Prince Harry ‘Was Always Less’ Than Big Brother Prince William, Royal Biographer Says

Prince William and Prince Harry were brought up under the same spotlight, but the spare “was always less” than the future king, according to a royal biographer.

Prince William and Prince Harry were very close growing up and the royals fans could attest to that. However, behind closed doors, one of them received more attention. In Channel’s 5’s documentary entitled “Prince Harry: The Troubled Prince,” journalists and royal correspondents Richard Kay and Angela Levin spoke about the royal siblings.

“He was always less than his brother,” Levin said referring to Prince Harry being a subordinate to Prince William.

“The late Queen Mother would always invite Prince William over for tea and talk to him about his future and not invite Prince Harry.”

Kay agreed and mentioned that Prince Charles and Princess Diana were concerned about making sure their boys shared things in their younger years. However, they couldn’t control the way other people treated their two sons.

“Certainly more senior members of the Royal Family in private were saying: 'This is nonsense. William is the future. All our efforts must go into educating William,’” Kay shared.

“It was William the Queen would invite for lessons in kingship when he was at Eton and she was at Windsor Castle,” he continued.

“The Queen Mother always made sure Prince William was seated in a prominent seat next to her and Harry never was.”

Broadcaster Daisy McAndrew also spoke about Prince William and Prince Harry’s relationship. For her, the Duke of Sussex was in a “very difficult position.”

“On paper Prince Harry's start in life was incredibly privileged and lucky, but in reality being born as the younger brother of the future king of England is a very difficult position to be born into,” McAndrew said.

“They are known rather unkindly as the spare.”

Katie Nicholl, royal correspondent at Vanity Fair agreed. According to her, the role of a spare has inherent problems attached to it.

In related news, Prince Harry joked about aging during a video call with the young leaders from the Queen’s Commonwealth Trust on July 1. They were talking about racial biases and the difference that the next generation could do about the issue when the duke suddenly said, “I’m aging. I’m 35.”

His wife Markle quickly reacted by saying, “That’s not aging,” before laughing.