Prince William's brutal three-word response to Prince Harry's plea for peace

The Duke of Sussex has had a strained relationship with the Royal Family for some time, especially since deciding to step down as a senior working royal in 2020.

By Lauren Welch, Royal Reporter based in London

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Prince Harry revealed William's reply to his peace plea (Image: GETTY)

Prince William had a brutal three-word response to Prince Harry's plea for peace amid their ongoing feud, the Duke of Sussex has revealed.

The Duke, 39, has had a strained relationship with the Royal Family for some time, especially since deciding to step down as a senior working royal in 2020.

The royal now lives in California with his wife, Meghan Markle and their two children, Archie and Lilibet.

Instead of a sympathetic response when trying to make peace, William - according to Harry - allegedly told his brother: "You left, Harold."

As reported by the Mirror, Harry then replied: "Yeah - and you know why", to which William allegedly replied with: "I don't."

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Speaking of the moment in his bombshell book Spare, which was released in early 2023, Harry wrote: "My beloved brother, my arch nemesis, how had that happened? I felt massively tired. I wanted to go home, and I realized what a complicated concept home had become. Or maybe always was. I gestured at the gardens, the city beyond, the nation, and said: 'Willy, this was supposed to be our home. We were going to live here the rest of our lives.'."

Explaining further in Spare, Harry continued: "I leaned back. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. It was one thing to disagree about who was at fault or how things might have been different, but for him to claim total ignorance of the reasons I’d fled the land of my birth— the land for which I’d fought and been ready to die—my Mother Country?..."

Harry also recalled his father's response, adding: "I turned to Pa. He was gazing at me with an expression that said: 'Neither do I.'"

The father of two added: "Wow, I thought. Maybe they really don’t. Staggering. But maybe it was true.And if they didn’t know why Id left, maybe they just didn’t know me. At all. And maybe they never really did."

The Duke of Sussex has made several visits to the UK since 2020, with his most recent taking place back in May.

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