PRINCE Harry sent an “olive branch” to his brother William and Princess Kate while in the UK, an insider has said.
Harry spent two days in this week and sensationally claimed his police protection had been inside the Royal Family.
During his bitter High Court battle to win back taxpayer-funded UK security, stayed at Coworth Park hotel in Ascot, .
The luxury five-star hotel is less than a 20 minute-drive away from Adelaide Cottage where the Prince and reside.
The duke, 40, did not meet up with the pair but close business friends of Harry claimed he stayed nearby to extend “an olive branch”.
A source told The Express: “His accommodation decision, which was relayed to Wills and Kate through security services, was seen as a potential olive branch to make peace after so many years estranged.”
“Harry really is keen to try to salvage some kind of relationship or even reopen dialogue,” they added.
“They have not had any full-length conversations or discussions since they had some time together around the Queen's passing.”
Meanwhile insiders told PEOPLE Harry's attempts to reconnect with his through calls, texts and messages have been ignored.
It comes after for talking “complete nonsense”.
He claimed his police protection was removed as part of ashadowy plot to trap himin the .
In his latest extraordinary attack, Harry is said to have seen secret evidence which confirmed his “worst fears” about the decision.
He is attempting to sue thebecause it refused to spend taxpayers' money on bodyguards after he left theRoyal Family.
sat partly in private to hear confidential evidence.
The 40-year-old duke was said to be unhappy with what he heard.
As he left the Royal Courts of Justice, Harry toldThe Telegraph“people would be shocked by what's being held back”.
He added that his “worst fears have been confirmed by the whole legal disclosure in this case and that's really sad”.
Harry suggested the decision was an attempt to prevent him and his wife from quitting as working royals and moving abroad.
sources have strongly denied this claim.
Harry said: “We were trying to create this happy house.”
Now the former head of Scotland Yard's Royal Protection has said Harry was “talking complete nonsense”.
Dai Davies told The Mail on Sunday Harry and Meghan's “security arrangements in the UK are considered on a case-by-case basis”.
He said: “He is given a liaison officer who has access to the most up to date intelligence reports.
“The idea that he needs 24/7 armed protection is ridiculous – so too is the idea that Britain is unsafe for him.
“This new argument that he is advancing is frankly bizarre. It was a Ravec decision, pure and simple – nothing to do with the Royal Family.”
Harry's family feud
Princes William and Harry have not been in direct communication since the release of Harry's controversial memoir, Spare, in January 2023.
Their last reported interaction was during the funeral of their grandmother, , in September 2022, but conversations were said to be brief.
The feuding brothers reportedly did not speak to each other despite standing “virtually back to back” among mourners at their uncle's memorial service last August.
The Duke of Sussex and his brother did not exchange a word at the memorial in Snettisham, Norfolk – and Harry stayed at Althorp during the UK stay.
One mourner said: “They were only five yards from each other.”
The brothers have been at loggerheads sincein 2020 for a new life in the US, where they have launched asuccessionof barbs at theRoyal Family.
