There have been at least four major articles or columns in the British media comparing the Oasis reunion to the situation between Prince William and Prince Harry. It reminds me of something I’ve long believed: these people are idiots with no imagination, and they are extremely limited in every way, especially in how they strain to draw historical connections. They’ve been comparing Harry to King Edward VIII for years and now suddenly Harry is Liam Gallagher. Well, Richard Eden has jumped aboard the “f–k it, let’s compare them to Oasis” train. The Mail columnist was apparently tasked with reiterating the new talking point that Harry was absolutely the one leaking HIS comeback plans to the Mail (lol) and that William and Kate expect an apology from Harry and Meghan. Dear Maureen: are you not tired?
The much-heralded reunion of Oasis rock stars Noel and Liam Gallagher has led to numerous calls for an even more prominent pair of estranged brothers to ‘get the band back together’. While the Mancunian musicians are due to play for the money, Princes William and Harry would be performing together on the world stage for the good of the Monarchy, or so the argument goes.
Those calling for King Charles’s sons to use the Gallaghers as a model for fraternal reconciliation, have, however, conveniently overlooked two key factors that have been stressed to me during conversations over the past week with courtiers and royal pals. Firstly, the Gallagher rapprochement was agreed only, it is said, because of Noel’s separation from his second wife, Sara MacDonald. The PR executive was widely thought to have stood in the way of any Oasis reunion. She and irascible Liam had clashed repeatedly over the years, with Liam even comparing her and his brother, at one point, to being ‘like Fred and Rose West’.
Harry, by contrast, remains happily married to Meghan. Although the American former actress has not compared William and the Princess of Wales to serial killers, she has publicly claimed Catherine made her cry and accused unnamed royals of being racists. The accused were later identified by Meghan’s cheerleader Omid Scobie as Catherine and the King.
The second overlooked factor is that Noel publicly traded insults with his brother for years, calling him, for example, ‘the angriest man you’ll ever meet’. Noel added of the singer: ‘He’s like a man with a fork in a world of soup.’ By contrast, William, like his wife, has refused to be drawn into a slanging match with his brother that would be unbecoming of a future King. We have only caught glimpses of his anger at the insults to which he has been subjected from across the Atlantic.
Harry’s attendance at the memorial service in Norfolk for his uncle Lord (Robert) Fellowes last week, who died in July aged 82, was the first time that he has been at the same event as his brother since 2022. Although fellow mourners said the brothers did not speak to each other at St Mary’s Church in Snettisham, their attendance has provoked much speculation about a reconciliation between the pair. However, not one of the friends or courtiers I spoke to this week thought that would happen, at least not in the near future.
‘There will be no reunion until Harry and Meghan apologise to their Royal Highnesses for everything they have said,’ one former courtier told me. ‘And there is no sign that is likely.’
A friend of the royals told me: ‘It’s hard to see a reconciliation. How could there be when William and Catherine have the justifiable fear that anything they say could appear in a future book or be repeated in a TV programme.’
In a reference to Catherine, who has been undergoing treatment for an unnamed form of cancer, a pal of William told me: ‘There is one member of the family who William is keen to see returning to public engagements – and it’s not Harry.’
“How could there be when William and Catherine have the justifiable fear that anything they say could appear in a future book or be repeated in a TV programme.” And how could Harry try to reach out to his brother without an angry egg screaming down the phone at multiple royal reporters about how he’s still furious at Harry? Again, William’s fingerprints are all over the years of lies, smears, slander and hate directed at the Sussexes across the British media (and even some American outlets). Just because William isn’t quoted directly, doesn’t mean he’s not the source. Harry made a quick dash to see Charles back in February and William briefed his hate far and wide even though Harry made zero move to see or speak to him. Anyway, long story short, this is all just KP-British media closed-loop communications.
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex attend a lunch reception during the Invictus Games One Year to Go event which marks one year before Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023
Featuring: Prince Harry and Meghan Duchess of Sussex
Where: Dusseldorf, Germany, Germany
When: 06 Sep 2022
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attends the press conference during the One Year to Go event, one year before Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023, at the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany
Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Where: Dusseldorf, Germany
When: 06 Sep 2022
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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex attend a lunch reception during the Invictus Games One Year to Go event which marks one year before Invictus Games Dusseldorf 2023
Featuring: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex
Where: Dusseldorf, Germany
When: 06 Sep 2022
Credit: Dutch Press Photo/Cover Images**NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLICATION IN THE NETHERLANDS OR FRANCE**
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Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on MondayFeaturing: Prince William, Catherine Princess of Wales, Prince Harry, Meghan Duchess of Sussex
Where: London, Britain, United Kingdom
When: 14 Sep 2022
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Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on MondayFeaturing: Prince William, Catherine Princess of Wales, Prince Harry, Meghan Duchess of Sussex
Where: London, Britain, United Kingdom
When: 14 Sep 2022
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Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on MondayFeaturing: Prince William, Catherine Princess of Wales
Where: London, Britain, United Kingdom
When: 14 Sep 2022
Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages.com/Cover Images**North America Rights Only**
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Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on MondayFeaturing: Prince William, Catherine Princess of Wales, Prince Harry, Meghan Duchess of Sussex
Where: London, Britain, United Kingdom
When: 14 Sep 2022
Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages.com/Cover Images**North America Rights Only**
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Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on MondayFeaturing: Prince Harry, Meghan Duchess of Sussex
Where: London, Britain, United Kingdom
When: 14 Sep 2022
Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages.com/Cover Images**North America Rights Only**
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Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall
The coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown placed on top, is carried on a horse-drawn gun carriage of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during the ceremonial procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall, London, where it will lie in state ahead of her funeral on MondayFeaturing: Prince Harry, Meghan Duchess of Sussex
Where: London, Britain, United Kingdom
When: 14 Sep 2022
Credit: PA Images/INSTARimages.com/Cover Images**North America Rights Only**

