Prince William’s furious fall out with ITV star over Harry and Meghan’s ‘betrayal’

The Mirror’s royal editor Russell Myers reveals in his new biography of the Prince and Princess of Wales how William ended a friendship with an ITV star in a row over the Sussexes

Prince William ended his friendship with a star of ITV after feeling ‘betrayed’ over his documentary with Prince Harry and Meghan.

The Prince of Wales felt ITV News anchor Tom Bradby had “crossed a line” when he participated in a documentary with the Sussexes during their tour of South Africa in 2019, where Harry revealed he and his brother were on “different paths”. In a new biography, William and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story, by The Mirror’s royal editor Russell Myers, it is revealed how up until that point, William had grown close to Bradby during his time as royal correspondent for the broadcaster.

But the book uncovers that William was left feeling “betrayed and severely let down” after the journalist took part in the documentary, where both Harry and Meghan spoke about their difficulties in the Royal Family.

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The ITV documentary proved a turning point in relations between the brothers as in it, Harry responded to claims for the first time that there was a rift between him and William remarking at the time they had “good days” and “bad days”. Meanwhile, Meghan talked about her struggle juggling motherhood with intense media scrutiny and said not many people had asked her if she was OK.

William and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story reveals how, on his return from Africa to film the documentary, Bradby contacted William to tell him of his concern about Harry’s wellbeing. But a source with knowledge of the conversation said William was furious, feeling the journalist had taken Harry’s side.

The source said: “William felt betrayed and severely let down. He considered Tom a friend, they had always got on and Harry was close to him too, but [William] never thought [Bradby] would take a side like he did.”

The book says that one of the main sticking points for William was that Bradby appeared unwilling to question Harry or Meghan about what was going on inside the royal household – with sources in the biography saying most of the family had made sure Meghan was being welcomed.

The source added: “Tom knew full well what Meghan was accused of and chose not to raise it in the documentary, while she ran roughshod over the family. As far as [William] was concerned, the friendship was over there and then.”

In the Mirror’s exclusive serialisation of the new biography, it is also revealed how the Princess of Wales had less interest than Prince William in trying to stop the Duke and Duchess of Sussex from walking away from royal life, believing Prince Harry quitting his role was “inevitable”. In further revelations, the future queen eventually realised she “could do no more to bring the brothers together” – despite previously being a “voice of reason” throughout the disintegration of their relationship.

The biography, available to pre-order now, has also revealed how William wanted his disgraced uncle Andrew banished from royal life immediately after his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview in 2019. It also unearths the true story on how William and Kate felt about the Sussexes’ departure from royal life and provides never-before-told context on how the Princess of Wales dealt with her shock cancer diagnosis.

The book also highlights the Prince and Princess of Wales’s life from their earliest meeting at St Andrews University to the current day and how they have shaped their vision for a modern monarchy and its safe continuation at a time of extreme change and turmoil.

William and Catherine: The Intimate Inside Story, published on February 26 by Ebury, Penguin Random House, is available to pre-order now.