Prince Harry has nothing left in UK, he and William will never repair relationship – too much has been said, says expert
PRINCE Harry has no link left to the UK as his relationship with William becomes irreparable, says a royal expert.
The Duke of Sussex, 39, has severed all remaining ties with Britain – and seemingly his family – as he declares “New Country/State Usually Resident” on US docs.
Simon Vigar has told The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show there is no going back when it comes to Harry’s relationship with big brother Wills – following years of twisted digs and remarks thrown at the royals by the Duke.
Speaking to The Sun’s Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson, Vigar also claims Harry’s lack of royal duty input is down to the estrangement.
He said: “Prince Harry doesn’t have a pigeon hole or a desk at St James’ Palace for correspondence but I think that reflects the estrangement.
“The very big estrangement with William, there doesn’t seem to be any repair to that relationship, sadly.
“And with the King, obviously he saw him briefly, very very briefly in February, and not since then.
“But you know hopefully they are in touch by phone.”
Simon went on to say the rift between Harry and his now-distant family was “completely avoidable” however, “too much” has happened now to rebuild bridges.
He added: “It’s a shame. I think the whole thing is really sad and was completely avoidable.
“But too much has been said and done now. It happens in lots of families but not on this sort of public scale.
“I think with William and Harry in particular, too much has been said for it to ever go back to the way it was sadly.”
In official files, which previously documented his primary home as the UK, Harry has since listed his £11m California mansion as his main residence.
It has been revealed that the exiled Prince changed his official status to American resident on the same day wife Meghan, 42, and himself were evicted from Frogmore Cottage.
King Charles ordered him to return the keys to what was his UK base when making the rare transatlantic trip over.
The Sun understands Prince William supported the monarch’s decision to strip his younger brother of estate access.
It comes as The Sun’s royal photographer, Arthur Edwards, said Harry was somebody in the UK but is now just another Brit living in America.
He told how Charles’ youngest was “so loved” and can’t believe Harry has made the damning decision to become a nobody.
He said: “You’re using all your knowledge on the Royal Family to humiliate them as best you can and it’s not right.
“If you want to backdate to America, fine. But you know you in Britain you were somebody.
A timeline of Prince Harry and William's 'feud'
In 2018, the Sun told how “simmering tension” began when William questioned the speed of Harry and Meghan’s engagement.
The first hints of friction reportedly came after William was introduced to Meghan when she was staying at Kensington Palace.
Once she’d returned home to Canada, William and Harry sat down for a brother-to-brother chat.
He knew Harry was already head-over-heels for her but it has been claimed he advised him to take it slowly.
The younger prince reportedly didn’t take too kindly to the advice, with one royal source saying he “went mental”.
Then in June 2019 Harry and Meghan officially split off from the charity they shared with William and Kate.
The Royal Foundation will be divided between the Sussexes and Cambridges as the couples focus on their own separate charitable endeavours.
Prince William and Prince Harry first established the Royal Foundation in 2009 before Kate joined two years later shortly after their engagement was announced.
The trio would often appear together at events and the Foundation had huge successes with projects like the Invictus Games for injured veterans and the mental health Heads Together campaign.
The Royal Foundation said the decision was made following the conclusion of a review into its structure – but added both couples will continue to work together in the future.
Harry and Meg were living in close proximity to Kate and Wills within the Kensington Palace estate, but they switched to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor before baby Archie was born.
The move further increased rumours of a fallout.
Harry, 39, also hinted in his ITV documentary “Harry and Meghan, An African Journey” that he and his brother had grown apart.
It came after Prince Philip called Meghan the “D.O.W” after the Duchess of Windsor — the American divorcee who led Edward VIII to abdicate.
And he warned the late Queen to be “cautious” of Harry’s then bride-to-be, a royal author claims.
Ingrid Seward revealed in new book My Mother And I that Prince Philip felt it was “uncanny…how much Meghan reminded him of the Duchess of Windsor“.
In 2021, Harry and Meghan give their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey where Harry accused his dad of cutting him off financially.
Harry then jetted back to UK to join William in unveiling a statue to their mother Princess Diana in the grounds of Kensington Palace. But sources claimed William didn’t want to attend the memorial amid their ongoing rift.
In 2022, just before their grandmother the Queen died, sources claimed Kate acts as a “peacemaker” between the brothers.
Last year Harry claimed his brother “knocked him to the floor” during an argument about Meghan.
In his book Spare, Harry said William branded Meghan “rude” and “difficult” during a row.
Harry alleged William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor”.
He said he was left with a visible injury to his back following the argument in 2019 at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where he was living at the time.
In January this year, Harry flew in to be with Charles after the monarch’s shock cancer diagnosis.
Harry flew back to the US the following day – without seeing Wills.
“Over there you’re just another celebrity. That’s all you are.
“And alright you’ve got your lovely big house, and you’ve got your big cars and your private planes.
“But you still have to worry where you’re parking, you didn’t have to worry about that here.
“You never used to worry about getting tickets for the Cup Final, you didn’t have to worry about that.
“You could do anything you wanted here you were so loved. Well you know, good luck, but I wish you were back here personally.
“I think you had a lot to give to this country and sadly that’s not the case anymore.”
VISA ROW
It comes as Harry is fighting to stop the release of immigration papers after concerns were raised over his visa application.
His case was sparked after Harry claimed in his memoir Spare he took coke, weed and magic mushrooms.
The Heritage Foundation argue that releasing the documents will prove if Harry lied about his past drug use on his visa application.
If the duke was dishonest, he could be in breach of US federal law and should lose his immigration status.
But lawyers for the US government argued Harry’s drug claims in the explosive book “is not proof” he actually took them.
And, the Department for Homeland Security, which oversees immigration, stated making Harry’s documents public would breach his privacy.
The DHS has also claimed Harry still has a right to privacy even though he is a celebrity.
Judge Carl Nichols asked officials to hand over the documents in March, saying their privacy argument was “insufficiently detailed”.
The Heritage Foundation’s lawyer Samuel Dewey earlier accused the US government of “providing special treatment to celebrities” to enter the US.
On Monday a US ambassador said Harry would not be deported from the US, whatever the outcome of the trial.
'It's inevitable'
ROYAL Photographer Arthur Edwards told The Sun it's 'quite sad' but inevitable'
The longtime snapper said: “It looks like he’s backdated his US residency to when he and Meghan left these shores.
“It’s another sign that he’s really cut ties with the royal family. It’s sad, but you know, I suppose it’s inevitable.
“I’ve always said that I thought Prince Harry would one day come back here and work for the royal family.
“It now looks pretty certain that he’s made his mind up that America is home and that’s where he wants to stay.”
He continued: “One day he may even apply for citizenship. That way he’ll have to give up his title – the Duke of Sussex – so he probably won’t go that far.
“But yeah it’s quite sad because Harry was a very important part of the royal family here and he was much loved.
“Everywhere we went he was just loved. He was absolutely charming and especially with children.
“He was fantastic, but that’s probably not changed. He obviously no longer wants to spend any more time here.”
Mr Edwards also said Harry only seems to care about awards and baseball games.
He said: “Harry’s coming close to 40 now – he’s no child anymore.
“Instead of going to schools and charities and helping young people with mental health, he’s going to awards ceremonies and baseball games and polo matches.
“I don’t think it’s a real life. I think he was brilliant here and gave a lot.”