25 photos show how Prince Harry and Prince William's relationship has changed through the years
Prince William and Prince Harry were close as children, but they've grown apart in recent years.
Harry said in his Netflix series that his step back from royal life caused a "wedge" between them.
He said William screamed at him during the Sandringham Summit in 2020.
A 2-year-old Prince William was first photographed with Prince Harry at his christening ceremony, shortly after his birth in 1984.
This adorable photo of the royal family before the ceremony shows a baby Prince Harry reaching out to touch his big brother.
The brothers' close bond was obvious since they were little. In this photo, they play the piano together with their mother, Princess Diana, at Kensington Palace.
King Charles (then Prince Charles) encouraged the boys' playful side, as shown in this photo taken in 1985.
In this photo, taken at the family's apartment in Kensington Palace, William assists Harry as he learns to walk.
The family appeared to be close-knit. They enjoyed taking part in outdoor activities, including cycling, together.
The brothers attended the same boarding school, Eton College. Here they are on the day Harry joined the school in 1995.
The brothers were vacationing at Balmoral Castle in Scotland with their father when they heard the news that their mother had passed away on August 31, 1997.
Throughout the years that followed, they stuck together. Later, Prince William opened up about how they were "uniquely bonded because of what we've been through."
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While William and Harry pursued different paths after graduating high school, they came back together to undertake military helicopter training in 2009. The brothers, who shared a cottage during the training, jokingly told the BBC it would be their "first and last time living together."
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Harry served as best man at the wedding of William and Kate Middleton on April 29, 2011.
As the most recent addition to the royal family, Kate Middleton started attending events with William and Harry after her royal wedding in 2011.
Harry was far from a third wheel in this trio. The then-titled Duke and Duchess of Cambridge partnered up with the younger royal to launch Heads Together, a mental-health initiative, in 2016.
Meghan Markle made her first appearance with Harry, William, and Kate on Christmas Day 2017, earning the group the nickname "the Fab Four."
Even though Harry now had a fiancée, he still managed to fit in one-to-one time with his brother. In December 2017, the two attended the "Star Wars" premiere without their significant others.
There were rumors that not all members of the family approved of Meghan. However, that didn't stop William from serving as best man at their nuptials on May 19, 2018.
Meghan became a senior member of the royal family, joining Harry, William, and Kate at official Buckingham Palace engagements.
However, after Harry and Meghan announced they were resigning from the four's joint charity, The Royal Foundation, in June 2019, the couples weren't pictured together for months.
Harry and William came face-to-face for the first time since Harry admitted they were "on different paths" at the Festival of Remembrance in November 2019. However, there are no photos of the brothers interacting at the event.
Harry and William stepped out for their final royal engagement together in March 2020, two months after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced they were resigning from their senior roles. The brothers didn't appear to speak, and Harry has since said it "felt cold" with his family.
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In March 2021, William revealed he hadn't spoken to Harry since his tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey and, in response to some of Harry's claims, said the royals are "very much not a racist family."
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The brothers reunited for Prince Philip's funeral in April 2021, however they didn't walk together during the procession. Their cousin Peter Phillips walked between them.
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They appeared together again to unveil a statue of their mother, Princess Diana, in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on July 1, 2021.
They were last seen in public together at Queen Elizabeth's funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19, where they walked side by side in the procession.
Speaking in their Netflix docuseries, "Harry & Meghan," Harry said their step back from royal life caused a "wedge" between him and his brother.
Prince Harry opened up about his and William's falling out in the Netflix docuseries, "Harry & Meghan." Speaking in a confessional interview in Volume II, which aired on Netflix on Thursday, Harry said William's press office traded stories about him and Meghan in order to protect him and Kate.
He also opened up about the Sandringham Summit in 2020, a meeting attended by Harry, William, their father Charles, and Queen Elizabeth to discuss the Sussexes' step back from royal duties.
"It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me, and my father say things that just simply weren't true, and my grandmother quietly sit there and take it all in," Harry said.
"I mean, the saddest part of it was this wedge created between myself and my brother so that he's now on the institution's side," he said. "And part of that, I get. I understand, right? That's his inheritance."
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