Megxit has caused a huge rift between Prince William and Prince Harry, who barely speak to each other and have gone without any contact for several weeks. Now, only time can heal the deep wounds caused by Harry and Meghan Markle's "damaging" decision to break away from the royal family. All of that is according to Omid Scobie, author of "Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family."
"The brothers had not spoken since around the time of the Sandringham summit," Scobie said in an interview Sunday on "True Royalty TV," according to The Sun. "They hadn't seen each other. That's really going to take some time to heal."
Scobie said the distance between the brothers had been growing "wider and wider" and tensions really flared when Harry and Meghan announced their plans to step back from the royal family on social media.
"I think really where it went wrong for Harry and Meghan and the Cambridges was that decision to go public with the road map to their new working model," the author said.
"The statements weren't discussed internally. That's really what caused the most amount of hurt to William, because he wears two hats. He's not just the brother, he's also future king and he felt that damaged the reputation of the family. That it put family business out into the public domain when it should've been discussed privately and there was a lot of hurt there that continues to this day."
Scobie revealed that he didn't "think there was really much attempt to make them stay" and that the royal institution would "stop at nothing to make Meghan's life difficult."
He backed his claims with an alleged disagreement between Meghan and Queen Elizabeth II over what tiara she could wear at her wedding. Rumors recently emerged that the Queen had rejected Meghan's first choice of tiara. Harry then called his grandmother to complain about her key assistant who was reportedly causing further complications for his bride-to-be.
"Harry had to intervene. He called his grandmother and said, 'I don't know what the hell is going on. This woman needs to make this work for my future wife,'" said Scobie, adding that the couple felt "very unprotected" at times.
"Harry felt that there were those within the institution that would stop at nothing at the very least to make Meghan's life difficult," he added.
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