Royal Sibling Rivalry: Prince Harry and Prince William's 'Dirty' and 'Serious' Childhood Fights Foreshadow Future Estrangement

Prince William and Prince Harry have reportedly not spoken to one another since September 2022, and their "bitter feud" with one another seems to have "no end in sight." One new report sheds some insight into how it likely isn't just Meghan Markle causing most of the rift.

"William and Harry were such fun-loving children," said Ken Wharfe, the former protection officer to the childhood princes. "They loved to play fight and when they hit each other they meant it."

"Sometimes when I tried to break up the fights I was on the receiving end of their punches, they’ll vouch for that," he added.

Wharfe spoke to author Robert Jobson during the latter's research for his 2013 book The New Royal Family: Prince George, William and Kate, The Next Generation. The tome was published around the time Kate, the then-Duchess of Cambridge, was expecting Prince George in July of that year.

Wharfe added about the newborn future king: "This baby will have an amazing childhood, of that I am sure. But it will be different, of course. For one thing, he or she will have to get used to having an armed Scotland Yard personal protection officer watching over them night and day."

He further observed how "Prince William’s own childhood is the blue-print he and Kate will base their own family life on."

Sussex sources have also spoken about how Harry will approach raising his two children in much the same manner. But nothing can change the apparent lifelong animosity King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales' two sons have for one another.

"They pulled no punches when they did, I can tell you," Wharfe stated. "They would fight dirty, too, thinking nothing of punching you where it really hurts. But Diana encouraged it. She thought it was good for them to just be boys."

This unique insight comes amid recent reports showcasing just how cold the rift between the regal princes has become by 2024.

In his autobiography, the Duke of Sussex accused the then-Duke of Cambridge of throwing him to the floor during a 2019 argument that revolved around Meghan He also spilled how it was William and Kate who convinced him to wear a Nazi uniform to a party in 2005 — both allegedly laughed at the then 20-year-old prince once the image of him donning the outfit was splashed across newspaper front pages.

Instead of calling the Duchess of Sussex after the incident, the fiery-haired prince claimed he phoned his therapist to talk through his emotions about the altercation.

Based on Harry's book and the 2022 Netflix documentary, which saw Meghan mock curtseying to the late Queen Elizabeth II, it is believed the king-in-waiting "may never speak to his brother again."

Daily Express reported on Jobson's book.