William and Middleton, meanwhile, think the feud’s impact on their royal duties is “frustrating.”
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It’s no secret that the royal rift between Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, Prince William and Kate Middleton continues to wage on, but both households are reportedly growing tired with being at war with one another.
According to The Daily Mail‘s royal reporter Richard Eden, a source who worked for Harry and Markle while they were still apart of The Firm shared that “it seems quite clear that they are desperate to start healing the rift.”
The signs have been there for a while now, with reports of Harry feeling deep regret over losing his relationship with Middleton, and that loss feeling as difficult as losing his mother, Princess Diana. “He really misses that warm, uncomplicated relationship, and he is torn between loyalty to his wife and regret about the loss of the woman he was so close to. Losing Kate was Harry’s second great loss after losing his mother,” royal author Tom Quinn told The Mirror in late July.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales are feeling the weight of Harry and Markle’s absence, especially in light of Middleton and King Charles’s cancer diagnoses. “All of a sudden, the slimmed-down monarchy by default is looking very slim, so they are thin on the ground, and obviously, were they still working royals, Harry and Meghan could have taken up a lot of the slack, so it is frustrating,” royal expert Phil Dampier told The Sun.
He continued, “But we are where we are, and in some ways, you know, we’re going to have to wait until George, Charlotte, and Louis are another 10 years older before they can start performing duties, and in the meantime, it’s going to be difficult.”
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In the meantime, tensions remain high as there’s still zero progress on Harry and Markle’s reconciliation with the royal family—Dr. Tessa Dunlop spoke with The Mirror and revealed that “despite all their well-intentioned good works and conciliatory talk in other fields, the chasm between the Sussexes and the British royals remains as great as ever.”
