Prince Harry revealed the painful “rift” between himself and his family in the pages of his memoir, Spare, last January. Thus, the problematic relations between the two brothers became known.

However, almost a year after the release of “Spare,” “absolutely nothing has changed,” says author Omid Scobie, whose new book “Endgame” comes out Nov. 28, according to “People.”

In fact, the pain and anger between the two brothers – one, the Prince of Wales and future king and the other, the Duke of Sussex and a Californian – has given way to indifference, as the author points out.

“I saw Harry’s release of ‘Spare’ as his last attempt to tell his family how he had been feeling for years,” says Scobie, who chronicles both the “breakup” of the royal family and the weakening of the modern monarchy in “Endgame.” “Because clearly there has never been an open enough forum to have these conversations or share these feelings».

The royal family, of course, is not known to pay much attention to… feelings. In “Endgame,” Scobie writes that perhaps more than at any other time in history, the family ignores its internal “rifts” at its own peril. And as, says Scobie, crown prince william “has prioritized his loyalty to the monarchy, even tacitly working with the British press to undermine his brother Harry».

When writing “Endgame,” “I was speaking to a source close to the palace who called Harry a “renegade” and said that was William’s view“, says the author. “These are two men whose views were once the same. One of them had to step forward to protect the crown as well.”

Harry and William

Even if the monarchy endures, the question remains whether it was worth sacrificing the fraternal bond. “These are rather sad realizations that will come very late in the journeyScobie says pointedly. “In the eyes of some within the institution, Harry is a “threat” to the crown. His freedom to express his own opinion has made him an enemy». Therefore and for the brothers, he adds, “there is no going back…».