Harry and William, reconciliation in sight?

Will Diana’s children reconcile in front of the Mother’s statue, which will be inaugurated tomorrow at Kensington Palace? Many are asking this, but in the meantime the Daily Telegraph cites well-informed sources according to which Prince William and Prince Harry will have a private meeting tomorrow after the ceremony. The two brothers will be side by side tomorrow when the statue is unveiled, on the day the mother would have turned 60. It could be the right time to start a reconciliation after the explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey that has carved a furrow between Harry and the rest of the family, aggravating the tensions caused by the decision to abandon royal duties and move overseas. Harry arrived in Britain last Friday and is undergoing quarantine at Frogmore’s cottage, the residence his grandmother Queen Elizabeth had granted him and is now used by her cousin Eugenie with her husband. The house was divided into two parts to keep Harry in solitary confinement. His wife Meghan remained in the Californian mansion of Montecito together with the children Archie, two years old, and the little Lilibet Diana who has not yet turned a month. Tomorrow’s ceremony has been scaled back, as the British government has extended anti-Covid measures. There will be only the two princes, Diana’s close family and the sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley. The two brothers, sources said, worked “weeks” to decide where exactly the statue will be placed. No details about the work have been revealed, other than that it will show the joyful character of the missing princess. Harry and William have not seen each other since Grandpa Philip’s funeral on April 17. At that time the atmosphere was rather cold, but tomorrow’s opportunity is certainly more suitable to start a process of reconciliation, which may not be easy.