Harry's - "Expectations, wants and wishes - none of them have been met”

This is OMID on Harry's expectations of accountability from WILLIAM

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In 2023, “Harry was still waiting for that moment of accountability from his brother — an opportunity to talk about many of the grievances that have built up to this point and be able to move on from that,” Scobie tells PEOPLE.

Now, in 2026, “Nothing has changed,” he says. “The expectations and wants and wishes of Prince Harry are exactly the same as they were then — and none of them have been met.”

The Duke of Sussex, 41, and the Prince of Wales, 43, have had a strained relationship going back at least as far as 2020, when Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, 44, stepped away from their roles as senior working members of the royal family. Tensions between the couple and the royal family mounted in the ensuing years as Harry and Meghan shared their reflections on royal life in high-profile interviews, a Netflix series and Harry's revealing memoir.

During that time, Scobie says Harry made “repeated attempts” to reach out to William both directly and “through mutual friends and individuals that they both deem important in their lives," despite the fractious dynamic. While Scobie has recently seen what he calls “some moments of warmth" between Harry and his father, King Charles, in recent years, he says “that hasn’t happened with William.”

“The ball has been in William’s court for some time now,” Scobie says. “And he’s chosen not just to knock it back, but to kick it in the other direction.”

He continues, “I think in terms of family, it takes two, and I think we have seen some effort between Harry and his father go both ways.” In contrast, the Prince of Wales, according to Scobie, is “avoiding dealing with this matter whatsoever.”

“I hate to bring this back to William’s role, but as a future king, you would think that one of the things he should be able to navigate easily is family,” he says. “One day, he’ll be the head of the royal family; he’ll be the head of the Church of England. There’ll be a lot of things that he stands for, or will seemingly stand for. And if he’s unable to mend a fracture — for all the reasons that we know are behind it — with his brother, I think that also says something about him as a future monarch that may not work in his favor.”

Author Russell Myers wrote in his new book, William and Catherine: The Monarchy's New Era: The Inside Story, out March 10, that William "felt betrayed" by his brother, especially in the wake of Spare's release.

A source close to William said, “At first, he was incredibly angry. The situation had spiralled out of control, but the book reinforced his view that [Harry] was not to be trusted. [William] was incredibly let down and immensely sad, but in a way it made him more determined to rally around his own family and his father and I think what you’ve seen since then is a complete dedication to concentrate on the things you can have an effect on, or what you view as important, and engaging [with Harry] did not come under that.”

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