Prince Harry issues new challenge to brother William

Prince Harry has apparently issued a major challenge to his estranged brother Prince William amid their ongoing rift.

The Duke and his wife Meghan Markle stepped down as senior working royals back in 2020 and moved to US.

Amid King Charles state visit to US, royal expert Rob Shuter has claimed ‘Prince Harry is building a monarchy of his own — without the Palace.’

Writing for his substack, Rob says Harry is no longer trying to win his way back into palace life, adding the Duke has “moved on — and is now trying to build a royal identity beyond the monarchy, without palace approval and far outside its control.”

The sources told the expert the goal of Prince Harry is stop chasing the crown and start becoming the people’s prince.

The close source says, “William gets the institution, Harry wants the audience.”

Archie and Lilibet doting father sees a future built on global causes, emotional access, and high-visibility activism — less palace, more platform. “The model is obvious: Diana, Princess of Wales.”

“He is absolutely following his mother’s playbook,” one source says.

However, the sources warned the Duke “The problem is he is missing what made Diana work.”

Because Diana understood something Harry still does not: “Her power came from challenging the monarchy, not trying to destroy it.”

The expert explains Diana pushed the institution. She frustrated it. She modernized it. But “Diana was still a monarchist. She believed in the Crown, understood its value, and never lost sight of the fact that her eldest son would one day inherit it.”

Harry, insiders say, is trying to borrow Diana’s magic while openly attacking the machine that gave it meaning.