The moment when Prince Harry and Prince William's bond actually shattered has been recently revealed by an insider with privileged access to the brothers' dynamics. According to this source, the incident occurred when Prince William 'demanded' Princess Diana's engagement ring to use it for his proposal to Kate Middleton. Contrary to past recollections that claimed Prince Harry 'gifted' the ring, it was actually 'demanded' by his elder brother, as he himself revealed in his memoir Spare.
At the time, the Duke of Sussex acquiesced, but his feelings resurfaced after he met Meghan Markle. "Harry realized that the ring represented more than just jewelry; it symbolized Diana, her legacy, and the deeper meaning behind it," the insider explains. As a result, "he even suggested that William should compensate him for half of its $75,000 value," but "that didn't go over well." A palace aide concedes, "If you trace the feud back to its true beginning, it's the ring. That's where everything quietly snapped," long before Meghan actually entered the royal fold.
There are even those who refer to the Sussexes' exit from royal life as 'Megxit,' a play on words with 'Brexit,' an abbreviation for the two English words 'Britain' and 'exit,' coined when the British territory chose to separate itself from the European Union.
