Arguments about which duchess made the other cry, accusations William briefed the media against his brother and reports the two families were not even on speaking terms were never far from the news pages.
But there is a far darker cloud hanging over the royals as they enter the new year. Courtiers are braced for what could turn out to be the most damaging claims of all.
Prince Harry is due to publish his tell-all book later this year and has vowed to pack the pages of his memoir with more ‘truths’ about his departure from working royal life.
While it is hard to imagine what more Harry could reveal about his brother and the woman he once described as the ‘sister I never had’, the same cannot be said about his true feelings towards Prince Charles.
The real threat from Harry’s book of truth bombs is what he might say about his father’s suitability to be king.
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