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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge have not spoken in years. DOMINIC LIPINSKI\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\nThe 30th anniversary of Princess Diana\u2019s death could mark a fever pitch in the bitter feud between royals Prince Harry and Prince William, according to British royal family expert Tom Sykes.<\/p>\n
Sykes told the Daily Beast host Joanna Coles that he has it on good authority that the brothers could be planning \u201cdueling <\/b>documentaries\u201d to commemorate their mother\u2019s life in 2027 that could shed light on their opposing views over the lead-up to her death.<\/p>\n
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Prince William, Duke of Cambridge have not spoken in years. DOMINIC LIPINSKI\/POOL\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n
According to Sykes\u2019 sources, William is \u201cnot remotely amused\u201d over reports that brother Harry and wife Meghan Markle are developing a project for Netflix as part of their \u201cfirst-look\u201d deal with the streamer through their Archewell Productions.<\/p>\n
Sykes added that the upcoming doc could explain why Netflix is still in business with Harry and Meghan when the programming to come out of their partnership has so far been ripped<\/a> as \u201cdisastrous\u201d and \u201cboring\u201d in the press.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cWe could have dueling Diana documentaries from the two boys,\u201d Sykes said.<\/p>\n News of a rehashing of Diana\u2019s life and 1997 death at 36 comes on the heels of Sykes\u2019 explosive essay<\/a> in which he lays out the reasons for why he now believes that the beloved \u201cPeople\u2019s Princess\u201d could have been murdered.<\/p>\n \u201cLots of people in the UK certainly will remember where they were, and I\u2019m not calling for the inquest to be reopened or anything like that. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s anything to be gained, but I think it\u2019s a really, really, really interesting story,\u201d Sykes said. \u201cAnd I think the holes in the story are just so fascinating because they\u2019re just, it\u2019s all just hidden in plain sight.\u201d<\/p>\n Diana was killed in a Paris car crash on August 31, 1997, when her driver, Henri Paul, lost control of the Mercedes he was driving as the vehicle entered the Pont de l\u2019Alma underpass. They collided with another car, then hit a concrete column. Paul and Diana\u2019s companion, Dodi Fayed, were killed, but Fayed\u2019s bodyguard, Trevor Rees-Jones, survived; Rees-Jones was the only one wearing a seatbelt. The princess was later pronounced dead at a local hospital.<\/p>\n An official inquiry chalked the crash up to Paul\u2019s alcohol intoxication\u2014which was over the legal limit, BBC reported<\/a> at the time\u2014and high speed, with reports that the car was attempting to escape following paparazzi.<\/p>\n However, Sykes outlined in his essay why he has lately been filled with more questions about the circumstances of Diana\u2019s death.<\/p>\n \u201cI think these days of what our governments might be up to and those kinds of things, so much stuff has come to light of the kind of covert actions and that kind of stuff,\u201d Sykes told the Daily Beast.<\/p>\n He added, \u201cI do always say to people, \u2018I could be wrong.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Sykes remembered what one of Diana\u2019s best friends, Rosa Monckton, said. \u201cShe said, \u2018Diana was such an extraordinary person that people cannot accept that she died in an ordinary way, but she did,\u2019\u201d added Sykes. \u201cAnd for many, many years, I really bought that line. But I just feel like the more you look at it we\u2019re all a bit more skeptical.\u201d<\/p>\n New episodes of The Daily Beast Podcast are released every Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. 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Diana, Princess of Wales, with Prince William (left) and Prince Harry (right) during a skiing holiday in Lech, Austria, on March 30, 1993. Princess Diana Archive\/Getty Images <\/p>\n![\"Diana,](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/PXBP2D3BH5AOLETDYSYXU3DB4E.jpg\")
Diana, Princess of Wales and Dodi Fayed (both partially visible in back seat), bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones (front, left) and driver Henri Paul, in their Mercedes-Benz S280, shortly before the fatal crash which killed Diana, Fayed and Paul. Langevin Jacques\/Sygma via Getty Images <\/p>\n