Prince William appears to take dig at brother Prince Harry in rare family comment

Blood isn’t always thicker than water.Prince William appeared to take a subtle dig at Prince Harry during a royal outing to the regiment once associated with his younger brother.The incident unfolded on Wednesday, June 4, when the 42-year-old heir apparent visited the Army Air Corps (ACC) in Wattisham, Suffolk.It marked William’s first time touring the regiment since becoming the colonel-in-chief of the Army Air Corps, and he made a rare comment about family while taking a water break with a group of British soldiers.“Is the pace of life good at the moment?” the Prince of Wales asked, according to Daily Mail.“Families okay? See you enough?” William continued after one soldier said it was “a mixed bag.” “Some of them might not want to see you that much,” the prince added.“It’s a mixed bag sometimes.”While it is unclear if William’s comment was a veiled dig at his estranged brother, the remark came at an interesting time amid his ongoing feud with Harry and Meghan Markle.William took charge of Harry’s former regiment when King Charles named his oldest son colonel-in-chief of the ACC in May 2024.The Duke of Sussex, 40, trained as an ACC pilot in 2009 and later served with the British Army’s combat aviation arm in 2012 and 2013 during his second tour of Afghanistan.Plus, it is believed that Charles, 76, would have named Harry the Colonel-in-Chief of the ACC if he and his wife had not “stepped back” from their royal duties in January 2020.Harry and William’s feud goes beyond the older brother’s new title.The royal rift peaked after Harry and Markle, 43, spoke out against Buckingham Palace during their infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.It then continued with the couple’s “Harry & Meghan” Netflix docuseries in December 2022, as well as with Harry’s memoir “Spare” in January 2023.“The underlying issue is trust,” an insider told People on Tuesday regarding the royal family’s feud.

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