The Queen would be "relieved and proud" to see Prince William and Prince Harry together again

Prior to the Queen's death on Thursday, if reports are to be believed, brothers Prince William and Prince Harry were at rock bottom in their relationship, barely speaking and making no plans to meet while Harry and Princess Meghan were in the UK, despite being only a short drive away from each other in Windsor. [And on September 8, the world was rocked by the death of the beloved monarch, who died at the age of 96 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.

Grief is a cruel force to be reckoned with, but if it can do anything, it is to unite. At this moment, the queen "would have been relieved and proud," wrote Jenny Bond in the Mirror.

"If there is a positive legacy from these saddest weeks," she wrote, "it is that the queen's feuding grandsons William and Harry, with his wife by his side, have finally united in their grief.

Bond writes that the new Prince and Duchess of Sussex spent 40 minutes "making their way through the crowd, accepting condolences, hugs, and handshakes. It was the best the Queen could have hoped for."

Despite the bitterness of the past two years since Harry and Meghan stepped down as active members of the royal family in January 2020, "grief has finally brought them together," Bond wrote.

"But almost exactly 25 years ago," she continues, "the death of their beloved grandmother in that Scottish castle where the brothers were awakened in the early morning and told that their mother had been killed in a car crash in Paris, must have crossed the chasm between them. As the new Crown Prince said yesterday in his eulogy, my grandmother was by my side in the saddest of times and in the happiest of times." Last night, it seemed progress was being made"

. [It was Harry and Meghan's last official function as active royals and was fraught with tension.

And the new King Charles III seems to have played a part in restoring family relations, speaking fondly of William and Kate and pouring love on Harry and Meghan as they "build a new life abroad."

"It was an olive branch that both Harry and William seemed to approve of," Bond wrote.

"The road ahead is still fraught with obstacles. There is deep mistrust and doubt about what Harry will write in his memoir, which is scheduled for publication this fall. Concerns that what the Sussexes have said in confidence as a result of their deal with Netflix and Spotify might subsequently appear in podcasts and broadcasts remain pertinent. Last night, however, was an important turning point.

Bond writes that yesterday's walk proved that the two couples "can at least put on a show of unity when necessary. They can conduct themselves with courtesy and dignity."

The road is long, Bond concludes, but "their grandmothers will be relieved and proud."

Yes, somewhere (and the author is certain of this fact), the two most famous women of our time, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Diana, are very, very pleased.