Brothers Divided 'Diana Would Be Ashamed'

Why William and Harry may never repair their broken relationship

- Stephen Downie

The deep rift between Prince William and Prince Harry threatens the future of the monarchy. But one person may have been able to prevent the bitter falling out between the royal brothers.

And it’s the person they need most, but will never have back in their lives. Royal author, Robert Lacey believes William and Harry’s mother, Princess Diana, had she been alive, could well have stopped the bickering between the boys.

“It’s a big claim to make perhaps, but I don’t think this (feud) would’ve happened if Diana was still alive to mentor them,” Robert exclusively tells New Idea. “The brothers developed a closeness to her in the turmoil and break-up of her marriage to Prince Charles. It was Diana they turned to [not] Charles.”

In fact, in a letter to her butler, Paul Burrell, just a year before she died, Diana revealed her hopes for her two sons.

“I love my boys to death and hope that the seeds I’ve planted will grow and bring the strength, knowledge and stability that is needed,” she penned.

Robert believes Diana, who died in 1997, would be “heartbroken” knowing her sons are currently at odds with each other.