00:00We've been told the story a thousand times. Two brothers, united in tragedy, torn apart by a new
00:06arrival. But what if the rift between Prince William and Prince Harry was set in stone long
00:11before Meghan Markle ever entered the frame? According to royal author Christopher Anderson,
00:17the tension wasn't a sudden explosion, it was a slow burn that started in early childhood.
00:22Behind the royal smiles were two little boys wrestling in the back of cars,
00:26dealing with a hierarchy they didn't choose. From day one, it was made crystal clear to Harry that
00:32he was lesser than. He was the spare, and William was the heir. And that contrast left a permanent
00:38scar. In his memoir Spare, Harry exposed the physical reality of this divide. Even their
00:45bedrooms at Kensington Palace sent a message, William's room was grand and luxurious. Harry's
00:56asked why. But I also didn't need to ask. As they grew, so did the rivalry. When Harry pitched
01:03the Invictus Games, his crowning achievement, he claims William was supremely irritated by the
01:08success, viewing his brother's ambition as a threat. When Meghan Markle arrived, she didn't
01:14create the fracture, she simply shattered what was already cracked. An argument over media coverage
01:19boiled over, culminating in a physical altercation where William allegedly knocked Harry to the
01:24ground. Today, the brothers haven't spoken in years. There were attempts to mend the bridge.
01:31Kate Middleton famously tried to play peacemaker, stepping back at Prince Philip's funeral to force
01:36the brothers to walk and talk alone. But some wounds run too deep for a walk in the garden to
01:41heal.
01:42It wasn't one argument, or one marriage. It was a lifetime of being second best.
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