Prince Philip funeral: Harry and William had 'natural closeness' while talking despite not meeting for a year
One of the most talked-about moments of Prince Philip's funeral on Saturday, April 17, came after the main ceremony was over. As all the attendees made their way out of St George's Chapel, William and Harry, who had been reportedly feuding in private caught up with each other in a moment of reconciliation, exchanging a few words.
Body language expert Judi James told Express that the brothers did not communicate much before heading inside the chapel, maintaining distance with each other as they were separated at the procession by their cousin, Peter Philips. However, all of that changed once the ceremony wrapped up and guests began to mingle with each other as they made their way out of the venue toward Windsor Castle.
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"Harry had seemed to be suffering before the service, rolling his shoulders in what looked like a gesture of self-boosting as though bracing himself as he walked in and then sitting alone in the pews," James said. "Harry and William had shown no sign of contact before the service but as they walked out we could see Harry finally eye-checking his brother."
This was the first time in over a year that Harry and William had come face-to-face with each other. It was also the first time Harry had met his brother after sitting down for a bombshell interview with his wife, Meghan Markle, conducted by Oprah Winfrey, where the couple hinted at racism accusations against the royal family.
The prolonged break saw the brothers on two different continents after Harry and Meghan 'quit' the monarchy in 2020. However, being absent from each others' lives did not affect the rapport between the two, James claimed, as their body language showed a "natural closeness" after the ceremony.
As the pair of siblings, along with William's wife, Kate Middleton, walked outside the chapel, Prince Harry appeared to run up to his sister-in-law and began exchanging a few words. Next, he was seen talking to his brother too. "William and Kate walked off ahead," the body language expert explained. "But Harry caught up with them and then walked between them in what looked like quite a natural display of closeness."
The expert also added that when Prince Harry caught up with the Cambridges, they looked happy to see him. While William displayed a bit of a shrug, Kate looked more than willing to start a conversation with Harry. While Kate looked pleased to see her brother-in-law, she stepped back, allowing the two brothers to walk together.
She always reportedly played the mediator between the brothers in the past whenever they were caught feuding. As a result, she might have felt that she needed to make space for the two brothers to catch up with each other. "Kate turned her head in to pay fond-looking attention but then tactfully stepped back to allow the two warring brothers to walk off talking to one another," James concluded.