A royal expert is speaking out this week to say that it is unlikely that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will be reuniting with Prince William and Kate Middleton anytime soon.

“I think the idea of seeing this reprisal of the Fab Four — Harry and Meghan, William and Kate — is really so far down the future,” royal expert Katie Nicholl told Entertainment Tonight. “It’s almost quite hard to even envision it at the moment. So much has happened. There is so much hurt on either side.”

There has been a rift between the two couples ever since Harry and Meghan stepped down as senior royals last year. it was only made worse last month, when Harry and Meghan gave an explosive tell-all interview about the British royal family to Oprah Winfrey.

“It is safe to say there were meetings with family members and certainly Prince Harry did have some time with his grandmother, the queen, before he went back to L.A.,” Nicholl added. “It was Prince Charles’ idea to get the boys together after the wake. There really wasn’t any other time as Prince Harry was in self-isolation for the days leading up to the funeral for them to get together.”

Nicholl went on to say that the three men walked around the grounds of Windsor Castle as they adhered to COVID-19 restrictions.

“I think it was quite an important meeting and, as I said, it was Charles’ suggestion. William was also there, and Harry was also happy to go along with that. And that really was the first time that the three of them, father and sons, were able to come together and have a private, informal meeting,” she said.

Nicholl explained that the issues within the royal family are “not going to be resolved in one or two family meetings,” adding that while this has been an important step, “I think there’s still quite a way to go.”

“The idea that Harry’s suddenly going to come around to William’s way of thinking, and vice versa, I think is a way off. I think there do need to be more conversations, there’s clearly still a lot of hurt, a lot of resentment, and a degree of mistrust on both parts,” she continued. “It’s early days, but I think the hope is that come July — when we are hoping to see the brothers stand once again shoulder by shoulder to unveil the statue in memory of their mother[Princess Diana] — that the relationship will be stronger and in a better place.”

Nicholl then said that Kate acted as a “peacemaker” during Prince Philip’s funeral.

“I think Kate played a big part in getting William and Harry talking,” she concluded. “You could see when she went to speak to Harry after the funeral he visibly relaxed, his shoulders dropped, he just looked relieved to be included, because I think up until that point, he felt very much like he was getting the cold shoulder from most of his royal relatives. Kate’s really gone out of her way to be a peacemaker and to help the brothers get back on track.”

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