Just what obstacles stand in the way of any potential reunion between Prince Harry and his family in the UK are likely known only by the parties involved.

That there is an underlying sense of resentment is hardly deniable, with the likes of King Charles and Prince William reportedly feeling betrayed by Harry’s decision to air their dirty laundry after he and Meghan Markle stepped away from the Royal Family.

An explosive Oprah Winfrey interview, candid Netflix documentary, and one stunningly honest memoir later, and there’s barely been a stone left unturned with regards to Harry and Meghan’s bad experiences as pertains to their lives as working royals.

Indeed, I think most fans would agree that the situation has been allowed to deteriorate well past the point most people would have thought possible. Harry and Meghan are very rarely seen on the UK side of the Atlantic these days, and when they are, they’re not exactly welcomed back into the royal fold as would befit their status and title.

No, when Harry returned to his homeland after word of King Charles’s cancer diagnosis broke earlier this year, it’s said he was given a brief meeting with his father before the latter flew to Sandringham. Not only that, but Harry was forced to stay the night in a hotel before flying back to the US.

As for Harry and William’s relationship, meanwhile, things appear to be somehow even worse than that of Harry and Charles.

Once the celebrated epitome of brotherly love, the late Princess Diana’s two sons have both contributed to the breakdown of their famed bond. It’s now reported that William – along with his wife, Kate Middleton, for that matter – no longer trusts Harry, and has not wanted to meet his younger brother in person.

Yet all the drama might have been avoided had Charles and William been more receptive at a “secret meeting” Harry reportedly “begged” for back in 2021.