seward explained. &#8220;I think when you have that kind of animosity, it&#8217;s really hard to [get around it]. I just don&#8217;t see any kind of reparation. I just don&#8217;t see it at this moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prince Harry Seeks Reconciliation With His Family As He Extends Olive Branch<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Prince-William-With-King-Charles-And-Prince-Harry-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"2160\" height=\"1836\" alt=\"Prince William with King Charles and Prince Harry at the Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw fSIqBf\"\/>Mirrorpix \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<p>According to the Daily Mail, the move was intended to prevent &#8220;conflicts of interest or clashes of publicity,&#8221; with insiders suggesting the duke is now focused on &#8220;deconflicting&#8221; with his family.<\/p>\n<p>The gesture followed comments Harry made during a May interview with BBC News, where he expressed his desire for reconciliation despite lingering tensions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would love reconciliation with my family,&#8221; he said, while admitting that the many &#8220;disagreements and differences&#8221; between them may never be fully forgiven.<\/p>\n<p>Article continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The Duke Is Worried About His Father Amid His Cancer Battle<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/MEGA898995_001-1-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   width=\"480\" height=\"659\" alt=\"Prince Harry, King Charles\" class=\"sc-kuTxxw bwlQPK\"\/>MEGA<\/p>\n<p>Harry acknowledged that &#8220;some members&#8221; of the royal family will &#8220;never forgive&#8221; him for certain actions, particularly his decision to publish a memoir.<\/p>\n<p>Still, he stressed that he does not want the rift to continue indefinitely. &#8220;There&#8217;s no point in continuing to fight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Life is precious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his father&#8217;s February 2024 cancer diagnosis, Harry added that he does not know &#8220;how much longer&#8221; Charles has left, making the need for reconciliation even more pressing.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, according to the duke, efforts to reconnect have been hindered. &#8220;He won&#8217;t speak to me because of this security stuff,&#8221; Harry claimed, &#8220;but it would be nice to reconcile.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Since the former actress and her husband&#8217;s exit from royal life, she has remained unpopular among monarchists and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":176934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,7720,1281,447,532,7710,519,8688,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-360185","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-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-meghan","13":"tag-meghan-markle","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-prince-william","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-the-royal-family","19":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115062744428218199","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360185","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=360185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/176934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}