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Princes William and Harry attended their uncle’s funeral on Wednesday, putting them in the same room for the first time this year amid their bitter ongoing rift.

Sources close to Harry had indicated he would miss the service in Snettisham, Norfolk, for Lord Fellowes – citing his security concerns in the UK. But the prince made a secret dash from LA in order to attend.

Despite hopes for a thawing in relations, attendees said the warring brothers appeared to be ‘keeping their distance’, did not speak to one another and ‘sat apart at the back of St Mary’s Church after arriving very discreetly’.

Lord Fellowes, who died last month, was married to Lady Jane Spencer, sister of Harry and William’s mother Diana, and was the late Queen’s private secretary.

Tensions at the frosty reunion will, no doubt, have been exacerbated by the announcement from Harry’s publishers this week that he is set to bring out the paperback edition of his vitriolic memoir, Spare.

The re-issue of Spare, in October, will also re-ignite bombshell claims made by the prince against his estranged family including allegations that Prince William shoved him onto a dog bowl which smashed during a particularly explosive row.

Questions had been raised as to whether Harry would update the paperback edition with a new chapter – in light of the King’s cancer diagnosis and continuing family tensions – in the past 12 months.

But the fact he has chosen not to add to the revelations may be seen by some as an attempt to try and smooth over family ructions.

The last time the pair were together was for the King’s Coronation – more than a year ago. However, they were sat separately and were not pictured with one another. Before that, they were last pictured together at the late Queen’s funeral in 2022.

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The warring brothers have only been seen together fleetingly. Here they are at the Queen’s funeral  in 2022 (pictured at Westminster Abbey for the service)

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Kate, William, Harry and Meghan are pictured together at Windsor Castle in 2022 in the days following the Queen’s death at Balmoral Castle

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The Queen’s Funeral Procession passes Buckingham Palace, with William, Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex in 2022

2004: Princes William and Harry with their uncle Robert Fellowes

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Prince William and Harry are reported to have both attended the funeral for their uncle, Robert Fellowes (file photo)

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Locals in Snettisham, Nortfolk say the pair were both in attendance at a service for Lord Fellowes, who died last month, on Wednesday

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Pictured: Lord Fellowes who died last month at the age of 82

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Lord Fellowes (top left) with Princess Diana and her family in 1995. Sitting (from left): Diana, Lady Sarah McCorquodale (sister), Frances Shand Kydd (mother), and Jane Fellowes (sister). Standing (from left): Lord Fellowes, Charles, Earl Spencer (brother) and Neil McCorquodale

A local in the area told The Sun: ‘I didn’t know they were there. They arrived very discreetly.’

Another said: ‘William and Harry were both there but we never saw them speak to each other and they were keeping their distance.’

Earlier reports suggested the Duke of Sussex would not fly to the UK for his uncle’s funeral because of security concerns after losing a legal fight to retain his royal protection after leaving the UK.

Despite this, new reports say Harry, 39, did in fact make a discreet dash to Britain to attend the service for the 82-year-old who was their mother Diana’s brother-in-law.

The Duke is believed to have flown from Los Angeles International Airport on August 27.

The two brothers have barely spoken to each other since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex left the UK for the US and abandoned royal duties.

The rift was exacerbated by the publication of Harry’s memoir Spare in January last year that levelled accusations against his family.

Harry claimed that William, 42, branded Meghan ‘difficult’, ‘rude’ and ‘abrasive’, and even accused him of pushing him into a dog bowl.

The Duke last visited the UK in May to attend a service at St Paul’s Cathedral marking ten years of the Invictus Games, the sports event he helped to launch for injured soldiers.

He previously returned to the UK in February to see his father, King Charles III, after he revealed his ongoing battle with an unspecified form of cancer.

However, he did not visit his father while back in London – despite being a stone’s throw from the royal residences in the capital.

Since then, Harry and his wife Meghan Markle have embarked on a pair of pseudo-royal tours, visiting Nigeria in May and Colombia earlier this month.

The youngest brother also reached out to William after his wife Kate Middleton’s shock cancer diagnosis earlier in the year.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were understood to have made contact with the Prince and Princess of Wales ‘privately’.

It was also claimed in the United States that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex only learnt about Kate’s condition at the same time the world heard the news.

Sources told the New York Post that the couple had ‘no idea’ about Kate’s illness.

Hours after the news, the couple released a short statement wishing the Princess of Wales and her family ‘health and healing’.

The couple said they hoped Kate and her family would be ‘able to do so privately and in peace’.

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The rift was exacerbated by the publication of Harry’s memoir Spare in January last year that levelled accusations against his family

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Prince William, Kate, Harry and Meghan, attend a ceremony to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force on the forecourt of Buckingham Palace in 2018

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Prince William and Catherine, accompanied by Prince Harry and Meghan, proceed to greet well-wishers outside Windsor Castle after the death of the Queen in 2022

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Prince Harry attends The Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service at St Paul’s Cathedral on May 8

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Robert Fellowes and Lady Jane Fellowes pictured in Woodbridge together in April 2011

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Prince Harry pictured with aunt Lady Jane Fellowes and uncle Early Spencer back in July 2021

Although they used to be close, it is believed the royal brothers have not spoken in nearly two years and are ‘estranged’, which a close friend previously described as ‘dreadfully sad’.

Harry is due to go on a trip to NYC next month, at the same time as his brother is likely going to host a summit in Manhattan.

The Duke of Sussex will ‘be in town to advance a number of his patronages and philanthropic initiatives,’ a spokesperson confirmed.

The trip is set to take place during UN General Assembly High-level Week and Climate Week, the latter of which runs from September 22 until September 29.

His older brother may also be in the city at that time for the third annual Earthshot Prize Innovation Summit, which will be held at The Plaza Hotel on September 24.

It’s unknown if the Prince of Wales will attend for sure, but he was present last year at the same event.

Last week, insiders revealed that the heir to the throne has no plans to invite his younger brother to his coronation when the time comes.

Friends of the Prince of Wales reported that William does not want Harry to be in attendance when he is crowned King.

A source close to William told The Sunday Times: ‘This year his focus has very much been on his wife, his children and his father. His brother isn’t really something that’s discussed.’

Sources close to the Duke had previously suggested he would not be attending Lord Fellowes’ funeral amid his battle in the British courts with the committee in charge of royal security.

RAVEC, the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, opted to discontinue with his security when he quit royal duties to live in California and pursue lucrative business opportunities in 2020.

Although he unequivocally lost his High Court challenge in February, he was granted permission to appeal in June.

Harry has said he no longer feels it is safe to bring his family to the UK, citing the risks posed by potential acid and knife attackers.

He has been told he can be given limited security if he notifies British authorities more than 28 days ahead of travel.

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Lord Fellowes with the King, then Prince Charles, at Epsom Racecourse in Surrey in 1993

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Lord Fellowes had three children – Alexander (left, on his wedding day with Alexandra Finlay in 2013), Laura and Eleanor (both right, at Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor in 2018)

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Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Fellowes aboard the royal yacht Britannia in Florida in May 1991

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Lord Fellowes was played by actor Andrew Havill (centre) in Netflix series The Crown

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The wedding of Lord Fellowes and Diana’s sister Lady Jane Spencer in London in 1978

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Lord Fellowes is pictured (back right) at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana in 1981

Lord Fellowes was married to the Duke’s aunt, Lady Jane, and was brother-in-law to Diana, Princess of Wales. He was also Queen Elizabeth II’s private secretary from 1990 until 1999.

News of his death on July 29 had sparked speculation that Harry could be forced to face his estranged brother, for the first time since the publication of the memoir.

But People magazine, a US publication with particularly close links to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex reported that he would not be attending amid his ongoing battle with the Home Office over the decision to withdraw his family’s round-the-clock security.

Prince Harry lost a High Court battle in February but he was granted permission to appeal in June.

He has previously said that he no longer feels safe bringing his family to the UK due to the security issues.

Details of Lord Fellowes’s funeral were not made public prior to the event and it is understood to have been a ‘very small’ and private funeral service for close family.

This will be followed by a private memorial service for ‘wider’ family and friends.

Representatives for the Duke of Sussex have been contacted for comment and Kensington Palace declined to give a statement.

Prince Harry visited Althorp House – the ancestral home and final resting place of his late mother Princess Diana – during his trip to Britain last week, it was claimed today.

The Duke of Sussex stayed with his uncle Charles Spencer at the estate after going to the funeral of Diana’s brother-in-law Lord Robert Fellowes, according to People.

Harry made a surprise appearance at the memorial service in Snettisham, Norfolk, and is then reported to have travelled to the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire.

The funeral was also attended by Prince William, but witnesses claimed the estranged brothers kept their distance and sat apart at the back of St Mary’s Church.

One member of the congregation told People: ‘Most people were astounded that Harry came. He was on remarkably good form – and you could tell he was very pleased to see everybody. And he was very pleased that he had come over.’

Last Thursday’s service took place two days before the 27th anniversary of Diana’s death on Saturday. Her final resting place is on an island on the Oval Lake at Althorp.

The Duke has remained close to Diana’s family – and her brother Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, also attended a service in May for the tenth anniversary of Harry’s Invictus Games at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, when no senior royal was in attendance.

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Prince Harry stands next to his uncle Earl Spencer and aunt Lady Jane Fellowes at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on May 8 for the tenth anniversary service for the Invictus Games

Prince Harry chats with his uncle Earl Spencer at Invictus ceremony

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Prince Harry is reported to have stayed at the Althorp estate in Northamptonshire last week

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Prince Harry’s aunt Lady Jane Fellowes and uncle Earl Spencer arrive at St Paul’s Cathedral in London on May 8 for the tenth anniversary service for the Invictus Games

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Diana’s resting place is on an island in a lake at her family home at Althorp, Northamptonshire

MailOnline has requested comment from Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, and representatives of the Sussexes about reports that Harry stayed at Althorp. But the claims are likely to be true given the US publication’s close links to the couple.

Althorp – the 13,000-acre estate where Earl Spencer and Diana grew up with their two sisters – is a hugely poignant location for Harry.

He revealed in his controversial memoir Spare in January last year that Meghan kneeled and put her palms on Diana’s grave at the estate in 2017 and asked his late mother for ‘clarity and guidance’.

On the 20th anniversary of her death, Harry and Meghan had rowed out to Diana’s final resting place on an island. After some time reflecting, he sensed Meghan wanted a moment to herself by the site.

‘When I returned, she was on her knees with her eyes closed and her palms flat against the stone,’ Harry wrote.

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Prince Harry chats with Earl Spencer ahead of the unveiling of a statue of his mother Diana at Kensington Palace in London on July 1, 2021, which would have been her 60th birthday

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Althorp is a 13,000-acre estate where Earl Spencer and Diana grew up with their two sisters

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Charles and Diana with Harry and William, during a holiday on the Isles of Scilly in June 1989

In May, Earl Spencer revealed he was overcome with emotion when a friend gave him a hand-made canoe as a present for his 60th birthday.

The gift was constructed by the friend’s husband who said: ‘I just thought it would be useful when you visit your sister.’

Diana was buried on a small island in the middle of the lake, which can be reached only by boat.

Earl Spencer had originally planned to lay Diana to rest in the family tombs at a local church, but said he was concerned about her safety.

On Saturday, he marked the anniversary of his sister’s death in 1997 by paying tribute on on Instagram, sharing a series of newspaper cuttings from her early life.

Diana died in a car crash in Paris when Harry was just 12 years old.

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Prince Harry chats to Earl Spencer and Lady Sarah McCorquodale after a service to celebrate the life of Diana ten years after her death, at the Guards Chapel in London on August 31, 2007

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A friend gifted Earl Spencer this canoe as a 60th birthday present so he can ‘visit’ Diana. The canoe is pictured on the bank next to the Oval Lake at Althorp, his sister’s final resting place

It comes as separate reports emerged last night that Harry has ‘no interest’ in leaving the US and returning to royal duties in Britain.

The Duke has reportedly sought advice from trusted former aides on how to mastermind a return to the UK – nearly five years after he and Meghan stepped down as senior royals.

But sources close to Harry, who turns 40 this month, told the Daily Telegraph that he is settled in California with Meghan, 43, and their children Archie, five, and Lilibet, three.

They also claim that Harry has an ‘amazing’ new set of friends in the US and several projects on the horizon. He is preparing for a trip to New York where he will take part in charity engagements.

According to The Mail on Sunday, he has turned away from his ‘Hollywood publicists’ and resorted to texting former confidants ‘from his old life’ on how to mastermind a return from exile in the US.

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Then-Prince Charles, Prince William, Prince Harry, Prince Philip and Earl Spencer on the day of Princess Diana’s funeral in London on September 6, 1997

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Earl Spencer, Princess Diana, Charles, Lady Jane Fellowes and Lady Sarah McCorquodale at Earl Spencer’s 21st birthday party at Althorp in 1985

They are reportedly willing to help him build bridges with his old life in Britain, with some referring to it as ‘Operation Bring Harry In From The Cold’.

It was said that marked the first stage in a potential strategy to ‘rehabilitate’ Harry and repair his relationship with King Charles.

Harry has also chosen not to update Spare ahead of its release in paperback next month, nor to give interviews to publicise it, which could be seen as an olive branch.

But William is still understood to be deeply hurt by Harry’s sustained attacks on his family.

According to friends, he does not discuss Harry, and is instead focusing on his wife, Kate – who is still undergoing treatment for cancer – their children and his work.

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Lord Fellows at the High Court in February 2008 to give evidence in Princess Diana’s inquest

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Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Fellowes aboard the royal yacht Britannia in Florida in May 1991

The brothers are not believed to have spoken properly for two years.

Harry flew out of Los Angeles on Tuesday and slipped into the UK without fanfare.

The prince, who is suing the UK Home Office for withdrawing his police protection when he quit royal duties and left the UK and says it is unsafe to bring his wife or family here, then travelled to Norfolk to attend the memorial.

Harry, whose PR team had previously briefed friendly media to say he would not be flying to the UK for the funeral, is not believed to have travelled on to meet with his father at Balmoral.

King Charles III has been in residence at his Scottish estate with Queen Camilla.

Harry and Charles last saw each other briefly back in February, when the prince flew to the UK from California for a meeting that lasted barely 30 minutes after Charles’s cancer diagnosis was announced.

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The funeral for Lord Fellowes was at the 14th century St Mary’s Church in Snettisham, Norfolk

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The interior of St Mary’s Church in Snettisham is pictured last Friday, following the funeral

Harry then returned to London once more, in May, but his father’s diary was full with work and his cancer treatment, and they did not meet.

Meanwhile, it has emerged that Harry and Meghan have parted company with another American PR adviser, Christine Weil Schirmer, the tenth staff member to leave in three years. She has joined PR giant Brunswick.

Lord Fellowes, who died on July 29 aged 82, was married to Diana’s sister Lady Jane Fellowes.

He was a long-time Buckingham Palace courtier who worked for Queen Elizabeth II for 22 years until 1999.

This was a period which covered both the breakdown of his sister-in-law’s marriage to then-Prince Charles and her death in 1997.

Prince Harry will not return to royal duties unless William apologises, but would be willing to ‘help out’ the Firm if asked by his father, a report has claimed.

Sources close to The Duke of Sussex have suggested he is happy with his decision to quit his royal role, the Mirror reported.

But they claim he would be open to a temporary role within the Royal Family if asked to help out by his father.

It comes after the Mail on Sunday revealed last week that the Duke had turned away from his ‘Hollywood publicists’ and had resorted to texting former confidantes ‘from his old life’ on how to mastermind a return from exile in the US.

However, sources stressed Harry and Meghan, who have spent the past four years living in California with their two children, are not seeking a permanent return.

The Mirror also previously reported that Prince William suggested there would be ‘zero chance’ that Harry would be welcomed back following the publication of his memoir, Spare.

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Prince William and Prince Harry pictured together after attending the Grenfell Tower National Memorial Service back in 2017

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Prince Harry and Prince William at the unveiling of their mother’s statue in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace on what would have been her 60th birthday

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Prince Harry attends The Invictus Games Foundation 10th Anniversary Service at St Paul’s Cathedral on May 8

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ing Charles visits the Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen’s 200th Flower Show on August 31

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Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the Invictus Games in September 2023

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wave their hands at Invictus Games

In the book, Harry took aim at some members of the Royal Family. He accused William of assaulting him in a row over Meghan and claimed his brother and their father confronted him after Prince Philip’s funeral ‘looking for a fight’.

Harry also alleged that William and Kate urged him to wear his infamous Nazi fancy dress outfit.

He cast his brother as his ‘arch-nemesis’; Queen Consort Camilla as a ‘wicked stepmother’ and Charles as an emotionally-stunted and ineffectual ‘old man’.

William and Harry have not spoken for months and currently have no contact.

It was revealed last week that both William and Harry attended the funeral of their uncle Robert Fellowes, but witnesses said they didn’t see the brothers speak.

They reportedly sat apart at the back of St Mary’s Church in Snettisham where the service for Eton-educated Lord Fellowes took place.

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Sources say the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are not planning a permanent return to the UK

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In his memoir Spare, Harry took aim at some members of the Royal Family

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Prince William and Prince Harry walk beside each other after viewing the floral tributes for the late Queen Elizabeth II outside Windsor Castle

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Sources close to Harry, who turns 40 next week, told the Daily Telegraph that he is settled in California with Meghan, 43, and their children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three. Prince Harry and Meghan pictured with their children in December 2021

Sources spoke of how the pair arrived ‘very discreetly’ and that you wouldn’t have known they were there.

According to The Mirror, friends of Harry have said he is determined to improve his relationship with his father, especially given his health problems.

They claimed the Duke would still look for an apology from his brother if he were to represent the family in any way.

Meanwhile, sources close to Harry, who turns 40 next week, told the that he is settled in California.

They claim that Harry has an ‘amazing’ new set of friends in the United States and several projects on the horizon.

He is currently preparing for a trip to New York where he will take part in engagements connected to his various charities, including the Halo Trust and the Diana Award.

The newspaper also revealed Harry and Meghan had parted company with another American PR adviser.

Christine Weil Schirmer joined the Sussexes in 2020 as head of communications but left quietly late last year.

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Prince William and Prince Harry arrive at the unveiling of a statue of their mother, Princess Diana at The Sunken Garden in Kensington Palace, London on July 1, 2021

Meghan and Harry join William and Kate on walkabout to mourn Queen

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Kate, William, Harry and Meghan are pictured together at Windsor Castle in the days following the Queen’s death at Balmoral Castle

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Harry and Meghan attend the volleyball on day two of the Invictus Games in April 2022

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first engagement appearance

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Harry and Meghan at an official photocall to announce their engagement at The Sunken Gardens, Kensington Palace, in November 2017

She is the tenth staff member to have left the couple in three years and last month took up a job with PR giant Brunswick advising clients on reputation management.

Last month, it emerged that the Sussexes’ chief of staff Josh Kettler had suddenly quit his job after scarcely three months.

‘Harry is turning away from all sorts of Hollywood publicists and is seeking counsel from his old friends and associates,’ said a source.

‘He is clearly reaching out thinking, ‘I need to do something different because what I’m doing is clearly not working’. In short, he is rethinking the way he operates.’

Ending his rancorous feud with his brother William is not seen as a realistic goal, but last week this newspaper revealed that the King may be open to healing the rift with his youngest son, and had consulted with faith leaders as he explores the nature of forgiveness.

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King Charles III smiles during a visit to the Royal Horticultural Society of Aberdeen’s 200th Flower Show on August 31 this year

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King Charles, Prince William, Catherine Princess of Wales, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex attend Christmas Day church back in 2018

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Prince Harry and Prince William pictured together ahead of the royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018

At least one of the advisers approached by Harry is a trusted figure ‘from the old school’ known for loyalty and discretion.

One friend has already allegedly devised a strategy for how Harry might begin moving in UK circles again – even carrying out ‘very low-key royal duties’.

A source said the friend ‘believes if Harry comes back to the UK with zero fuss, and does zero publicity and attends very mundane events, he could prove himself and win over the British public again.

‘He would have to accept, though, that he might be reduced to ribbon cutting for a long period. But it would give him purpose to work again.’

But the source said it would only happen ‘if certain members of the family could find it in themselves to allow it’.

A ‘reconciliation may never happen’ between feuding brothers Prince William and Prince Harry, a royal expert has claimed, alleging that the future King is likely ‘hurt’ by his ‘brother’s betrayals and snipes’.

Michael Cole, former BBC royal correspondent, said that although the pair both attended the memorial service for their uncle Lord Fellowes yesterday it appears there was ‘no reunion’ between the pair.

While he was not at the memorial himself, Mr Cole noted how the pair were said to have ‘sat apart’ and ‘did not look at each other’ during the service. He also claimed that mourners described the ‘atmosphere’ around the brothers as having been fairly ‘frosty’.

‘If Prince Harry imagined that this secret dash and sudden appearance might start to thaw the ice cap that has frozen between them, he was going to be greatly disappointed,’ Mr Cole told MailOnline today. ‘Prince William did not look at him, let alone acknowledge his presence.’

The royal expert’s remarks come after the vicar who conducted the service confirmed that the warring royal brothers walked ‘a few people apart’ as they left 14th century St Mary’s Church in Snettisham, Norfolk.

The vicar also said he did not recall Harry and William speaking to each other at a reception after the service, but said there were a ‘lot of family members and friends speaking to them’.

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A ‘reconciliation may never happen’ between feuding brothers Prince William and Prince Harry, a royal expert has claimed, alleging that the future King is likely ‘hurt’ by his ‘brother’s betrayals and snipes’. Pictured: William and Harry attending the Grenfell Tower National Memorial Service at St Paul’s Cathedral on December 14, 2017 in London

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The service at St Mary’s Church, pictured today, was attended by about 300 people yesterday

Michael Cole, (pictured) former BBC royal correspondent, said that although the pair both attended the memorial service for their uncle Lord Fellowes yesterday it appears there was ‘no reunion’ between the pair

Mr Cole said that interactions between Harry and William yesterday ‘were not just minimal, they were invisible’.

‘This was not a happy meeting of two brothers who, as boys, could not have been closer,’ he told MailOnline.

‘This was no reunion. They sat apart and did not look at each other. On a sunny day, the atmosphere around the two brothers was frosty, said one mourner.’

He added: ‘As things are at present, reconciliation may never happen, such is the hurt Prince William feels at his brother’s betrayals and snipes in interviews, a television series and his ghost-written book ‘Spare’, the biggest-selling ‘autobiography’ ever published.’

Mr Cole’s recount of the service seemingly echoed that of Reverend Dan Tansey, the at vicar St Mary’s Church, who admitted he was surprised to see both William and Harry at the service which was attended by around 300 people yesterday.

He told MailOnline today: ‘The memorial service was yesterday. The private funeral took place earlier in the week with just [close] family.’

Describing the appearance of the estranged siblings, Reverend Tansey said: ‘Yes, it was quite a surprise to me.’

Asked if Harry and William were sitting near each other in the church, he added: ‘I don’t know because I was in the vestry.

‘When I came out to start the service, they had arrived, but I didn’t even know they were there until after the service when I was meeting people on the way out.

‘They came out and shook my hand, and said hello. I couldn’t see where they were sat in the church.

‘I was just greeting one person at a time as they came out. They came out a few people apart.’

Describing the service, he said: ‘I am at the front of the church with my glasses on and I can see the front row, and that’s about it.’

Reverend Tansey continued: ‘I had been preparing for a good half hour beforehand, so I didn’t see anyone coming through the front door.

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Prince William and Harry at the unveiling of a statue of their mother Diana at Kensington Palace in July 2021. The event was attended by Lady Jane Fellowes, wife of Lord Fellowes

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The service was at the 14th century St Mary’s Church in Snettisham, Norfolk, pictured today

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Lord Fellows at the High Court in February 2008 to give evidence in Princess Diana’s inquest

2004: Princes William and Harry with their uncle Robert Fellowes

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The interior of St Mary’s Church in Snettisham is pictured today, following yesterday’s funeral

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Reverend Dan Tansey conducted the service at St Mary’s Church in Snettisham yesterday

‘It was a lovely service and people wanted to be there for someone who was really well-respected in Snettisham.

‘It was only as I was thanking the congregation as they left that Prince William was shaking my hand, and then very quickly after that, so did Prince Harry.

‘It was a surprise but a really pleasant one that they had both come, but maybe less shocking that William was there.

‘On the way out, they both said thank you for the service and I thanked them for coming. At the reception afterwards, there was a very relaxed and cordial atmosphere.

‘I don’t recollect them speaking to each other but there were a lot of family members and friends speaking to them.

‘It would have meant a lot to Lord Fellowes to have them both at the service. He loved them both very much.’

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Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Fellowes aboard the royal yacht Britannia in Florida in May 1991

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Lord Fellowes was played by actor Andrew Havill (centre) in Netflix series The Crown

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Lord Fellowes had three children – Alexander (left, on his wedding day with Alexandra Finlay in 2013), Laura and Eleanor (both right, at Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor in 2018)

Reverend Tansey said a potentially more formal celebration of Lord Fellowes’s  life was still being considered to take place in London at a later date.

Married to the late Princess Diana’s sister, Lady Jane, he was also a long-time Buckingham Palace courtier who worked for the late Queen Elizabeth II for 22 years until 1999.

It was a period which covered both the break-down of his sister-in-law’s marriage to the then Prince Charles and her tragic death in 1997.

Reverend Tansey said of a future service: ‘I believe it is still on the cards, but because I am only the parish vicar locally, I wouldn’t be involved in anything in London.

‘The last I heard it was still on the cards to have some kind of formal memorial. Whether it would be at the Lords or something, I really don’t know.

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Lord Fellowes marries Lady Jane Spencer at the Guards’ Chapel at Wellington Barracks in London in 1978. To the right of Lady Fellowes is her sister who later became Princess Diana

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Lord Fellowes with the King, then Prince Charles, at Epsom Racecourse in Surrey in 1993

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Lord Fellowes with Lady Jane Fellowes (right) and their daughter Laura Jane Fellowes (left) at the wedding of William Duckworth-Chad and Lucy Greenwell in Sudbourne, Suffolk, in 2011

‘As far as I understand it is still a plan. I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful. I have to think of their privacy.’

Describing the turnout at the memorial service however, he added: ‘It was a full house and it’s a fair-sized church. It was around about 300 people. There was a lot of family and friends. It was by invitation as far as I understand.’

Reverend Tansey admitted he had not been told in advance that both princes were going to the service.

He said: ‘Thankfully, I had not been informed so I wasn’t able to say anything to people who kept asking me about it. I was in blissful ignorance.’

Reverend Tansey added: ‘It was wonderful that the princes could both be there to support their aunt and cousins.’

And a church warden, who declined to be named, told MailOnline: ‘It was wonderful that both Princes were able to attend their uncle’s memorial service yesterday at St Mary’s Church.

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The wedding of Lord Fellowes and Diana’s sister Lady Jane Spencer in London in 1978

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Lord Fellowes (top left) with Princess Diana and her family in 1995. Sitting (from left): Diana, Lady Sarah McCorquodale (sister), Frances Shand Kydd (mother), and Jane Fellowes (sister). Standing (from left): Lord Fellowes, Charles, Earl Spencer (brother) and Neil McCorquodale

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Lord Fellowes is pictured (back right) at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana in 1981

‘The service was a lovely family occasion celebrating the life of such a special man. Many friends were also present and also many members of the St Mary’s Church family.’

Yesterday it emerged that despite his PR team previously guiding members of the media that he did not plan to return to the UK for events to mark his uncle’s death, citing ongoing ‘security’ fears, Harry flew out of the US on Tuesday and slipped into the UK without fanfare.

He then travelled to Norfolk to attend the family memorial.

Harry’s spokesman failed to response to a request for comment about his attendance.

Kensington Palace declined to comment on behalf of William, citing it as a private matter.

Prince William and Prince Harry stood ‘virtually back to back’ while they chatted with mourners at their uncle’s funeral, a witness has claimed.

The brothers spoke with other mourners at Thursday’s memorial service for their uncle Lord Fellowes, but did not exchange a single word despite being ‘only five yards from each other’, a source told The Sun.

William and Harry are said to have been sat ‘two or three rows back from the front’ and on ‘opposite sides of the aisle’, with family members in the ‘rest of the seats between them’, the newspaper reported.

Former councillor David Hocking, 93, who was at the service, said ‘it was very sad’ to see the Princes apart and told The Times, ‘I hope they got talking at the reception’ – which Mr Hocking says he did not attend.

He also claimed that Harry and William were both very discreet at the service and that ‘if you didn’t know they were there you might not recognise them’.

It comes as a royal expert has warned that a ‘reconciliation may never happen’ between feuding brothers because the future King is likely ‘hurt’ by his ‘brother’s betrayals and snipes’.

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Prince William and Prince Harry stood ‘virtually back to back’ while they chatted with mourners at their uncle’s funeral on Thursday, a witness has claimed. The brothers are pictured at the unveiling of a statue of their mother Diana at Kensington Palace in July 2021

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The interior of St Mary’s Church in Snettisham is pictured Friday, the day after the funeral

Mr Hocking said that William ‘didn’t stand out in the crowd, neither did Harry’, while they attended the service.

He recalled how a mourner who sat next to him turned to ask,’”Who’s that?” I said it’s Prince William.’

‘He said: “I thought I’d recognised him. I didn’t know who he was”,’ he recalled.

Another mourner who attended the memorial said the brothers ‘came in right before it started, after almost everyone else’, telling The Sun: ‘Most people didn’t notice them.’

The insider revealed that the pair mingled with family and friends afterwards in the garden at Lady Jane Fellowes’ home next door to the church.

William and Harry allegedly stood ‘back to back’ and ‘yards apart’, with one source telling the newspaper: ‘They weren’t together — they were apart.’

‘We wanted to speak to them but they had a lot of family who hadn’t seen them in a long time, especially Harry,’ the mourner said.

The source added that ‘a lot of people were taking the chance to speak’ to the brothers and that both were still at the reception after they left.

The insider also claimed that later, while they were on a walk, they ‘saw Harry driven off in a black Range Rover’.

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Lord Fellows at the High Court in February 2008 to give evidence in Princess Diana’s inquest

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The service at St Mary’s Church, pictured Friday, was attended by about 300 people

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A ‘reconciliation may never happen’ between feuding brothers Prince William and Prince Harry, a royal expert has claimed, alleging that the future King is likely ‘hurt’ by his ‘brother’s betrayals and snipes’. Pictured: William and Harry attending the Grenfell Tower National Memorial Service at St Paul’s Cathedral on December 14, 2017 in London

2004: Princes William and Harry with their uncle Robert Fellowes

After learning of the brothers lack of interaction at the memorial, former BBC royal correspondent Michael Cole said it appears there is ‘no reunion’ on the horizon for the pair.

While he was not at the memorial himself, Mr Cole noted how the pair were said to have ‘sat apart’ and ‘did not look at each other’ during the service. He also claimed that mourners described the ‘atmosphere’ around the brothers as having been fairly ‘frosty’.

‘If Prince Harry imagined that this secret dash and sudden appearance might start to thaw the ice cap that has frozen between them, he was going to be greatly disappointed,’ Mr Cole told MailOnline yesterday. ‘Prince William did not look at him, let alone acknowledge his presence.’

The vicar who conducted the service also confirmed that the warring royal brothers walked ‘a few people apart’ as they left 14th century St Mary’s Church in Snettisham, Norfolk.

The vicar also said he did not recall Harry and William speaking to each other at a reception after the service, but said there were a ‘lot of family members and friends speaking to them’.

Michael Cole, (pictured) former BBC royal correspondent, said that although the pair both attended the memorial service for their uncle Lord Fellowes on Thursday it appears there was ‘no reunion’ between the pair

Mr Cole said that interactions between Harry and William on Thursday ‘were not just minimal, they were invisible’.

‘This was not a happy meeting of two brothers who, as boys, could not have been closer,’ he told MailOnline.

‘This was no reunion. They sat apart and did not look at each other. On a sunny day, the atmosphere around the two brothers was frosty, said one mourner.’

He added: ‘As things are at present, reconciliation may never happen, such is the hurt Prince William feels at his brother’s betrayals and snipes in interviews, a television series and his ghost-written book ‘Spare’, the biggest-selling ‘autobiography’ ever published.’

Mr Cole’s recount of the service seemingly echoed that of Reverend Dan Tansey, the at vicar St Mary’s Church, who admitted he was surprised to see both William and Harry at the service which was attended by around 300 people on Thursday.

He told MailOnline on Friday: ‘The memorial service was yesterday. The private funeral took place earlier in the week with just [close] family.’

Describing the appearance of the estranged siblings, Reverend Tansey said: ‘Yes, it was quite a surprise to me.’

Asked if Harry and William were sitting near each other in the church, he added: ‘I don’t know because I was in the vestry.

‘When I came out to start the service, they had arrived, but I didn’t even know they were there until after the service when I was meeting people on the way out.

‘They came out and shook my hand, and said hello. I couldn’t see where they were sat in the church.

‘I was just greeting one person at a time as they came out. They came out a few people apart.’

Describing the service, he said: ‘I am at the front of the church with my glasses on and I can see the front row, and that’s about it.’

Reverend Tansey continued: ‘I had been preparing for a good half hour beforehand, so I didn’t see anyone coming through the front door.

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Prince William and Harry at the unveiling of a statue of their mother Diana at Kensington Palace in July 2021. The event was attended by Lady Jane Fellowes, wife of Lord Fellowes

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The service was at the 14th century St Mary’s Church in Snettisham, Norfolk, pictured Friday

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Reverend Dan Tansey conducted the service at St Mary’s Church in Snettisham on Thursday

‘It was a lovely service and people wanted to be there for someone who was really well-respected in Snettisham.

‘It was only as I was thanking the congregation as they left that Prince William was shaking my hand, and then very quickly after that, so did Prince Harry.

‘It was a surprise but a really pleasant one that they had both come, but maybe less shocking that William was there.

‘On the way out, they both said thank you for the service and I thanked them for coming. At the reception afterwards, there was a very relaxed and cordial atmosphere.

‘I don’t recollect them speaking to each other but there were a lot of family members and friends speaking to them.

‘It would have meant a lot to Lord Fellowes to have them both at the service. He loved them both very much.’

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Queen Elizabeth II and Lord Fellowes aboard the royal yacht Britannia in Florida in May 1991

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Lord Fellowes was played by actor Andrew Havill (centre) in Netflix series The Crown

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Lord Fellowes had three children – Alexander (left, on his wedding day with Alexandra Finlay in 2013), Laura and Eleanor (both right, at Harry and Meghan’s wedding in Windsor in 2018)

Reverend Tansey said a potentially more formal celebration of Lord Fellowes’s  life was still being considered to take place in London at a later date.

Married to the late Princess Diana’s sister, Lady Jane, he was also a long-time Buckingham Palace courtier who worked for the late Queen Elizabeth II for 22 years until 1999.

It was a period which covered both the break-down of his sister-in-law’s marriage to the then Prince Charles and her tragic death in 1997.

Reverend Tansey said of a future service: ‘I believe it is still on the cards, but because I am only the parish vicar locally, I wouldn’t be involved in anything in London.

‘The last I heard it was still on the cards to have some kind of formal memorial. Whether it would be at the Lords or something, I really don’t know.

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Lord Fellowes marries Lady Jane Spencer at the Guards’ Chapel at Wellington Barracks in London in 1978. To the right of Lady Fellowes is her sister who later became Princess Diana

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Lord Fellowes with the King, then Prince Charles, at Epsom Racecourse in Surrey in 1993

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Lord Fellowes with Lady Jane Fellowes (right) and their daughter Laura Jane Fellowes (left) at the wedding of William Duckworth-Chad and Lucy Greenwell in Sudbourne, Suffolk, in 2011

‘As far as I understand it is still a plan. I’m sorry I can’t be more helpful. I have to think of their privacy.’

Describing the turnout at the memorial service however, he added: ‘It was a full house and it’s a fair-sized church. It was around about 300 people. There was a lot of family and friends. It was by invitation as far as I understand.’

Reverend Tansey admitted he had not been told in advance that both princes were going to the service.

He said: ‘Thankfully, I had not been informed so I wasn’t able to say anything to people who kept asking me about it. I was in blissful ignorance.’

Reverend Tansey added: ‘It was wonderful that the princes could both be there to support their aunt and cousins.’

And a church warden, who declined to be named, told MailOnline: ‘It was wonderful that both Princes were able to attend their uncle’s memorial service [on Thursday] at St Mary’s Church.

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The wedding of Lord Fellowes and Diana’s sister Lady Jane Spencer in London in 1978

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Lord Fellowes (top left) with Princess Diana and her family in 1995. Sitting (from left): Diana, Lady Sarah McCorquodale (sister), Frances Shand Kydd (mother), and Jane Fellowes (sister). Standing (from left): Lord Fellowes, Charles, Earl Spencer (brother) and Neil McCorquodale

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Lord Fellowes is pictured (back right) at the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana in 1981

‘The service was a lovely family occasion celebrating the life of such a special man. Many friends were also present and also many members of the St Mary’s Church family.’

Thursday it emerged that despite his PR team previously guiding members of the media that he did not plan to return to the UK for events to mark his uncle’s death, citing ongoing ‘security’ fears, Harry flew out of the US on Tuesday and slipped into the UK without fanfare.

He then travelled to Norfolk to attend the family memorial.

Harry’s spokesman failed to response to a request for comment about his attendance.

Kensington Palace declined to comment on behalf of William, citing it as a private matter.

It was just after 11pm on a Saturday night on August 30, 1997.

My wife, Jill and I had returned from a night out at the pictures watching a just released movie – The Full Monty.

No sooner had I put the key in the lock than my mobile phone rang.

A contact rang to tell me there had been a ‘bit of a bump’ in a car in which Princess Diana was a passenger.

Little did I realise then that this was a night that I would never forget for the rest of my life and the awful events prey on my mind even now.

She had left the Ritz in Paris, with Dodi Al Fayed (the son of the hotel’s owner Mohammed Al Fayed), chauffeur Henri Paul and Dodi’s English bodyguard Trevor Rees Jones.

He told me there were no more details yet, but I knew that even a bump involving the Princess was going to keep me busy the following morning.

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Princess Diana seen in St Tropez just a few weeks before her death in Paris

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The last ever photo taken of Princess Diana and Dodi Al Fayed in the Mercedes car in which they were killed a short time later, on August 31, 1997

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Drunk chauffeur Henri Paul seen at the wheel of the car alongside bodyguard Trevor Rees-Jones, as Diana and Dodi sit in the back

That was the first of dozens and dozens of phone calls that night which resulted in no sleep. Each phone call told me at every stage just how bad it had become.

I rang my news editor and editor at home in the early hours as we found out that Diana and Dodi were in the car and Dodi was probably dead.

Henri Paul had also been killed and Diana was in a very bad way.

Paul had been driving the black bulletproof Mercedes 280SL that was chosen for the fateful journey.

He lost control in the underpass at the Pont D’Alma tunnel and the car horribly crashed.

Both he and Dodi were killed instantly.

Despite efforts to save her, Diana was pronounced dead at 4:00 a.m. French time, after suffering from a stroke in La Pitié Salpêtriére Hospital, Paris. Only Trevor Rees Jones survived.

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The wreckage of the car that killed Diana was taken out of the Alma underpass

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The ambulance that took Princess Diana to the hospital on the night of the crash

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Charles Rae, in the pale blue polo shirt, seen chatting to Princess Diana during her holiday in St Tropez

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Diana and her boys, Prince William and Prince Harry, stayed at the Castle St Therese – owned by Mohamed Al-Fayed – in the billionaire’s playground of  St. Tropez, France

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Prince Harry seen in St Tropez driving a jet ski as his mother Princess Diana sits on the back

At around 3am another telephone call from my contact told me that Diana was dead.

The call came just before it was officially announced by the then foreign secretary Robin Cook.

For the next eight days, I worked almost non-stop.

I was not a close friend of the Princess, but we knew each other well.

Over the previous few years, we had had many conversations. My deep sadness and anger that she was taken so young has not lessened over the years

The sad and tragic fact is the couple were killed because Paul, who should not have been on duty that night, had been drinking and drove at high speed in an attempt to show off his driving skills.

The subsequent inquest confirmed the presence of alcohol in his blood.

Police bodyguards I have spoken to about this matter all say that had they been on duty with the Princess that fateful night, they would never have let her get into that car.

But police bodyguards had been removed from Diana on her separation from Prince Charles. This was at Diana’s request and not a removal of a perk by the Queen.

Only a couple of weeks before, I had gone down to St Tropez because Diana was on holiday with William and Harry.

Her host was the controversial Harrods boss Al Fayed, at his impressive ‘Castle St Therese’ in St Tropez in the south of France.

This was a 10-bedroom, cream villa set amid a 10-acre estate perched on cliffs overlooking the azure sea.

From the estate, a long flight of steps led to the sea, a private beach and a pier. It was worth around £40million.

The area is the playground for the rich and famous and it is also as leaky as a sieve.

No celebrity goes unnoticed for long and it was only a matter of time before the news hit us about Diana.

Once down there, we had to hire a boat. This was one of the first occasions when, because of the improvements in new technology, we would not have to leave the scene to move our pictures and copy.

We could do it all right there at sea. We did not have to wait long to be rewarded.

Diana appeared in a print leopard swimsuit and the boys were soon zipping around on jet skis and laughing.

A short time later, I spotted the Princess on the balcony. She appeared to be in an agitated state and was talking on her mobile.

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The devastated sisters of Diana with her ex-husband, Prince Charles, leaving the hospital where the Princess died from injuries caused by the crash

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Princess Diana’s coffin arrives at RAF Northolt after being flown from Paris

With one hand she held her phone, as the other flailed around like a windmill.

The next thing, the princess ended the call, threw the mobile down onto a sunbed and then marched down to the jetty to a waiting speedboat,

With Dave Sharp, one of her sons’ police bodyguards, the boat roared out to sea, and came straight to our vessel.

Diana stood up and, clearly, she was not in a happy mood.

This was in sharp contrast to her earlier demeanor. Whatever had happened in that phone call to make her upset?

Diana made it perfectly clear that she did not want us to leave.

Just as she was about to leave, she dropped a bombshell which has never been explained.

‘You are going to get a big surprise with the next thing I do,’ she said.

She refused to give details of what the revelation would be or when it would happen.

Lisa Oldfield again sent her fans wild on Monday as she teased an engagement with her boyfriend James ‘Jimbo’ Laws.

The former Real Housewives of Sydney star showed off a massive sparkling ring on her wedding finger which had been designed by Jim himself.

‘These photos don’t do justice to the magnificent eight carat tanzanite confection created by Jim and Infinity Diamonds,’ she wrote in her caption.

Lisa showed off the ring from various angles, with the large bauble featuring a blue centre stone surrounded by a halo of diamonds.

Her fans clearly thought it was an engagement announcement with many commenting below the images.

‘Absolutely stunning. Congratulations to you both!’ wrote one person while another chimed in, ‘Coloured stones like this is where it’s at!! Gorgeous’.

‘Oh beautiful ring, gorgeous stone. Congratulations, thought you were already married, silly me,’ said someone else.

Others noticed that the ring resembled the sparkler famously given to Princess Diana by King Charles in 1981.

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Lisa Oldfield again sent her fans wild on Monday as she teased an engagement with her boyfriend James ‘Jimbo’ Laws. Both pictured

‘Ooh lala, Lady Diana vibes,’ commented one fan under the images.

It’s not the first time Lisa has hinted that she and James, who have been a couple since 2019, may have taken the next step.

In an Instagram post earlier this year, Lisa, 49, posed beside James as they enjoyed a holiday together in Fiji.

Alongside the series of idyllic vacation mages, Lisa wrote: ‘Enjoying a much needed break with and being spoiled rotten by bigfella in Fiji!’

It was hard to miss the bling on her ring finger, which she held up to the camera, sparking talk that an engagement had occurred.

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The former Real Housewives of Sydney star showed off a massive sparkling ring on her wedding finger which had been designed by Jim himself

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‘These photos don’t do justice to the magnificent eight carat tanzanite confection created by Jim and Infinity Diamonds’ she wrote in her caption

‘Omg congratulations!’ wrote one person in the comments, while another said, ‘New ring eh? Not so subtle engagement?’

‘Ummm hello love….. is this Mrs big fella?’ asked one person, with someone else adding,  ‘Are congratulations in order?’

Yet one more asked, ‘Is that a diamond ring?’ with another chiming in, ‘Woohoo! Congrats!’

Further comments asked if Lisa was engaged and several congratulated her, assuming she is set to be wed.

Lisa and James have been head over heels for one another for some time.

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Some fans noticed that the ring resembled the sparkler famously given to Princess Diana (pictured) by King Charles in 1981

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Her fans clearly thought it was an engagement announcement with many commenting below the images with congratulations

In 2019, just eight months after she announced her split from her husband of 18 years, former One Nation co-founder David Oldfield, Lisa was already talking marriage with James.

Speaking on The Kyle and Jackie O Show at the time, the mother-of-two said she and her businessman beau could be married as early as the following year.

‘I reckon we’ll be married by the end of next year,’ she said of her boyfriend, who at that time she had been seeing seven months.

‘He’s the real deal. He’s a super nice guy, supportive, so amazing with my boys’ the former reality star added.

Lisa shares sons Harry, 13, and Bert, 11, with her ex-husband David and they continue to co-parent despite their bitter split.

‘Divorce is horrific… David, lovely guy we were best friends for 15 years… no one was cheating. The love died,’ Lisa said.

It comes after Lisa told The Daily Telegraph that she was left financially struggling after her split from David.

‘The rug was pulled out from under me last year,’ she told the paper at the time.

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Lisa and James, who began dating in 2019, have been head over heels for some time

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In 2019, just eight months after she announced her split from her husband of 18 years, David Oldfield (left), Lisa was already talking marriage with James

‘I had to find money to fund legal bills, find a new home and all the other costs associated with living and I was really at my wits end.’

The reality star claims that she ‘never paid a bill’ and left all the financial decisions to her husband.

‘I’m embarrassed to say this, but until this year, despite funding the bills, I don’t believe I ever paid one,’ she said.

Lisa says she has since taken control of her money and will ‘never let a man’ be in charge of her finances again.

When Carolyn Pride got married on September 3, 1982, Princess Diana went to great lengths to ensure she was there to support her former flatmate on her big day.

The Princess of Wales left ten-week-old William at Balmoral and flew with Prince Charles to the wedding in London.

Diana’s old school friend Carolyn married brewery heir William Bartholomew at Chelsea Old Church 42 years ago today.

The Princess wore a hot pink sailor-style dress boasting a white collar that she paired with a white hat trimmed with navy and matching kitten heels.

After the ceremony, Diana is said to have waved and warmly exclaimed, ‘have a lovely honeymoon’, as the couple drove away together.

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Princess Diana wearing a hot pink sailor-style dress with a white collar to Carolyn Pride’s wedding in 1982

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The princess standing with Carolyn and her husband William Bartholomew after their wedding ceremony

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Diana greeting a bridesmaid at her friends wedding at Chelsea Old Church 42 years ago today

The bride’s mother, Mrs Sally Pride, said at the time: ‘It was jolly nice of the Princess to come – it put the crowning touch on a lovely day.

‘She chatted to all the bridesmaids and was her usual gorgeous self.’

The Daily Mail reported how Charles ‘gave the bride a warm hug’ after the ceremony, while Diana admired her friend’s wedding gown and ‘giggled’.

The couple did not stay for the reception afterwards – held at the Duke of York’s barracks in Chelsea – but instead travelled back to Scotland to be with Prince William.

Before Diana married into the Royal Family she lived with Carolyn and two other flatmates – Virginia Pitman and Annie Bolton.

Diana and Annie had their own bedrooms while Carolyn and Virginia shared. The flat was bought for the princess by her mother Frances and Diana charged the girls £18 a week rent.

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A Daily Mail newspaper report from the wedding detailing how Diana said to the newly wed couple, ‘Have a lovely honeymoon’

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Before Diana married into the Royal Family she lived with Carolyn and two other flatmates – Virginia Pitman and Annie Bolton

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Diana with her son, Prince William, in New Zealand when he was less than a year old

The trio were some of the princess’s closest friends.

They shared many secrets and stories with one another inside the apartment on the corner of Old Brompton Road and The Little Boltons in south-west London – including the details of Diana’s early relationship with Charles.

One of the flatmates, Virginia Pitman, previously told how Diana burst into the three-bedroom flat and said: ‘Just as I would be saying, “Oh my God, I met this guy last night”, Diana was going, “Oh my God I met this guy at the weekend but I have to call him Your Highness.”

Diana also shared the news of her engagement with her flatmates three weeks before it was officially announced.

Carolyn supported Diana during her own wedding preparations and the trio would visit Diana at Buckingham Palace after she moved there.

Virginia recalled: ‘The sweetest thing I can remember is when she moved into Buckingham Palace.

‘She liked to invite us round there sometimes. We were there when her wedding veil arrived.

‘I think it was Carolyn and me and Diana and we were taking it in turns trying it on and imagining what was coming. It was surreal, wandering around her bedroom in the palace wearing the veil.’

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The newly wed couple Carolyn Pride and William Bartholomew in September 1982

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Diana smiling at her close friend as they walk by following their wedding ceremony

When Carolyn lived with Diana, she was studying singing and piano at the Royal College of Music.

An accomplished sportswoman as well as a musician, it was reported that she had too many rosettes and that they wouldn’t all fit in the flat.

During an auction in 2017, ‘intimate letters’ that Diana sent to Carolyn fetched more than £93,000.

Carolyn is one of Prince Harry’s godmothers and attended his 2018 wedding to Meghan Markle.

Her husband is now a party organiser and the couple have two children together.

Victoria Beckham and her husband David has the most resplendent property portfolio and on Friday,

the fashion mogul shared an incredible glimpse of her Cotswolds country mansion in a candid photo on social media.

The former Spice Girl, 50, posted a snap of her adoring beau David standing under the Northern Lights that paid an unexpected visit to the UK.

In the photo, the former footballer was basking in the pink and green sky.

“Aurora borealis,” she penned in the caption. Adding: “This is incredible,” alongside a second image of the beautiful sky.

In the background of the candid shot were the stunning outer details of the couple’s impeccable countryside escape, the unmistakable stone roof and beamed buildings all captured in the images.

We certainly don’t blame the couple for heading down to their Lake District escape as they have everything they need there to enjoy the beautiful British summer weather.

The property truly looks like it could be Soho farmhouse with its chic countryside decor. As for the amenities, the lavish abode boasts a sauna, plunge pool, walled garden, football pitch, gym, swimming pool and a £50,000 BBQ tent – why would you ever want to leave?

As well as their country escape, the Beckhams have a plush West London townhouse in Holland Park as well as a chic penthouse in the One Thousand Museum building in Miami.

Their classic London home is the epitome of chic and contrasting the warm tweed tones of their Cotswold property, has a monochrome theme running throughout, complete with an iconic black and white Harlequin floor.

As for the kitchen, the A-List couple have opted for a dark, glamorous kitchen which an elevated marble worktop.

The 9000 sq ft abode boasts eight bedrooms and seven bathrooms as well as a playroom, gym and spa. The all-star family bought the property in 2016 for reportedly for an eye-watering £24.1 million.

Meanwhile, their stylish Miami penthouse apartment features five bedrooms, free-standing baths, a pool, gym, spa and even a helipad!
Victoria Beckham and her husband David Beckham are truly living the life of luxury with their impressive property portfolio. The fashion mogul recently shared a stunning glimpse of their Cotswolds country mansion on social media, featuring her husband standing under the mesmerizing Northern Lights. The picturesque stone roof and beamed buildings of their countryside escape are truly a sight to behold, making it a perfect retreat for the couple to enjoy the beautiful British summer weather.Their Lake District escape is nothing short of spectacular, with amenities that include a sauna, plunge pool, walled garden, football pitch, gym, swimming pool, and even a £50,000 BBQ tent. It’s a dreamy countryside haven that could easily be mistaken for a Soho farmhouse with its chic decor and luxurious features.In addition to their countryside retreat, the Beckhams also own a plush West London townhouse in Holland Park and a stylish penthouse in the One Thousand Museum building in Miami. Their London home exudes sophistication with its monochrome theme and glamorous kitchen with an elevated marble worktop. The property boasts eight bedrooms, seven bathrooms, a playroom, gym, and spa, making it a lavish space fit for a celebrity family.Their Miami penthouse is equally impressive, featuring five bedrooms, free-standing baths, a pool, gym, spa, and even a helipad! It’s clear that the Beckhams spare no expense when it comes to their luxurious properties, creating beautiful and comfortable spaces for their family to enjoy.Follow us for more updates on celebrity properties and lifestyle, and stay tuned for more fascinating insights into the world of luxury real estate.

David Beckham says the Manchester United squad should not rely on Erik ten Hag to instil motivation ahead of the FA Cup final, arguing that such a drive to win should come natural to them.

United are currently in a slump having won just one of their last seven Premier League games and go into Sunday’s clash with Arsenal on the back of Monday’s 4-0 thumping at Crystal Palace.

The club sit eighth with three games to go, two points off a top six and Europa League spot.

After Arsenal, United face Newcastle and Brighton to see out the league season before the FA Cup final at Wembley on May 25 in what is a repeat of last season’s showpiece.

While at the premiere of Amazon’s ‘99’ treble documentary in Manchester this week, Beckham – who won the FA Cup twice with United – underlined that despite the club’s drab season,

the squad should not be needing any extra external motivation heading into this year’s showdown.

He told talkSPORT: “You’d hope that the manager doesn’t have to do much [to motivate the players]. I think that’s the whole point of being a Manchester United player and playing in these big games.

“You know you should be motivated when you’re a professional footballer and you’re doing the job that you love and you’re at the club that you love. Whether it’s a regular season game or whether it’s an FA Cup final against your rivals, that should be enough motivation.

“If it’s not then you’re in the wrong team and you’re playing the wrong sport. I think at the end of the day, we went into every game, wherever it was a Youth Cup game, a friendly or a European Cup final with the same mentality and the same drive.

“That’s what you’d hope any team and any player for Manchester United, go into an FA Cup final with. I hope the current players can take inspiration from our achievements.”
Manchester United are in desperate need of a turnaround, with their recent form leaving much to be desired. The upcoming FA Cup final against Arsenal is a crucial opportunity for the squad to redeem themselves and finish the season on a high note.David Beckham, a club legend who knows a thing or two about winning FA Cups, believes that the players should not require external motivation to perform at their best. As professionals, wearing the Manchester United shirt should be motivation enough to give their all on the pitch.Heading into the final stretch of the season, with matches against Newcastle and Brighton before the FA Cup final, the players must dig deep and find the drive to secure a top-six finish and a spot in the Europa League. These are not just any games, but opportunities to showcase their talent and pride in playing for such a prestigious club.Beckham’s words serve as a reminder of the mindset required to succeed at Manchester United. Regardless of the circumstances, whether it’s a regular season game or a cup final, the expectation is the same – to give everything for the badge and the fans who support them week in and week out.As fans, we can only hope that the current squad heeds Beckham’s advice and approaches the upcoming challenges with the same determination and hunger for success that defined his era at the club. Let’s rally behind the team and show our support as they aim to finish the season on a high note. Stay tuned for more updates and insights on all things Manchester United.