Princess Kate and Prince William have not sent Prince Harry an “olive branch” through their birthday message as the feud between the Waleses and Sussexes rumbles on, according to GB News’ Royal Correspondent.
Harry celebrated his 40th birthday on September 15 – and both the Royal Family and Prince and Princess of Wales social media accounts posted public messages to mark the occasion.
The move raised eyebrows among royal watchers the world over, not least in light of the fact that the prince had not been wished a happy birthday the year before.
While some were keen to view the message as an olive branch, others were not – including GB News’ Royal Correspondent Cameron Walker.
The prince had not been wished a happy birthday the year before
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Speaking on The Royal Record, Cameron looked to dispel this “narrative”.
He said: “Prince Harry is still a member of the Royal Family… even though he’s not a working member of the Royal Family, it’s a milestone birthday, which is why they posted it.
“In terms of the narrative that it’s a bit of an olive branch from Prince William and Catherine to Prince Harry, or indeed from the King to Prince Harry, I’m more cautious on that.
“The reason being that it’s just custom that they would post for a milestone birthday – the same thing happened with Meghan in 2021.
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Cameron said he was “cautious” that an olive branch had actually been extended
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“It’s just custom,” Cameron said – “the same thing happened with Meghan”
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“Having said that, I don’t see a situation where either the Prince and Princess of Wales’s team or the King’s team at Buckingham Palace would post a happy birthday message to Prince Harry that is public on social media without their permission.
“They clearly aren’t so angry or have so much hate for Prince Harry that they don’t want any public message of support going to him.
“I suppose… never say never. But it’s still a very tricky situation, isn’t it?”
And GBNews.com’s Royal Editor Svar Nanan-Sen. highlighted one easily-overlooked part of the birthday message which could hint that they were sent with no so-called olive branches in mind.
Neither Kensington Palace nor Buckingham Palace’s social media teams would post a happy birthday message to Prince Harry without permission
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He said: “We know that William and Catherine choose to put their initials at the end of a message when it’s personally written by them.
“The fact that they chose not to do that on this – was that them distancing themselves from the message? Their team has said happy birthday to Harry, and they will have obviously been consulted about that.
“But the lack of initials on the message takes that personal element away from it.”
Cameron added: “We also don’t know if, in private, either William or the King reached out to Harry on his birthday to speak to him – both sides are keeping quite tight-lipped.
“I remember a time only a couple of years ago where you would, perhaps, have a leak from someone close to the Sussexes who would declare that, yes, [Harry] has spoken to either his father or his brother, for example, and we’ve had nothing.
“It’s complete silence from team Sussex.”
