Prince William and Prince Harry 'weren't close before Diana's death,' claims expert
An expert has claimed that Prince Harry and Prince William did not have as close a relationship growing up as previously reported.
It is a "myth" that Prince Harry and Prince William were always close, a royal expert has claimed.
According to royal expert and biographer Ingrid Seward, Harry only grew closer to William following their mother's death in 1997.
Claiming that they weren't particularly close before the late Princess Diana's death, Ms Seward told The Sun's Royal Exclusive: "I remember after William went on his gap year, way back on operation Raleigh, Harry said 'he’s much nicer now', so this myth that Harry and Wiliam were very close, is a myth.
"They were only really close after their mother died. Of course, they unified and they were the only two people that knew what it felt like. But they weren’t very close as youngsters."
Claiming that Diana once expressed "concerns" for Harry to her, the expert added: "We talked about it quite a lot. She said ‘I worry for Harry and I’m really, really careful that he’s not treated differently than William’."
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"When they used to go and see the Queen Mother, she would pat the chair and say ‘come and sit here William’ and completely ignore Harry, and that really upset Diana."
Discussing their childhood, Ms Seward added: She added: "I think she [Diana] worried much more for Harry because she just wasn’t sure which way he was going to go."
Prince Harry stepped down as a senior working royal in 2020 and now resides in California with Meghan Markle and their two children - five-year-old Archie and three-year-old Lilibet.
