The royal fratricide: only the gospel can save them now
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Carrie Lloyd2023-01-27T14:30:00
As the brotherly brawl between William and Harry dominates headlines, Carrie Lloyd considers what a Christian response should look like
Somewhere between Earl Spencer’s eulogy and the sounds of Tavener’s ‘Song for Athene’ filling Westminster Abbey, I looked across to princes William and Harry, just eight rows in front of me. Their heads bowed as Princess Diana’s coffin was carried out, I held the hand of my grieving father and thought to myself: At least they have each other.
The brotherly brawl between the Duke of Sussex and the Prince of Wales is hardly Cain and Abel, but it doesn’t take a royal aide to see that the youngest sibling is in pain, and has been for some time.
Prince Harry’s memoir Spare (Bantam) follows hard on his Netflix documentary series, and contains a slew of accusations towards his family. From tabloid headlines of ‘Princess Pushy’ to accusations of ‘Royal Racists’, exposés of private punches have been monetised, breaking trust between the brothers…
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