Prince William decides to take 'leaf out of Harry's book' despite their feud

Prince William has taken a "leaf out of Harry's book" following the candid admission about modernising the Royal Family. The Prince of Wales has announced his plan to modernise the Royal Family, amid an ongoing rift with Harry, his younger brother.

Vanity Fair royal editor Katie Nicholl believes Prince Harry would be "probably sitting there thinking this is what I've been saying all along." She said: "Let's be more open, let's show more empathy, let's do things a little bit differently."

Discussing the dad-of-three, who is the heir to the throne, the royal insider and commentator told the Sun: "I think we have seen the royals take a leaf out of his book." Ms Nicholl added: "It's one thing opening up, it's one thing seeing the King give a big hug to someone rather than just shake their hand."

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William said: "I'm trying to do it for my generation. And to give you more of an understanding around it, I'm doing it with maybe a smaller R in the royal if you like." Ms Nicholl went on and added: "I think it's modernising at some pace, but I think it's only now had the opportunity to do that because the late Queen's reign was so lengthy, it didn't have the opportunity to modernise the way it is now.

"It can't jump too quickly ahead of the curve, it has to keep up. It had to change, that's the point." And Ms Nicholl, the royal insider, also said she believes that the Royal Family would have previously kept this secret. She also said: "That's fine, that's relatability, connectability and empathy, but the backbone of what they do isn't going to change.

"That service to others, lifelong commitment to duty, that backbone that props the whole institution up, that's not going to change."