Woman_39_s_Day_Australia_-_January_04_2021

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HARRY & KATE’S

SECRET LA

MEETING!

Q

uiet,calmandcollected

asalways– theDuchess

ofCambridgehasdone

herbesttokeepherhead

downamidPrinceWilliam’s

fallingoutwithPrinceHarry,

despitethedeepaffectionshe

hasforherbrother-in-law.

ButastheWalesbrothers’war

ragesoninto2021,Woman’sDay

istoldKate,38,hasprivately

decidedtostepinandhealtheir

debilitatingrift.“Catherinehates

seeingwhatthisisdoingto

William,” a palace insider tells.

“She’sneverseenhimmore

frustrated,angryand– worst

ofall– sad.

“FallingoutwithHarryhas

beena grievingprocessfor

Wills,andKatehashada front-

rowseattohispain.Heoften

talksabouthowHarryleaving

thefamilyfeelslikehisfault,

whenit certainlyisn’t.

“AnyonewhoknowsHarry

understandshehasa hottemper

andisstubborn,andthrowing

notoriouslydifficultMeghaninto

the mix was the perfect storm.”

SourcesclosetoKatesay

William,38,hasconfided

thatheneedshisbrothernow

morethanever,especiallywith

theirmother’smemorybeing

splashedacrossUKpapers

everyday,thankstoa new

investigationintohowshewas

coercedintogivinganinterview

toMartinBashirin1995.

Andthenthere’sherdoomed

marriagetoPrinceCharles,

whichhasbeenrevived,thanks

toitsdepictioninthelatest

seasonofThe Crown. “William

The duchess is taking family matters into her own hands

hasmadenoisesabout

makingthingsupwith

Harry,buthedoesn’tknow

howtogoaboutit,”saysa

source.“Communicationover

emotionalissueshasnever

beena strongpointinthe

HouseofWindsor.”

MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE?

Now,Katehasdecidedit’stime

tostepin– andsourcestell

Woman’sDayexclusivelythat

she’splanningona secrettrip

to California early in the new

Theduchess

desperately

wantstohave

a heart-to-

heartwithher

brother-in-law.