Is this cold relationship finally thawing?

Prince William has referred to his estranged brother, Prince Harry, by name for the first time in six years, and insiders believe the “calculated” move could be the first step on the royals’ path to reconciliation.

Princess Diana, Richard Kay, shared that the Prince of Wales recent mention of his younger brother It could mean that the royal family is starting to listen to the Duke of Sussex.

The new documentary “Prince William: We Can End Homelessness,” which aired in the United Kingdom this week, references Harry, 40, while recalling how Princess Diana took them to a shelter. for homeless people.

Princess Diana’s friend, writer Richard Kay, said Daily Mail Confidential Palace that William’s appointment of Harry was cause for hope.

“Well, you could easily take that last view that you can’t not mention (Harry’s name). How could he separate Harry and him from something their mother took them both to? explained the editor, who also co-wrote Princess Diana’s biography.

“But I think there is something calculated and I think it’s an olive branch,” Kay continued. “A few months ago, we had a story; Unfortunately it did not turn out to be entirely true that William had made another gesture towards Harry. And they rejected this very firmly and did not want the newspaper to publish the story, which we did not do. But this time, I think there is something in the wind here.”

But while the writer can’t say for sure what the future holds for the estranged royals, he does sense that Harry wants a reconciliation.

“Now, if we can guess too much about what this means for the future, but we know from all the California ambient music that Harry is desperate to try to build some bridges with his family here again and maybe this is a sign that the La family is listening.”

In a preview clip from the documentary, Prince William stated: “My mother took me to The Passage; She took Harry and me there. I must have been 11 at the time, maybe 10. I had never been to anything like this before and I was a little anxious about what to expect.”

One photo also showed the two boys dressed casually at the homeless charity, smiling at the camera as Harry sits on his mother’s lap.

William said Princess Diana made everyone present “feel relaxed and laughed and joked with everyone” in her usual way when they arrived at the center.

“I remember at that moment thinking, ‘Well, whoever doesn’t have a house, everyone is going to be very sad,’ but it was incredible how happy the atmosphere was,” he added in the clip.

William and Harry have had a strained relationship since the death of the Duke of Sussex. marriage to meghan markleand William’s comments in the documentary are believed to be the first public mention of his brother in years.

The two grew further apart. after Sussex left England in 2020 for Montecito, California.

Harry and the “Suits” actress, 43, told everything sit down with Oprah Winfrey in 2021 in which they made accusations of racism against an anonymous member of the royal family and attacked the institution in the Netflix documentary series “Harry and Meghan” in 2022.

Last year, Harry published the memoirs “Spare” in which, among other accusations, he accused William of physically attacking him in an argument about Meghan at his London home in 2019, after he and Meghan married.

More recently, William and Harry also seemed to avoid each other in the memorial service for his mother’s brother-in-law, Lord Robert Fellowes, in August.