Prince Harry Says He Wants to Reconcile With William, Claims "Some People Don't Want" Family Rift Fixed

Prince Harry has said he wants to make peace with his brother, Prince William, but suggested that not everyone around them wants the rift healed.

"I want it to work out. Of course I do," the Duke of Sussex said in an on-camera interview with GQ released on Tuesday, October 20. "With everything else that's going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile. That's the key point."

The 42-year-old admitted that he grieves the estrangement from his only sibling. He noted that family conflict is something many people face, from quarrels between siblings to broken relationships between parents and children, and said this is a theme that keeps coming up in his conversations with people. According to him, that relatability is probably why the public is so fascinated by his story.

Harry urged people to let go of the past in order to heal family divisions. "Scars stick around forever," he said, but what matters is one's mindset toward what happened. He acknowledged that it is harder to move on when past events still affect a person daily. Still, he said there is already enough drama in the world and in people's lives to justify prolonging family disputes.

When the interviewer remarked that family fallouts are not worth it, Harry replied that this is a hard thing to tell people who are in the middle of one.

Harry has been estranged from William and his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, since he and Meghan Markle stepped down as senior working members of the royal family. The two couples remain at odds, even though Harry and Meghan, 45, moved back to the UK with their two children in August.

Royal commentator Kinsey Schofield recently told Page Six that William has "washed his hands" of Harry following the latest Sussex drama, including the couple's decision to pull their children from their new UK prep school at the last minute over security concerns. She added that the Sussexes' presence will always create noise and distraction, and that the first few weeks back have shown why the royal family remains concerned.