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IT’S been five years since Prince Harry ditched royal duties and relocated to California, and relations with his family are said to still be frosty.

However, according to royal experts, the key to the Duke of Sussex reconciling with his family is his cousin Princess Eugenie.

Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, biographer Hugo Vickers said: “The great hope for that [reconciliation] is Princess Eugenie, 35.

“I think because there was some talk of him going to have a house in Portugal.

“She is the one who is still able to be in touch with them and she, I suspect, could be the one who could link the children together.”

However, there could be some tension between Prince Harry, 40, and his last remaining royal ally Princess Eugenie, who is mum to August, four, and one-year-old Earnest.

Despite Harry and Meghan buying an investment property in Portugal near Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, and holidaying there in 2023, the relationship is said to have faltered in recent years. 

It is understood the friendship foundered after she was photographed last April with Piers Morgan — a strong critic of Harry and Meghan. 

A friend said: “A dim view was taken of this, as Piers has clashed with Meghan and Harry in the past. 

“Eugenie has been supportive of Harry and Meghan for years and was right there at the beginning of their relationship — but it has now soured.” 

The Sun’s Royal Editor Matt Wilkinson said on the recent show: “They went for a pub lunch and there was a bit of upset in Montecito because obviously Piers Morgan and Meghan have bashed heads in the past and Harry have bashed heads in the past and that they took a dim view of Eugenie going out for a pub.”

Hugo added: “Well I hope that relationship does survive because I think that’s a really important link”, to which Matt replied: “It’s the last remaining link.”

Speaking of Prince Harry’s fractious relationship with King Charles and Prince William following his damning Spare memoir and Netflix documentary, the royal biographer said: “Well the King’s left the door wide open for him.

“But then there’s this sort of issue that Prince Harry seems to think the royal family should be apologising to him whereas it should be the other way around and the King’s got a lot of other things on his mind but he has never responded to anything. 

“He’s left the door open.

“We don’t know whether anything is going on behind the scenes.”

The historian claimed that Prince Harry has got “much more hope of reconciliation” with King Charles than with Prince William.

Matt responded: “Well I think the general feeling is that Harry probably needs to apologise – either publicly or privately and then we can move on.”

The royal expert also spoke of how Prince Harry’s family feud means that Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, are not growing up knowing their British cousins, Prince George, 11, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Prince Louis, seven.

Hugo said: “Those children are going to resent at some point the fact they’re suddenly going to realise that their first cousin is a future king. 

“They could have been enjoying life at Windsor and all sorts of things.

“Children are not stupid. I mean they’re going to realise that at some point and probably want to have some sort of connection.”

Secret Californian auntie

This follows it being revealed that Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet have a secret “auntie” in California.

On the third episode of Confessions of Female Founder, the Duchess of Sussex, 43, said her two kids refer to one of her friends as “Auntie Kadi” when she arrives.

On this week’s show, Meghan sat down with “dear friend” and A-list colourist Kadi Lee, co-founder of Highbrow Hippie – which the duchess invested in last year – and said she is a huge hit with the kids.

Entrepreneur Kadi candidly shared on the podcast: “Maybe I’ll try a stint in Europe. 

“I’m just a really naturally curious person, and I was not blessed with kids. 

“I’m still holding out hope I might be a step mum or, you know, one day, but for right now, I’m just super aunt.”

Meghan cut in: “I mean, our kids love Auntie Kadi.”

Princess Lilibet and Prince Archie also call Meghan’s close pal and tennis legend Serena Williams “auntie.”

During the podcast Meghan made no reference to the kids’ real auntie, Princess Kate. 

The Princess of Wales, 43, first met Archie a week after his birth in May 2019 with Prince William.

However, it is not known if Kate has met Princess Lilibet, who was born in 2021 in California. 

Shortly after the birth, Kate said: “I can’t wait to meet her. We haven’t met her yet. I hope that will be soon.”

It is thought that Archie and Lilibet also have no relationship with women on Meghan’s side who could be aunts, including her half-sister Samantha Markle.

A timeline of Prince Harry's family feud

The first hints of friction reportedly came after William was introduced to Meghan when she was staying at Kensington Palace.

Once she’d returned home to Canada, William and Harry sat down for a brother-to-brother chat.

He knew Harry was already head-over-heels for her but it has been claimed he advised him to take it slowly.

The younger prince reportedly didn’t take too kindly to the advice, with one royal source saying he “went mental”.

Then in June 2019 Harry and Meghan officially split off from the charity they shared with William and Kate.

The Royal Foundation will be divided between the Sussexes and Cambridges as the couples focus on their own separate charitable endeavours.

Prince William and Prince Harry first established the Royal Foundation in 2009 before Kate joined two years later shortly after their engagement was announced.

The trio would often appear together at events and the Foundation had huge successes with projects like the Invictus Games for injured veterans and the mental health Heads Together campaign.

The Royal Foundation said the decision was made following the conclusion of a review into its structure – but added both couples will continue to work together in the future.

Harry and Meg were living in close proximity to Kate and Wills within the Kensington Palace estate, but they switched to Frogmore Cottage in Windsor before baby Archie was born.

The move further increased rumours of a fallout.

Harry also hinted in his ITV documentary “Harry and Meghan, An African Journey” that he and his brother had grown apart.

In 2021, Harry and Meghan give their bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey where Harry accused his dad of cutting him off financially.

Harry then jetted back to UK to join William in unveiling a statue to their mother Princess Diana in the grounds of Kensington Palace. But sources claimed William didn’t want to attend the memorial amid their ongoing rift.

In 2022, just before their grandmother the Queen died, sources claimed Kate acts as a “peacemaker” between the brothers.

Harry claimed his brother “knocked him to the floor” during an argument about Meghan, in his memoir.

In Spare, Harry said William branded Meghan “rude” and “difficult” during a row.

Harry alleged William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor”.

He said he was left with a visible injury to his back following the argument in 2019 at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where he was living at the time.

In January this year, Harry flew in to be with Charles after the monarch’s shock cancer diagnosis.

Harry flew back to the US the following day – without seeing Wills. 

In May he visited the UK for a three-day visit without seeing King Charles or Prince William.

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