Kate Middleton is “peacemaker” with Harry and William says expert
It is believed that Kate was concerned about the relationship between her three children and her little cousin Archie after the Sussexes split up with the rest of the royal family. The Duchess of Cambridge also reportedly wanted to “try to bury the hatchet” with Meghan and Harry after her interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The royal commentator Camilla Tominey wrote in the Daily Telegraph: “Even after the bombs fell on the company, the Duchess was determined to try to bury the hatchet – also because of Archie’s two-year-old relationship with his cousins.” , Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, five and Prince Louis, two. “
It is believed that after the Megxit and Meghan and Harry’s breakup with the company, Kate was a calming force.
Ms. Tominey said: “Throughout Megxit, Kate has repeated Her Majesty by reminding friends and family that Harry and Meghan remain ‘beloved family members’.
“Among the royals most hoping for a reconciliation, she even told friends before the Oprah interview that she didn’t think it was too late to withdraw.”
Kate on the day of Prince Philip’s funeral (Image: GETTY)
Kate and Prince Louis take a look at Meghan and Archie in July 2019 (Image: GETTY)
The importance of a family united and sibling support appear to have been central to Kate’s reported attempt to reconcile Prince Harry and Prince William.
A source told Ms. Tominey, “Having been so close to her own siblings Pippa and James and having witnessed the special bond between William and Harry firsthand, she found the whole situation difficult and unsettling.
“Your natural instinct is to try to smooth things out.”
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Kate and Meghan accompany their husbands William and Harry to church on Christmas Day 2018 (Image: GETTY)
Kate’s desire to end tensions between Harry and William became apparent after Prince Philip’s funeral.
While the Royals were walking back to Windsor Castle from St. George’s Chapel, Kate was seen talking to her brother-in-law before including her husband in the conversation.
Then she quietly left the brothers alone to walk next to Sophie, the Countess of Wessex.
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Meghan, Harry and Archie pictured in September 2019 (Image: GETTY)
Kate and Prince William arrive at Windsor Castle on Saturday (Image: GETTY)
Commenting on Kate’s move, Ms. Tominey said, “After breaking the ice so her husband and brother-in-law could finally go out together, Kate subtly helped construct the rapprochement the world had been waiting for.
“And while everything may have been choreographed knowing the cameras would be trained for the trio that once did so many public duties together, it helped soften the negative narrative of the brothers’ feud – what made a tense one The scene could have been a little easier. “
Archie, who turns two on May 6, is said to have seen his royal cousins Princess Charlotte, Prince George and Prince Louis only a few times.
Little Sussex lived at Frogmore Cottage in Windsor between birth and November 2019 when he traveled to Canada with his parents.
Kate joined the royal family in 2011 (Image: EXPRESS)
Archie moved to the US with his parents in March 2020, but unlike Meghan and Harry, he has yet to travel back to the UK.
Little Archie was photographed at an event that also included the Cambridge children attending a charity polo game in July 2019.
According to royal commentator Katie Nicholl, Kate and William had contact with Meghan and Harry during the holiday season. During this time, the families made phone and video calls and exchanged gifts – the cousins may have video links to see each other.
Kate and Prince William clap their kids for the NHS in 2020 (Image: GETTY)
The older generation of royal cousins - including Prince Harry and Prince William – are known to be closely linked.
In 2018, Mike Tindall revealed that the royal cousins were part of WhatsApp groups – and the Tindalls were often seen with their children at royal gatherings with the Cambridge family, Prince Harry and Peter Phillips.
Prince Harry is also very close to Princess Eugenie – who, according to Finding Freedom’s writers Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, was one of the first people to be informed of his relationship with Meghan.