Prince Harry once described Kate Middleton as ‘the sister I’ve never had and always wanted’, but their relationship has become frosty in recent years and the two are now estranged

Prince Harry is racked with regret over the state of his relationship with Princess Kate, according to a royal expert.

The Duke of Sussex was once very close with his sister-in-law and even described her as “the sister I’ve never had and always wanted” in his debut memoir, Spare. However, the pair have become estranged in recent years after Harry and his wife Meghan Markle stepped down from the Royal Family.

Harry then went on to issue a number of attacks against Kate and his brother Prince William. In his book, Harry accused Kate of making his wife cry and said William had called Meghan “rude and difficult”. Royal author Tom Quinn has now suggested Harry will be reflecting on his broken relationship with Kate.

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Prince Harry did have a close relationship with Princess Kate (
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They’ve become estranged over the years (
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Speaking exclusively to The Mirror, Tom said: “He really misses that warm, uncomplicated relationship, and he is torn between loyalty to his wife and regret about the loss of the woman he was so close to. Losing Kate was Harry’s second great loss after losing his mother.”

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The Duchess of Sussex developed a close bond with Kate when she first joined the Royal Family, but it didn’t take long for rumours of a feud to surface. Then, in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan claimed Kate made her cry just days before her wedding to Harry.

Addressing Meghan and Kate’s relationship, Tom told us: “Megan doesn’t feel guilty about Kate, because she feels that Kate should’ve been the one person in the Royal Family to back her against every difficulty.

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“Apart from anything else, Meghan knew Kate was an outsider, so she just couldn’t understand why Kate always towed the Royal line rather than supporting her, Meghan, the other outsider.” The expert then said Meghan has been shocked by Kate’s cancer diagnosis, but he doesn’t believe this will be enough to repair their relationship.

The Princess of Wales announced she was diagnosed with cancer last month after undergoing planned abdominal surgery in January. Tom said: “Kate’s cancer diagnosis has been a real shock for Meghan, but she can see no way to patch up the relationship simply because it has become so poisonous.

“She also doesn’t want people saying that she is trying to make things up with Kate just because Kate is ill. Meghan still feels Kate was in the wrong and should apologise before they try to build bridges.”

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