The drama with Prince Harry shows no sign of abating or calming down.
His hoped-for family reunion unravelled into an unseemly row over who said what, when, where could people stay and why exactly he feels unsafe in the UK.
Last week I explored all the behind-the-scenes drama and this week I report why William feels betrayed and possibly even humiliated. But amid all the fire, fury and counter-briefing, I also wanted to convey some of the sadness.
Family breakdown is always hard. Here is a grandfather who desperately wants a relationship with his two grandchildren. A son who wants to see his father. And, indeed, his older brother.
In the end, Harry did manage for his wife and two children to spend a couple of hours with the King at Highgrove. But the one question all my friends have been texting me to ask is why? Why is it so difficult?
To a certain extent it all goes back to the untimely death of Princess Diana. It left both William and Harry understandably deeply traumatised. They actually dealt with it, to some extent, in quite similar ways.
Both hated the press, both blamed them for her death, both were understandably devastated.
'His dithering, paranoia and indecision all served to turn his UK trip into a circus'
But the lasting trauma perhaps explains why Prince Harry is so paranoid about security, and protecting his own family.
He genuinely believes his wife and children aren't safe in the UK without guards armed with guns. Even the offer of accommodation at Buckingham Palace and 'safe passage' in and out wasn't good enough.
I'm no security expert (and surely writing about his 'kill count' of 25 Taliban in his autobiography did not discourage any potential threats or terrorist plots against him), but this seems like an overreaction.
Yet his dithering, paranoia and indecision all served to turn his UK trip into a circus. He tried to bounce the Home Office into giving him Metropolitan Police guards (who can carry guns) and seemed to think that bringing his children would sway it. It didn't work.
I can't understand why he didn't instruct his staff to remain silent, pop his wife and kids in a private jet and hop over to the UK from their month-long European jaunt in total secrecy. See his dad (and crucially be protected when he was with him), spend some family time and then send them back to where they were holidaying.
He could then have done his UK engagements, promoted Invictus and his charities alone.
For me, it was trying to combine the two things - his family and his work - that has proved so difficult.
He is no longer a working royal. And so can't act like one.
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