In another new interview as part of his return-to-the-U.K. media blitz, Prince Harry continues to say he wants to reconcile with his family, explaining that is one of the main reasons that he and his wife Meghan Markle decided to move back to his home country after six years in California. Harry expressed his desire to patch things up with his family in a new interview with GQ, saying “with ...

In this photo fromm November 11, 2018, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend a service marking the centenary of WW1 armistice at Westminster Abbey in London, England.

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In another new interview as part of his return-to-the-U.K. media blitz, Prince Harry continues to say he wants to reconcile with his family, explaining that is one of the main reasons that he and his wife Meghan Markle decided to move back to his home country after six years in California.

Harry expressed his desire to patch things up with his family in a new interview with GQ, saying “with everything else that’s going on in the world the most important thing to do is to reconcile.”

But in almost in the same breath, the formerly self-exiled Duke of Sussex took a perceived swipe at his older brother, Prince William, by saying, “Some people don’t want it to work out. I want it to work out.”

Shortly after the interview was published, Harry’s team rushed in to insist that his comments were not directed at his brother, the heir to the throne, according to the Daily Mail. “It was absolutely not intended as a swipe at his brother or any other member of his family,” Harry’s spokesperson said. “The comment was made in a general context and was not directed at his family in any way.”

But it’s not certain whether William, the royal family or any of their supporters will accept this clarification, given the years of bad blood between the two brothers. Royal journalist Tom Sykes also pointed to the transcript of the interview and the recorded context of Harry’s comments as showing that he was “taking a swipe” at his brother. “The general context” of Harry’s comment came after the GQ reporter directly asked him about his brother and father, Sykes said on his The Royalist Substack.

Harry’s perceived attempt to blame his brother for the ongoing feud has come at a precarious time for him and his American wife. They undertook several charity visits last week as part of an effort win back the love of the British public and to remind the world of their ability to attract headlines.

But as of yet, their efforts have not succeeded in getting the king to welcome them back with open arms, according to journalist Paula Froelich.

On her Uncensored Substack, Froelich reported that Charles, like William, is not taking Harry’s calls. The Daily Mail, however, reported that Charles has been in contact with his younger son.

Froelich pointed out that Charles has not yet sought out a face-to-face visit with Harry, his wife, or his grandchildren, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5. “King Charles has not seen hide nor hair of his grandchildren, Archie and Lilibet, since the couple returned to England — despite Harry claiming the family moved back to the U.K. so his kids could know their grandfather,” Froelich said

Since their return, Harry told GQ, he and Meghan have appreciated being “close to friends, family, friends and friends and their children as well.” He didn’t say whether he’s necessarily spent time with these people except to say that “endless playdates” have helped Archie and Lilibet settle in.

Froelich offered a different version of Harry and Meghan’s social prospects in the U.K, saying they’ve alienated “everyone” with their continual series of missteps since their acrimonious departure from royal life in 2020. These missteps include “selling out his family and their secrets for millions — constant sniping about their ‘enemies’ and perceived untruths via the press, as well as an inability to even proffer a remote apology or admit any wrongdoing.”

The Sussexes also could be at risk of hurting reconciliation efforts by having someone from their team tell the media in the past week that they don’t feel they necessarily need to abide by the terms of the 2020 Sandringham Summit agreement because it was “foisted upon them,” the Daily Mail reported.

Arranged by the late Queen Elizabeth II, the agreement said the couple can’t act or expect to be treated like working royals, with all the privileges and responsibilities, while pursuing commercial interests; they can’t be “half in, half out.”

Harry and Meghan reportedly agreed to the terms worked out at the summit before they left the United Kingdom in 2020 to move to California in an attempt to become wealthy and influential as media moguls, philanthropists and global thought leaders. Many accounts have described how their professional ventures didn’t work out as planned in the United States.

But in another pushback, the couple appeared to show a disregard for a notice the king issued to government departments, military officials and the monarchy’s local representatives in the shires two weeks after their return to the U.K. in late August. The notice was meant to clarify that Harry and Meghan had no official royal role, saying they were not to be considering working members of the royal family but “private citizens.”

The couple previously insisted to The Telegraph that they should be considered “public figures.” In an interview with the Sunday Times over the weekend, a friend of the couple bristled at the use of the term “working royals” as a way to sideline them, Sykes also reported.

“Working members of the royal family’ is a really lazy phrase. He hates it, she hates it,” said the friend, whom Sykes said was more likely a member of their press team.

“They are not ‘working’ for the institution, but they are members of the royal family, and they work,” the friend continued. “Their days are built around their family life and their work. She’s running a business seven days a week.”

In his far-ranging GQ interview about grief and his mental health, Harry insisted that his “attitude has changed” about his family relationships after the “battles” they have endured over the past six years.

Harry said “scars stick around forever.” but urged people to change their feelings over past grievances and try to let them go.

When asked whether he has mourned the loss of his relationships with his father and brother, Harry said, “Yes, of course. I think from a family perspective, again, (it’s) another massively relatable issue for so many people — sibling disagreements, broken relationships between kids and their parents, kids and one parent.”

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