Prince William and Kate Middleton Are “Planning to Reduce Awkwardness” When Prince Harry Visits

Prince Harry and (possibly!) Meghan Markle are heading to the United Kingdom in May for the 10-year anniversary of the Invictus Games, which means they might end up seeing Prince William and Kate Middleton. Though, apparently William is very much not here for a reunion…

Royal expert and author Tom Quinn tells The Mirror that “William and Kate are really nervous that whether Harry comes alone or with Meghan there are going to be difficulties and a great deal of planning is going on to try to reduce all the inevitable awkwardness and embarrassment – one plan being looked is to let the brothers appear in public for a short period to try to show they can at least be civil to each other.”

If it sounds like William and Kate have public perception in mind that’s because they do. As Quinn puts it: “It’s a question of the lesser of two evils. If Harry comes to the UK in May and avoids his brother and Kate, there will be more damaging speculation than if they try to patch things up just enough to cope with a short meeting.”

Anyway, this update comes as a friend of the Walses tells the Daily Beast that “Catherine and William have been very clear they want peace and quiet for them and the kids. A visit from Harry, with all the drama that would bring, would be the opposite of that.”

Meanwhile, royal author Christopher Andersen recently mused revealed that Harry has “made several overtures of late—only to be met with stony silence,” claiming that “William simply doesn’t have the time or the emotional bandwidth to try and make nice with the brother he believes betrayed not only him but the entire royal family.”