Prince William’s prestigious joint engagement with his father King Charles III Monday to formalize his appointment as the head of Prince Harry’s old army unit marks “the final nail in the coffin” for any hope of reconciliation between Harry and his family, a source has told The Daily Beast.
The ceremony naming William Colonel-in-Chief of the Army Air Corps came after a weekend of claim and counter-claim by the Palace and Team Sussex about what hospitality was extended to Harry on his trip to the U.K. overshadowed Harry and wife Meghan Markle’s very positively received tour of Nigeria.
The royal insider said: “Harry has been stripped of security, stripped of his HRH title, denied a meeting with his father, and now his brother—who loathes him—is being made head of his old regiment. He was not deliberately humiliated last week, but his lack of significance as a member of the royal family was highlighted. It’s notable that the king didn’t send a message of support for Harry’s celebration of ten years of the Invictus Games—and even more notable that he found time to meet David Beckham but not his own son. Making William head of the Army Air Corps was previously announced, but the timing of the handover is the final nail in the coffin. The message that he is now just another outsider could not be any clearer.”
