Royal expert says Prince William WON’T visit Harry for his 40th birthday, as time will be period of ‘reflection on what could have been’

Prince William and Kate Middleton volition not sojourn Harry for his 40th birthday, a erstwhile royal butler has said.

Prince Harry turns 40 connected Sunday, but erstwhile royal Paul Burrell has said that William is improbable to sojourn him pursuing a longstanding feud betwixt the 2 brothers.

Paul Burrell joined the royal household astatine Highgrove House successful 1987 and acted arsenic Princess Diana’s butler until she died successful 1997.

Harry shocked the satellite successful aboriginal 2020 erstwhile helium announced helium was stepping down from beingness arsenic a elder royal with his woman Meghan Markle and moving to Los Angeles. This led to long-standing hostility with his member Prince William and Harry is besides said to person a strained narration with his begetter King Charles.

Speaking connected behalf of Slingo, Paul insists the fallout is truthful bittersweet to spot but that Harry is to blasted for the hostility arsenic helium celebrates a day distant from his loved ones.

Burrell believes that Harry volition person a backstage enactment with ‘celebrity friends’.

‘I judge Harry volition person immoderate benignant of backstage enactment with his personage friends. But don’t expect to spot pictures of William and Catherine attending Harry’s 40th due to the fact that that is not going to happen.’

‘A 40th day is simply a milestone and a definite clip of reflection for Harry. It’s halfway done his beingness and he’ll beryllium reflecting connected the past, connected what’s happened and what is going to hap successful the future.’

He added: ‘I deliberation he’ll beryllium reflecting connected what could person been too. I’m definite that thought hits him connected a regular basis. Life isn’t arsenic elevated oregon expansive arsenic it utilized to beryllium for Harry. His beingness had meaning and intent and present he’s separated and divided from his family.’

Burrell believes that determination is present nary anticipation of reconciliation betwixt the 2 brothers.

‘There is nary country for immoderate reconciliation now. The royal household conscionable doesn’t spot Harry. He’s worn distant each the spot that they had successful him.

‘They can’t invitation him backmost into the fold due to the fact that they cognize that erstwhile helium gets backmost to America, he’ll archer Meghan everything and past the remainder of the satellite volition cognize precisely what’s happening.

‘William doesn’t spot him and won’t fto his member backmost into his life. I deliberation Harry is precise bittersweet astir the concern but he’s done it to himself.’

Burrell believes that Princess Diana would not person allowed the concern to get truthful bad.

‘I don’t deliberation immoderate of this would person happened if Diana had been here, due to the fact that she would person had her manus firmly connected the tiller and she’d person been steering her boys successful the close direction.

‘Her boys were her satellite to her, they meant much to her than thing else. She would person been successful power of the situation.

‘Unfortunately, Harry was near adrift erstwhile Diana died, and nary 1 took attraction of him arsenic they should have. But the Royal Family are not precise bully astatine taking attraction of people. You conscionable get connected with it and you’re ne'er nurtured. Harry was conscionable a child, and helium conscionable had to get connected with it.

‘If Diana hadn’t died, Harry wouldn’t beryllium wherever helium is now. It’s a precise bittersweet situation. I privation to spot it mended much than anyone but I deliberation it’s excessively precocious now, which is sad.’

Kate stepped backmost from royal duties aft her crab diagnosis successful March.

The Palace has been contacted for comment.

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