Queen Elizabeth II would be ‘proud’ of Prince William for coordinating Saturday’s surprise reunion with Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, a royal writer claims.
Royal fans were delighted when the estranged brothers and their wives emerged from a car to greet the crowds gathered outside Windsor Castle.
William, Harry, Markle and Kate Middleton spent 40 minutes viewing a huge sea of floral tributes laid outside the British castle this weekend in honor of the late monarch.
They also took some time to read condolences and shake hands with benefactors who welcomed their presence.
The outing marked the first time the quartet had all appeared in public together since the Commonwealth Day Services on March 9, an occasion marked by grim faces and awkward body language.
We are told that the Prince of Wales, 40, was the one who actually invited the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to join him and Middleton on Saturday, which was graciously accepted.
“We are all very grateful – both sides are putting everything aside for the Queen,” a royal source told Vidak For Congress exclusively.
By offering an olive branch to his brother, William chose to live by his grandmother’s creed, which King Charles III described as someone with “an unerring ability to always see the best in people”.
“Since he clearly felt that this was not a time for blame but for reconciliation, it was as if the 40-year-old father of three was trying to portray his exalted status as the king’s new ‘lying man of life and limbs’.” the writer wrote in a piece published by The Telegraph on Saturday.
“This was not only a display of older brotherly love, but a declaration of his elevation to the second highest statesman of the House of Windsor.”
However, this was not the first sign of frosty relations between the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and the Royal Family.
During his first public address to the United Kingdom and Commonwealth as King Charles III, the new monarch showed support for his youngest son and daughter-in-law.
“I also want to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives abroad,” Charles, 73, said of Harry, 37, and Markle, 40, in a pre-recorded video message that aired on TV Friday.
The queen was famously quoted as saying: that it is “often the small steps, not the big leaps, that make the most lasting change.”
With William’s small step of kindness – and help from “peacemaker” cousin Peter Phillips – his rift with Harry may finally begin to mend.