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Will the father's illness bring a rapprochement between the two sons?
"Please, guys, don't make my last few years miserable"! That's what King Charles addressed to his children when the three met privately shortly after Prince Philip's funeral nearly three years ago. A plea for reconciliation from a heartbroken father who saw his offspring divided by a deep and silent hatred: and now that his remaining time is in danger of being dramatically cut short by illness, will William and Harry listen his words?
However, it seems surprising that the two brothers, now that the little one has arrived in London to be at his father's bedside, have no intention of even meeting face to face. There is no place on William's agenda for a meeting with Harry, and the heir to the throne has no intention of extending an olive branch. Because the reality is that Diana's two sons haven't even spoken to each other in over a year since Harry's fiery autobiography came out: a book full of venom against the royal family, but especially his brother.
Harry accused William of laying hands on him during a heated argument, grabbing him by the neck and throwing him to the ground to crash into a dog bowl; he berated his brother for his hostility towards his wife Meghan, who was described as "rude" and "abrasive"; he complained that at Palace they were ready to sell him to the press to protect William's reputation. In short, a relationship that was, in Harry's words, a "disaster".
His brother did not forgive him for these attacks, also because his wife Kate was portrayed very badly in the memoirs. Poor Diana, if she were alive, would be shocked to see how her two sons, the one she loved most in the world, ended up in arms against each other.
But beyond the episodes and insults of the moment, there is something sick in the existential dynamic that passes between William and Harry, as the very title of the young man's book reveals: "Spare" (a spare heir). Because what ails Harry is William's very presence in the world and his fate as heir to the throne. It is an inescapable condition that feeds a deep dissatisfaction, an ontological fracture that nothing can heal. What hurts Harry is his second-born status, which makes him see William as his nemesis, the ultimate antagonist: and in turn William - apart from the fact that those who know him privately describe him as a head hot and prone to anger—little can be done to temper that dynastic principle on which the monarchy is based.
Will the father's illness bring a rapprochement between the two sons? Many hope so. / P amphleti
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