Royal courtiers are furious over claims in a new book that Prince William ignored Prince Harry’s calls as the late Queen lay dying last year.
The claims are made by Harry and Meghan’s biographer Omid Scobie in his new book Endgame which is set to be released at the end of the month.
In the excerpt of the book it is alleged Harry was ‘kept in the dark’ about the Queen’s health in the hours before she died.
A Royal insider told The Mirror: ‘It appears no matter what happens behind closed doors, even in a time of such pain and grief, that where the Royal Family are concerned it will one day emerge.
‘Nothing is off limits with William and Kate appearing to be this author’s number one target. It only takes a few months for the knives to come out again and the wounds to be opened up.’
The book also claims William feels he has ‘lost Harry and doesn’t want to know this version of him’.
It recounts how Harry and Meghan visited the UK for some engagements in September 2022 when the palace announced the late Queen was advised to rest by doctors.
Mr Scobie writes: ‘By the next morning, the Sussexes had no idea that Buckingham Palace was already planning for the Queen’s final hours and the first days of the monarchy’s new era — until the duke’s phone started ringing. An unknown number. He usually ignored those.’
He said Meghan told Harry to pick up the phone and he accepted the call ‘just before it stopped’.
‘Harry hadn’t spoken to his father much that year, but this was not the time for any father-and-son tension. Charles told him he and Camilla were about to leave Dumfries House for Balmoral, where Princess Anne was already by the Queen’s side. He told Harry to make his way to Scotland immediately,’ Mr Scobie added.
Mr Scobie claims Harry sent a text to William asking if they could travel together to Balmoral but got no response.
He claims he was told by a source close to Harry and Meghan that ‘it was upsetting to witness’ and ‘Harry was completely by himself on this’.
Mr Scobie also claims palace sources briefed newspapers that Charles had shared the news of the Queen’s illness with his son which ‘crushed’ Harry.
Buckingham Palace and Archewell has been approached for comment.
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