{"id":2283601,"date":"2026-02-16T04:24:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2283601"},"modified":"2026-02-16T04:24:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T04:24:10","slug":"kate-middletons-reaction-to-harry-stepping-back-from-royal-duties-laid-bare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kate-middletons-reaction-to-harry-stepping-back-from-royal-duties-laid-bare\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Middleton&#8217;s reaction to Harry stepping back from royal duties laid bare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"norender-embeds medium-insert-images fImageContainer medium-insert-active ui-sortable\">\n<figure><amp-img src=\"https:\/\/www.thenews.com.pk\/assets\/uploads\/2026-02-16\/1392433_091443_updates.jpg?w=480\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" layout=\"responsive\" alt=\"Kate Middleton's reaction to Harry stepping back from royal duties laid bare\"\/><figcaption class=\"\">Kate Middleton\u2019s reaction to Harry stepping back from royal duties laid bare<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Kate Middleton was reportedly less concerned than Prince William when Prince Harry was stepping back from his royal life.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new biography of Russell Myers, who is a Royal Editor of the Daily Mirror, the author wrote about how Princess Kate and William handled Harry&#8217;s exit from the palace and why \u201cCatherine had less interest than her husband in trying to persuade Harry to stay in his current role.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An excerpt of Myers&#8217; book, William and Catherine: The Monarchy&#8217;s New Era: The Inside Story, he wrote, &#8220;She believed William and Harry\u2019s fundamental differences as the \u2018heir and the spare\u2019 had created the inevitability of Harry wanting more from his role than being a bit-part player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWilliam was intensely saddened at his brother\u2019s decision to quit,&#8221; he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Myers continued, &#8220;He and Harry had been drifting apart for years, but now he knew deep down that there would be no turning back. Fond memories of their childhood, from helping each other through the tragedy of their mother\u2019s death, to growing up in the public eye, were now tarnished by the division at the heart of the family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Duke and Duchess of Sussex moved out of the palace and relocated to Meghan&#8217;s home state, California, in 2020, and have been living there since then with their two kids Prince Archie, 6, and Princess Lilibet, 4.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.thenews.com.pk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kate Middleton\u2019s reaction to Harry stepping back from royal duties laid bare Kate Middleton was reportedly less concerned than Prince William when Prince Harry was stepping back from his royal life. 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