Grief is a terrible thing, but often a way to bring families together. Royal devotees around the world had hoped that, despite the most tragic circumstances, the death of the late King in September would bring the royal family closer than ever, especially between Prince Harry, his father King Charles, and his brother Prince William. Unfortunately, however, tensions appear to be higher than ever.

As for Harry's relationship with Prince Charles, "Us Weekly" reports that the new king "did great damage" by not allowing Harry to wear his military uniform to the queen's funeral, further exacerbating their rocky relationship, according to royal experts.

"While [the reconciliation] may have been well intentioned, I think the King's initial refusal to allow Harry to wear his military uniform and the fact that Harry and Meghan were relegated to the background and even appeared to be shunned during this funeral did great damage," royal author Christopher Andersen said. 'So I have to wait and see what they do with this.'

Andersen adds that the ever-present and looming specter of the contents of Harry's memoir, Spare, which is scheduled for release on January 10, 2023, will not help. 'That book contains nothing but bombshells. There is no way to avoid offending the king." Andersen says that Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, "want to tell the full and true story" of life inside the royal family, but "it's not always pretty."

When Harry and Meghan stepped down as active members of the royal family in January 2020, Harry lost his royal patronage and his honorary military title. Because of this, and despite ten years of service in the British Army, Harry is no longer allowed to wear his uniform at royal functions, from Trooping the Colour to the Queen's funeral. (The same goes for Harry's uncle, Prince Andrew, who was stripped of his royal title in January of this year following accusations of sexual assault.) According to Us Weekly, Prince Andrew was allowed to wear his military uniform to the final wake of the late Queen "as a special mark of respect. On Saturday evening, "Harry will join seven other grandchildren in Westminster Hall for 15 minutes of silence by the Queen's coffin. Although Harry and Andrew were each allowed to wear their uniforms at two memorial services, neither was allowed to wear their uniforms at the Queen's state funeral on September 19, and the uniform fiasco did nothing to ease the relationship between father and son.

Andersen said that Prince Charles hopes that Harry will one day return to a good relationship with the royal family and that "Prince Charles wants everyone to be there and doing their job. I don't think William is that interested. At the moment, I think he resents Harry more."

The Sun reported that despite the excitement of royal followers hoping for reconciliation when William and his wife Kate and Harry and Meghan took part in a joint walk outside Windsor Castle two days after the late Her Majesty's death, the brothers have barely spoken since news broke of Harry's upcoming tell-all book The report said the brothers have barely spoken since news of Harry's forthcoming tell-all book broke. William and the rest of the royal family are said to be learning the details of Harry's book on the same day the public learns more about it," The Sun reports. [Royal family expert Angela Levin said the royal family is waiting "on edge" for January 10, telling The Sun, "They are getting their lawyers ready to read the book, but you won't see it until it comes out. If it is too bland, it will not be worth the millions of dollars we have already paid". "

Perhaps not surprisingly, due to their ongoing strained relationship, Harry and Meghan have opted to miss the Royal Family Christmas Festival in Sandringham this year, Marie Claire reported yesterday.