Speaking about the frosty relationship between the two brothers, royal commentator Jane Moore referred to Princess Anne’s tumultuous relationship with ex-husband Mark Phillips. Despite the tensions, the couple showed unity at their daughter’s wedding last week.
Moore said the royal family usually considers it “vulgar” to experience “bruised emotions” after a split.
Writing for The Sun, she said Princess Anne’s plight may give the Cambridges and Sussexes “a much-needed perspective” about their disagreement.
She wrote, “If the Phillips clan can show unity after all they’ve been through, surely a little squabble over the bridesmaids’ tights can be resolved?”
Princess Anne watched as her ex-husband, Captain Mark Phillips, walked his second-marriage daughter Stephanie down the aisle on Saturday.
Stephanie, 24, grew up on the estate of Anne’s Gatcombe Park, where Captain Phillips, 73, continued to live after Anne’s divorce in 1992.
The setup meant that Stephanie was raised close to her half-siblings Zara and Peter Phillips, who were there with their partners Mike Tindall and Lindsay Wallace to watch her tie her tie with her long-time partner William Hosier.
Any tension between the Princess Royal, 71, and her ex-husband, who was there with his new girlfriend Lindsay Wallace, was not shown when they watched their young daughter say I did.
In keeping with the sense of marital and ex-marital harmony, Peter’s ex-wife Autumn also attended the ceremony with her new boyfriend, property developer Donal Mulryan.
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Ms Moore said Princess Anne met Mark Phillips in 1968, while she was still “in love” with Andrew Parker-Bowles – whom she was not allowed to marry because he was a Catholic.
She wrote: “So he got married, you guessed it, a young woman named Camilla, who ended up having an affair with Princess Anne’s brother, Charles, and is now our future Queen Consort.
“If all of the above were to take place on The Jeremy Kyle Show, there would be widespread criticism of the declining morality that threatens the fabric of society, blah, blah, blah.”
Moore said the royal family’s “disdain” for vulgarity usually “prevents them from behaving badly after a split — hence the hodgepodge of exes, currents and mixed-race siblings who showed up to celebrate Stephanie’s wedding”.
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Speaking of Princess Royal’s unusual family arrangement, Ms. Moore said Harry and William should “take a leaf out of her book” and solve their problems.
The two royal brothers have kept their distance since the Sussexes chose to part ways with their senior royal roles and move to the US in 2020.
The couple’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey then followed months of disagreement between the two royal couples.
During the interview, the Duke of Sussex explained that Kate had made her cry in the days leading up to her wedding to Prince Harry, due to a problem with bridesmaid dresses.
An insider claimed the fallout was over whether the bridesmaids should wear tights or not, with Kate wanting to follow protocol while Meghan didn’t want them to wear tights.