The Most “Appalling” Part of Prince Harry and William’s Childhood, According to This Royal Insider

Prince William and Prince Harry have yet to find common ground amid their royal rift, but their formative years were very similar—and difficult to deal with. According to one member of the royal family, parts of William and Harry's childhood were difficult, especially with all the media scrutiny.

Queen Camilla's son, Tom Parker Bowles, told The Telegraph about what it was like to survive as a member of the royal family during the height of the tabloid era and explained how it may have had an effect on William and Harry. “I remember being chased at 100mph by paps trying to get a shot," he recalled. "My mother being screamed at to try to get a reaction. Pushing, jostling. It was horrific, and you are protective of your mother." Parker Bowles added that "counting how many paps were at the gates, to see who was watching us and taking photographs" had become "as normal as bacon and eggs in the morning."

"You didn’t think of it in any other way...[but] it was barbaric," he said of the media attention. Parker Bowles then made a rare comment about Harry and William, saying that he's kept a distance from them amid their feud but understands the pressure they've been under.

“I learned a long time ago not to put my fat fingers into the world of William and Harry,” he told The Telegraph. “But it was appalling what they went through. I’ve had a billionth of what they’ve had to go through, but hell, I sympathize."

The latest update on Harry and William, who are still at odds, came courtesy of Vanity Fair's royal correspondent Katie Nicholl, who revealed to The Sun that Kate Middleton wants the brothers to reconcile, but William is still too upset to do so.

"I think the Prince of Wales remains very, very angry and upset and feels very betrayed. Possibly, the Princess of Wales is still open to a reconciliation in some form. I still feel it's quite early. But I do think when you go through something like a cancer diagnosis, and you go through the sort of journey that she has done, and you confront your own mortality, you realize life is short," she told the outlet. "It's far too short for rifts and family feuds."

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