'I worked with the Queen for years - here's what Prince Harry was really like versus William'

A Royal PR adept who navigated immoderate of the family's toughest moments has shed airy connected what warring brothers Prince William and Prince Harry are truly similar down closed palace doors

A erstwhile PR idiosyncratic for the late Queen Elizabeth II has opened up astir the differences betwixt brothers Prince William and Prince Harry.

Ailsa Anderson worked arsenic Her Majesty's property caput betwixt the years 2001 to 2013, during which clip she seemingly got to cognize members of the household distant from their Royal roles. This of people included Harry and William, past young princes inactive starting retired successful their roles.

During her clip successful the high-profile post, Ailsa was determination for a fig of 'The Firm's' highs and lows, including the wedding of William and Kate, and the decease of the Queen Mother. And it was during specified times that she reportedly gained an penetration into the personalities of William and Harry, agelong earlier their feud pushed them successful precise antithetic directions.

Speaking with The Sun, Ailsa described Harry arsenic a 'cheeky chappie' - the polar other of William's 'more superior and shy' demeanour. Ailsa recalled: "Harry was the media's darling. He was the warfare hero, he'd served successful Afghanistan, helium was a cheeky chappie.

"If you talk to royal correspondents who person been successful the occupation a agelong time, they each perfectly loved Harry. Compared to William, successful fact. William was seen arsenic much superior and shy but Harry was the beingness and psyche of the party. He couldn't bash a happening wrong. And certainly, erstwhile I spoke to him, helium was comic and intelligent."

She continued: "He was passionate astir the subject - the Invictus Games is intelligibly a testament to that. I've got a photograph successful my hallway of Harry and I with our arms astir each different extracurricular a ladies' loo - don't work thing into this.

"It was hilarious. He was precise blessed to airs with a subordinate of unit for a photograph. I tin lone talk from experience, but that was what helium was similar - the media's darling."

However, though the occupation surely sounds similar a fairytale, Ailsa won't beryllium rushing backmost to the palace anytime soon, with the aggravated pressures of the '24/7' occupation meaning she apt won't beryllium reapplying anytime soon. Reflecting connected the rocky waters the Royal PR squad has had to navigate successful caller times, Ailsa shuddered, "Thank God I'm not there".

This follows the quality that Harry and woman Meghan Markle person reportedly splashed retired connected a dreamy caller vacation location successful Portugal narrowing the region betwixt themselves and the remainder of the Royal family - physically astatine least. It's understood that the acquisition was partially motivated by the mates wanting to beryllium person to Harry's younger cousin, Princess Eugenie, 34, and her hubby Jack Brooksbank, who disagreement their clip betwixt London and Melides' CostaTerra Golf and Ocean Club, wherever Jack works successful selling and sales.

Royal adept Richard Fitzwilliams told the Daily Express: "They Eugenie and Jack] moved into Frogmore erstwhile the Sussexes vacated it, Eugenie and Jack visited them successful California and they reportedly holidayed with them successful Portugal too. Now they person bought a location successful Portugal wherever Eugenie and Jack unrecorded arsenic helium works determination and they are apt to spot much of each other."

He continued: "Also this gives the Sussexes a foothold successful the EU and a basal adjacent Britain. We expected Harry to sojourn Britain periodically arsenic helium has cases against the media pending arsenic good arsenic his lawsuit against the Home Office connected information and presumably volition surely privation to spot his begetter whilst helium fights illness, contempt caller disorder arsenic to whether this was oregon was not possible.

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