The feud between Prince Harry and Prince William was not born when the Duke of Sussex resigned from his royal duties, nor even when he wrote his explosive memoirs. Replacement.
Psychotherapist Helen Villiers says the bond between Harry and William was always fragile because one of them was the heir to the throne. The narrative Harry grew up with was that he wasn't “as good as” William, creating a lifelong rift between them.
“When one child is valued more than another in their family system, regardless of whether the parents try to treat them equally or not, there will inevitably be rivalry and it could be that they are the heirs to the throne and it could be that one is more academically intelligent or gifted or something like the other,” Villiers explained to the Daily express.
“If you look at William and Harry, when they were children, William was the heir to the throne, the firstborn, and therefore he has naturally had a lot more priority in the media attention,” he added.
Explaining the narrative the brothers grew up with, Villiers said: “There is a constant narrative that Harry is not as good as William, which of course will absolutely show up in the relationship between them because Harry will always feel like he is less.” “And I potentially believed that William accepts that narrative, which he probably will because that's the narrative they've been taught.”
However, Villiers argued that “it's not their fault,” and the narratives Harry and William grew up with create “this constant, ongoing conflict between them.
