Prince William Reportedly Wishes He Burned Bridges With Prince Harry Sooner

The tensions between Prince William and Prince Harry won't end anytime soon, as sources say the future king is over the Sussexes' drama.

It is no secret that Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, burned several bridges when they stepped down from their role as working royals in 2020. Now, the heir apparent to the British throne reportedly wants to keep things that way.

According to insiders, Prince William refuses to mend his broken relationship with his younger brother, and the same applies to Meghan Markle. In fact, the Prince of Wales wishes he had ended things sooner instead of giving the couple a chance at redemption.

According to new reports, a source claims William has taken a "you made your bed, now lie in it" stance with his younger brother and sister-in-law. "William has lost all his patience when it comes to Harry and Meghan," the informant claimed, noting:

"He refuses to get into a public back and forth with his brother about any of this. It's getting old at this point. He feels that Harry made his decision to walk away, and he should abide by the consequences that come with that."

"They don't talk right now. William has moved on, and the matter of their royal titles should have been properly addressed when they initially left. William would have cut Harry and Meghan off from the royal institution back then, and he regrets that it didn't happen," the source said, per In Touch.

The source's claims of William's exasperation with Harry and Meghan matched recent reports of the future king's plans for the controversial couple. Insiders alleged he wished to strip the Sussexes of their "Royal Highness" titles once he took the throne.

Harry and Meghan continue to use their HRH titles despite reportedly promising the late Queen Elizabeth II in 2020 that they would stop using them once they left the Royal Family. The couple was never formally stripped of their titles, and some sources argued they weren't wrong for using it.

"Harry and Meghan retain their HRH titles; however, by agreement, they do not use them for commercial purposes. While they do not publicly use 'HRH,' this was a personal gift, and their titles remain," the insiders explained.

Their words referenced Jamie Kern Lima, CEO of IT Cosmetics, using "HRH" while addressing Meghan in a gift card.

The tensions between Harry and William reportedly stemmed from the latter's unwelcoming reaction to Meghan. The Duke of Sussex shed more light on this problem in the 2022 Netflix docuseries, "Harry & Meghan."

At the time, Harry claimed it was "terrifying" to have his brother "scream and shout" at him after he and Meghan decided to exit their senior royal duties in January 2020. Since then, the brothers have failed to reconcile, and William seems uninterested in fixing their burned bridges.

A friend of William implied the heir apparent hasn't bared his fangs at the Sussexes out of respect and love for King Charles. However, the source noted Harry and Meghan could be "more harshly dealt with" once he took the throne, saying:

"The gloves will be off when he inherits the throne. If they started using the HRH titles on a regular basis, he would take them away for good."

Harry's troubles in the Royal Family extended beyond his rift with William, as The Blast recently reported, he has burned one too many bridges. "I genuinely think nobody trusts him, and that's the bottom line," a Palace source declared.

"The royal family has major trust issues with him, and that's what's at the heart of everything. They don't trust him and Meghan, and that's why they can't have a relationship … maybe there's room to forgive, but they won't forget. Forgiveness and trust are two different things," the insider added.

They claimed the Royal Family has been blackballing Harry over their lack of trust in him and Meghan, with the Duke of Sussex worsening the situation with his loose lips. Harry recently commented on his father's poor health in a BBC interview, a move royal biographer Hugo Vickers vehemently bashed.

Vickers gave Harry a scathing review following his comments about his father possibly not living long. He noted the prince's relationship with the media was responsible for his tumultuous bond with the Royal Family, saying:

"Harry is quite like his mother [the late Princess Diana]. One day, when I was at Buckingham Palace, I was shown the letter that Prince Phillip wrote to Diana in which he said, 'Every time Charles talks to you, it's in the Daily Mail the next day.'"

"The same thing is happening now. Charles is, of course, right not to trust him. Harry is hopeless in that respect. He shouldn't have given that interview — but none of the royal family should ever give interviews, it's always a car crash," Vickers warned.

Princess Diana died in a car crash in August 1997 while fleeing from the paparazzi.

Can Prince Harry and Meghan Markle fix their broken relationship with the Royal Family before it's too late?