PRINCE Harry could potentially make peace with William but will not do anything without Meghan’s approval, a royal expert has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex stepped down from the Royal Family four years ago and has since made a number of shocking allegations about his brother.
Their relationship has only worsened after the Sussexes made a number of accusations against the Royal Family in their Netflix docuseries.
Harry and William haven’t been seen together in years after their relationship fractured further.
But there could be a way forward for the feuding brothers to “resolve the rift” and reconnect, according to Richard Fitzwilliams.
However, the royal biographer believes that any “olive branch” would have to be given the seal of approval by Meghan Markle.
Mr Fitzwilliams exclusively told The Sun: “The best way of resolving the rift, if it is to be resolved, is to do it privately.
“With Catherine and the King’s illness – that is an enormous game changer even when there are deep family rifts.
“The two very senior members of the royal family, are very, are seriously ill, and you can’t really predict what’s what’s going to happen.
“So, as I say, the Sussexes do spring surprises. This has happened before, and you never know what might happen in the coming weeks or months.
“But I don’t think Harry would do anything without Megan’s consent.”
Mr Fitzwilliams went on to speak about the Invictus games being a potential turning point in their relationship.
The expert previously hinted a reunion could be possible when the Duke visits the UK in May to mark the tenth anniversary of the Invictus Games.
It would be Harry’s first time in Britain since his sister-in-law, Princess Kate announced she is receiving preventative chemotherapy for cancer after abdominal surgery in January.
The royal biographer continued: “We don’t know but things can happen that you don’t expect? And you look at the time scale between now and the Invictus games – It’s still quite the time.
“It’s perfectly possible Harry could come over before then to see his father, whether or to what extent he might see William and Catherine, or whatever I simply don’t know.
“But Megan is very unpopular in Britain. She knows that any appearance she’d make here would make headlines, and they wouldn’t necessarily be favourable,
“We we simply don’t know but the best way, obviously, of bridging this rift, if it is to be bridged, and it does make sense when you’ve got serious illness to consider.”
This follows speculation Wills and Kate extended an olive branch to the Sussexes, inviting them to the UK with kids Archie, four, and Lilibet, two, as reported by the Mirror.
But Mr Fitzwilliams pulled no punches when he described the feud between The Wales‘ and Sussexes as “one of the most public royal rifts that has ever been”.
MEGHAN HAS FINAL SAY
Mr Fitzwilliams has already previously claimed that Meghan would make the final call on whether Archie and Lilibet visit their family across the pond.
He claimed: “Meghan has the say. There’s no doubt Harry wishes to convey he is a very devoted family man and will put them above everything else. Just like William.
“If Meghan didn’t want to come she could never be forced to.
“It would be extremely unlikely Harry would come over with the kids without Meghan.
It comes after Princess Kate told the world about her cancer shock in an emotional announcement on Friday, March 22.
She vowed she is “getting stronger everyday” and chose to delay releasing the information to protect her children after rampant speculation.
A timeline of Prince Harry and William's 'feud': Brothers 'at war'
In 2018, the Sun told how “simmering tension” began when William questioned the speed of Harry and Meghan’s engagement.
The first hints of friction reportedly came after William was introduced to Meghan when she was staying at Kensington Palace.
Once she’d returned home to Canada, William and Harry sat down for a brother-to-brother chat.
He knew Harry was already head-over-heels for her but it has been claimed he advised him to take it slowly.
The younger prince reportedly didn’t take too kindly to the advice, with one royal source saying he “went mental”.
Then in June 2019 Harry and Meghan officially split off from the charity they shared with William and Kate.
The Royal Foundation will be divided between the Sussexes and Cambridges as the couples focus on their own separate charitable endeavours.
Prince William and Prince Harry first established the Royal Foundation in 2009 before Kate joined two years later shortly after their engagement was announced.
The trio would often appear together at events and the Foundation had huge successes with projects like the Invictus Games for injured veterans and the mental health Heads Together campaign.
The Royal Foundation said the decision was made following the conclusion of a review into its structure – but added both couples will continue to work together in the future.
Harry and Meg were living in close proximity to Kate and Wills within the Kensington Palace estate, but they switched to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor before baby Archie was born.
The move further increased rumours of a fallout.
Harry, 39, also hinted in his ITV documentary “Harry and Meghan, An African Journey” that he and his brother had grown apart.
It came after Prince Philip called Meghan the “D.O.W” after the Duchess of Windsor — the American divorcee who led Edward VIII to abdicate.
And he warned the late Queen to be “cautious” of Harry’s then bride-to-be, a royal author claims.
Ingrid Seward revealed in new book My Mother And I that Prince Philip felt it was “uncanny…how much Meghan reminded him of the Duchess of Windsor“.
In 2021, Harry and Meghan give their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey where Harry accused his dad of cutting him off financially.
Harry then jetted back to UK to join William in unveiling a statue to their mother Princess Diana in the grounds of Kensington Palace. But sources claimed William didn’t want to attend the memorial amid their ongoing rift.
In 2022, just before their grandmother the Queen died, sources claimed Kate acts as a “peacemaker” between the brothers.
Last year Harry claimed his brother “knocked him to the floor” during an argument about Meghan.
In his book Spare, Harry said William branded Meghan “rude” and “difficult” during a row.
Harry alleged William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor”.
He said he was left with a visible injury to his back following the argument in 2019 at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where he was living at the time.
In January this year, Harry flew in to be with Charles after the monarch’s shock cancer diagnosis.
Harry flew back to the US the following day – without seeing Wills.
And, a royal expert claimed the mum-of-three did not share the news with Harry and Meghan beforehand because they “can’t be trusted”.
An insider told the New York Post the Duke and Duchess found out about the diagnosis with the rest of the world.
The course claimed: “They had no idea, and only learned of the news around the same time the rest of the world found out.”
Following Kate’s announcement, the couple released a short statement.
Harry and Meghan said: “We wish health and healing for Kate and the family and hope they are able to do so privately and in peace.”
It comes after the pair’s Netflix “cheerleader” targeted Kate moments after she revealed her cancer diagnosis.
