Prince Harry & Prince William Were Feuding Way Before Meghan Markle Drama

Preparations for Royal Wedding of Harry and Meghan

Remember when there were rumors Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton were feuding? But then it turned out that, actually, it was Prince Harry and Prince William who were feuding? While many assumed the tension came from an argument the brothers had over Harry's then-girlfriend Meghan, their rift really began long before that.

According to Angela Levin, author of Harry: Conversations with the Prince, the Duke of Sussex's "competitive spirit" has driven a wedge between him and his older brother. "It is also very difficult if you are second in line to a brother and you are quite competitive," Levin told Express. "Harry is very competitive as a person, but your brother is going to be king, and there is nothing you can do about that, you can’t beat that. He also didn’t have a role to play. Now he is older and more mature he has found roles that satisfy him and give him pleasure and confidence."

The tension between William and Harry did come to a breaking point when the two quarreled over William's initial treatment of Meghan. The Duke of Cambridge reportedly wasn't as welcoming to the now Duchess of Sussex as Harry would have liked. "There was a lot of talk that William mentioned he was rushing it with Meghan and Harry took that very badly," Levin said. "William might have meant well but [Harry] took it very badly. People do lose some bonds. It is a shame because he and William have been very tight and they are the only two who can understand what they have been through. They are senior royals. They have lost their mother at a very very young age. It’s difficult for people outside that twosome to really understand what that is all about because it is very difficult for them to trust people."

Now that Harry has a wife and child, though, he's finding his footing as a senior royal independent of his brother's path towards the throne. The Palace announced Meghan and Harry would be leaving The Royal Foundation, which Harry started with William and Kate. "[Harry] told me that he only wanted to work with the Royal Foundation on mental health issues on that one project, he wanted to do other projects that didn’t involve that, so I think it goes back before Meghan," Levin continued. "We got used to the threesome, with Kate in the middle, and William on one side and Harry on the other. But, he is in his mid-thirties and I think it is perfectly okay for him to be independent of his brother.”

William and Harry's relationship is reportedly on the mend, though, thanks to the arrival of Harry's son Archie. There's nothing like a sweet little baby to bring family together.

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