Harry and Meghan have reached out to William and Kate after the Princess of Wales revealed she is undergoing treatment for cancer.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are believed to have made contact ‘privately’ last night, with reports in the US claiming they only found out when the rest of the world did.
One insider told the New York Post ‘they had no idea’.
The communication between the princes was disclosed by ITV’s royal editor Chris Ship, who said on X the Sussexes ‘have both been in touch’ with the Waleses ‘but did so privately’.
He added that it is unclear what form that took.
Harry once described Kate as ‘the big sister I never had’, and the two enjoyed a close bond after she married Prince William.
But that relationship fell apart after he introduced his wife Meghan Markle to the couple and they eventually broke away from the royal family.
The news of Kate’s illness will have ‘devastated’ Harry, according to royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams.
He told The Sun the shock diagnosis is the ‘perfect opportunity’ for he and Meghan to mend their rift with the Waleses.
Mr Fitzwilliams said: He’ll probably be pretty devastated I’d say. Whether he comes to the UK to visit Kate, time will have to tell.’
Last month, Harry returned to the UK after making an emergency dash from the US to see his father King Charles following his cancer diagnosis.
The duke cleared his diary and made the journey alone, with Meghan and their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet remaining at home in California.
But there was no reconciliation between Harry and his brother the Prince of Wales during the visit, after the duke spent around 45 minutes at Clarence House seeing Charles.
He last appeared alongside the Windsors and the Waleses at the King’s coronation, but hurried home immediately afterwards to mark his son’s fourth birthday.
Since stepping down as working royals in 2020 and moving to California with their family, the Sussexes have aired allegations and grievances against the monarchy and members of Harry’s family.
The duke’s allegations against his family appeared unrelenting in the aftermath of Megxit with his Oprah interview, and, in the months following the Queen’s death, his Netflix documentary and memoir Spare.
There were accusations of racism in relation to Archie’s skin tone before he was born – with the remarks in the end alleged to have come from two senior royals – and claims Kensington Palace lied to protect William over reports he allegedly bullied Harry out of the royal family.
The duke also accused William of physically attacking him and throwing him into a dog bowl in a row over Meghan, teasing him about his panic attacks, and, along with Kate, encouraging him to wear a Nazi uniform at a fancy dress party.
While Charles and Harry were said to still speak, William has reportedly not been in contact with his brother for an extended period of time.
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