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King Charles' heartbreaking 9-word plea to Prince Harry and Prince William

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King Charles made a heart-wrenching appeal to his feuding sons, Prince Harry and Prince William, as their relationship continued to sour.

The brothers were famously close during their childhood but their bond has been strained over the years, especially after Harry and Meghan Markle's departure from the UK in 2020.

The couple relocated to Montecito, California, and have since participated in several high-profile interviews revealing insights into the Royal Family.

Harry previously disclosed a poignant plea from Charles, who celebrates his 76th birthday today, during a heated discussion about Harry's royal exit.

In his explosive memoir Spare, Harry wrote: "After [William] he'd shut me down several times, he and I began sniping, saying some of the same things we'd said for months - years. It got so heated Pa raised his hand. 'Enough'.

"He stood between us, looking at our flushed faces: 'Please, boys don't make my final years a misery'. His voice sounded raspy, fragile. It sounded, if I'm being honest, old."

Harry and William used to be close but are now estranged (Image: Dominic Lipinski/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Harry revealed that this moment reminded him of his grandfather, Prince Philip, and led him to take a closer look at his brother. He noticed William's "alarming baldness" and his "famous resemblance" to Princess Diana, which Harry claimed was "fading with time", reports Aberdeen Live.

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Harry added: "In some ways he was my mirror, in some ways he was my opposite. My beloved brother, my arch nemesis, how has this happened?".

According to royal expert Jennie Bond, Princess Diana would have intervened to resolve the issues between her sons, saying: "I believe Diana would have sorted things out between the boys long ago. She would have understood both sides, having rebelled against the system herself."

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Meanwhile, Princess Diana's biographer Andrew Morton expressed that she would be "mortified" by the current state of William and Harry's relationship. The author of Diana: Her True Story stated on 'Pod Save the King': "There is no question about it, she'd be mortified that William and Harry have got themselves into this emotional tangle. She always said to me on numerous occasions that Harry was William's wingman, that he was the second boy born into the Royal Family."

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