EXCLUSIVE: Prince Harry’s Near Fling With Kate Sparks Rift With Prince William

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00:00Prince Harry's near-fling with Kate Sparks rift with Prince William

00:04Prince Harry's past bond with Kate Middleton has been thrust back into the spotlight,

00:09with insiders telling RadarOnline.com their once-close relationship,

00:14and William's jealousy over it, is one of the hidden drivers behind the brothers' bitter estrangement.

00:19Nearly two decades after Prince William briefly split from Kate in 2007,

00:23former royal staff and palace sources say the dynamic between Harry, now 41, and Kate, 43,

00:30was far deeper than the public realized. A former royal aide claimed Harry had a near-fling with

00:36Kate during William and Kate's 2007 breakup, fueling lingering tensions between the brothers.

00:41A source said, they were that close. They were best friends. And I wouldn't have put it past Harry

00:47thinking, well, she's a pretty girl. My brother didn't want her. I'll have her. That wouldn't

00:53have surprised me at all. So it could have been Harry and Catherine easily, I would have thought,

00:58but, you know, thankfully William got her back. What I'm trying to say is, that is how close they

01:04were. A senior royal source said the remarks hit a nerve because everyone inside the family knew Harry

01:09and Kate shared a natural ease with each other that William sometimes struggled with. A source said,

01:15William has always been more guarded, while Kate and Harry clicked instantly. Another insider went

01:21further, claiming Harry and Middleton's easy rapports created complications long before his future wife,

01:26Meghan Markle ever entered the picture. They were genuinely close. Laughing, teasing,

01:31finishing each other's jokes, the insider said. Those close to Harry say his relationship with

01:36Middleton was one of the great lasting casualties of the royal rift following his 2018 marriage to

01:42Markle. Now 44, and the couple's 2020 departure from royal duties, one friend of Harry's said,

01:49Kate was like a sister to him. Losing her in his family estrangement was more painful than losing

01:54William in the feud.