Prince Harry Scrambles To Walk Back ‘Swipe’ at His Family — as Prince William Carries On With Royal Duties

Hours after the release of Prince Harry’s first interview since returning to Britain, his communications shop was already scrambling to refute the implication that his family wants no part in reconciling with the prodigal prince.Prince Harry sat for the interview with GQ in September during the United Nations General Assembly, and the video was released Tuesday. Asked about his estranged brother, Prince William, and distant father, King Charles III, the Duke of Sussex said, “Some people don’t want it to work out. I want it to work out. With everything else that’s going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile — that’s the key point.”The prince added that “scars stick around forever, but what your perception is and what your mindset is to those things that have happened, certainly letting go of the past, that’s something that I would encourage everybody to do.” One royal watcher, Russel Myers, reckons that Prince William, the heir to the throne, will have no relationship with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle “in a working or private capacity whatsoever.”Prince Harry appeared to allude to such recalcitrance by declaring that “some people don’t want it to work out. I want it to work out.” He sounded a similar note in 2025, telling the BBC, “I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore.” The latest reference to “some people” being opposed to reconciliation suggests abiding hostility toward the Sussexes in the halls of Buckingham Palace.Immediately after the video’s release, a Sussex spokesman clarified that the prince’s comments were “absolutely not intended as a swipe at his brother or any other member of his family. The comment was made in a general context and was not directed at his family in any way.”Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex have criticized his family before. In 2021, they told Oprah Winfrey that racism lurked in the House of Windsor, prompting a curt denial from Prince William.Prince Harry also insisted that he “did not want any sympathy” from anyone because “I’m a prince. I’ve got a support network around me, I’ve done different forms of therapy, and I put in the work.” The prince, though, complained about being “really criticized” for telling his story, most notably in his bestselling memoir, Spare. “I find it fascinating because everybody else is allowed to tell their version of my story, but God forbid I should be able to tell the other side of it,” he mused. King Charles III speaks to the Sultan of Oman, Sultan Haitham bin Tarik al Said on October 20, 2026 at Windsor, England. Andrew Matthews – WPA Pool/Getty ImagesThe latest chapter in the Sussexes’ story involves the plot twist of a sudden return to Britain, Harry’s homeland, which he left in 2020 in a departure known as “Megxit.” Last week in Nottingham, the couple undertook their first joint charitable appearances since their departure. Their choreographed agenda bore a remarkable resemblance to the kinds of royal events they had hoped to leave behind. The Crown remains unmoved in its insistence that Harry and Meghan are “private citizens with commercial and charitable interests.”The interview emerged as King Charles, Queen Camilla, and Prince William rolled out the red carpet at Windsor Castle to greet Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, an Oxford-educated potentate who rules a former British protectorate on the western shore of the Strait of Hormuz. Britain has maintained strong military ties with Oman since the country’s independence, and Royal Air Force officers are embedded in the Omani Air Force.The king and sultan rode together through raindrops in the Irish State Coach, which was built in speculation in 1851 by John Hutton & Sons of Dublin, who held a Royal Warrant as coachbuilders to Queen Victoria.Oman has sought to remain neutral even as Iran has targeted it with drones and missiles. President Trump threatened to bomb the sultanate in August over its relations with Tehran. On Tuesday evening, the sultan was due to dine with the royals and Prime Minister Andy Burnham at a state dinner. Downing Street declared Tuesday that the prime minister was “committed to ensuring Oman’s security.”

Prince Harry Scrambles To Walk Back ‘Swipe’ at His Family — as Prince William Carries On With Royal Duties

Prince Harry Scrambles To Walk Back ‘Swipe’ at His Family — as Prince William Carries On With Royal Duties

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