Prince Harry is back in the U.K. sooner than expected – and one palace insider hopes the family will heal after a painful year.
The Duke of Sussex was originally supposed to return in July to join his older brother Prince William for the statue unveiling honoring their late mother Princess Diana. She would have turned 60 on July 1.
However, the 36-year-old arrived on Sunday to attend the funeral of his grandfather Prince Philip, who died on Friday at age 99. Harry traveled solo as his wife
Prince William was still a schoolboy when he became mother Diana’s protector – and that shift in their relationship would shape his entire life. Caught in the middle of the warring Waleses, the sensitive youngster agonised over his parents’ unhappiness and felt torn between them.