Diana Hauntingly Predicted a ‘Difficult Path' for Harry Decades Before William Will Reportedly ‘Never Ever' Forgive His Brother
According to Diana's former royal butler Paul Burrell, she wanted them to have a normal childhood where they were treated fairly and was apprehensive of sending them to the same school, Eton College. 'Even when it came to school, [Diana] worried that Harry would constantly be compared to his brother and judged by William's standards,' Burrell told Casino.org, for Express.co.uk 'When they went to Eton, Diana didn't want Harry to attend Eton; she knew that he would be compared to William, who had gone before him.'
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'William is much brighter, and he excelled; Harry wasn't and didn't. And so, she knew it would be a difficult path for Harry,' Burrell continued.Harry recounted his tensions with his brother at Eton College in his memoir Spare. 'They'd [teachers] always say the same thing: 'Don't worry, you'll be all right. And don't forget you always have your brother here!' But I wasn't the one forgetting. Willy told me to pretend I didn't know him,' the Invictus Games founder wrote.
He later recounted that William was the popular kid before he entered the college. 'For the last two years, he explained, Eton had been his sanctuary. No kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle. He was forging his own life, and he wasn't willing to give that up.'
The revelation from Burrell comes after it was reported that Harry wants reconciliation with his family. Recently, King Charles and Prince Harry's senior aides held a secret meeting, according to The Mail on Sunday. According to The Sun, it was Harry who gave his press reps, Meredith Maines and Liam Maguire, the green light to meet with the cancer-stricken king's secretary, Tobyn Andreae.
A friend of Kate and William told the Daily Mail, 'It's no coincidence that William and Catherine did not have a representative at the Royal Over-Seas League. They were not asked to send anyone, and will be treating the talks with extreme caution. The fact that it ended up in the newspapers tells you all you need to know.'
However, William seems to be seething at the fact that his brother wants to re-enter royal family life. 'He absolutely f—ing hates' his brother Harry, with the same source saying that, 'William will never, ever forgive Harry for what he has done. Charles is the king; he can do what he likes. But make no mistake: William believes with every fiber of his being that giving Harry and Meghan back any royal imprimatur is a huge mistake.'
A source recently told The Mirror, 'Harry is seriously worried that when his father dies one day, William will literally banish him and he will have no status in Britain at all. He will be persona non grata.'
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