Prince William & Kate Middleton May Have a Media Showdown With Prince Harry Over Conflicting High-Profile Engagements

It seems that Prince William and Kate Middleton aren’t exactly thrilled that Prince Harry will be swooping through the U.K. next week. Besides coming in for the WellChild Awards on the eve of the anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, he has the Invictus Games and his Netflix Heart of Invictus docuseries to promote.

Kate and William also have an official engagement on Friday, and they reportedly don’t want to share the headlines with their estranged family member. “Harry is going to want people to watch the show,” a pal of the Prince and Princess of Wales told The Daily Beast. “Of course that makes them nervous because William has seen how ruthless Harry has been about betraying his family to promote his projects so far. They just won’t want the dignity of the day to be overshadowed by another outburst.”

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However, Harry and Meghan Markle have made it very clear that they are moving on from discussing the royal family, so William and Kate shouldn’t have much to worry about. It does seem that the real concern is about Harry stealing the spotlight from them, but they should feel confident enough to know that there is plenty of room for all of them to shine. The palace really has nothing to sweat about even though they are likely to follow Harry’s remarks at the WellChild Awards very closely.

“The issue really is what he says. I’m sure he will just say a few nice words about her [Queen Elizabeth], and it will be fine. But if he makes even the slightest veiled criticism of his father or brother or the institution, it will really annoy Charles and William,” a source close to King Charles III noted. “Charles is pushing for unity, unity, unity—so the last thing he needs is Harry being divisive.” It’s starting to feel like the palace is the one keeping the feud alive since Harry and Meghan have a very clear focus with their European trip and it has nothing to do with the royal family.

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