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Blood isn’t always thicker than water. Prince William appeared to take a subtle dig at Prince Harry during a royal outing to the regiment once associated with his younger brother. The

incident unfolded on Wednesday, June 4, when the 42-year-old heir apparent visited the Army Air Corps (ACC) in Wattisham, Suffolk. It marked William’s first time touring the regiment since

becoming the colonel-in-chief of the Army Air Corps, and he made a rare comment about family while taking a water break with a group of British soldiers. EXPLORE MORE “Is the pace of life

good at the moment?” the Prince of Wales asked, according to Daily Mail. “Families okay? See you enough?” William continued after one soldier said it was “a mixed bag.” “Some of them might

not want to see you that much,” the prince added. “It’s a mixed bag sometimes.” While it is unclear if William’s comment was a veiled dig at his estranged brother, the remark came at an

interesting time amid his ongoing feud with Harry and Meghan Markle. William took charge of Harry’s former regiment when King Charles named his oldest son colonel-in-chief of the ACC in May

2024. The Duke of Sussex, 40, trained as an ACC pilot in 2009 and later served with the British Army’s combat aviation arm in 2012 and 2013 during his second tour of Afghanistan. Plus, it is

believed that Charles, 76, would have named Harry the Colonel-in-Chief of the ACC if he and his wife had not “stepped back” from their royal duties in January 2020. Harry and William’s feud

goes beyond the older brother’s new title. The royal rift peaked after Harry and Markle, 43, spoke out against Buckingham Palace during their infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey in March

2021. It then continued with the couple’s “Harry & Meghan” Netflix docuseries in December 2022, as well as with Harry’s memoir “Spare” in January 2023. “The underlying issue is trust,”

an insider told People on Tuesday regarding the royal family’s feud. “The King and William don’t trust Harry and Meghan with any kind of confidential conversation.” Meanwhile, Prince William

and his wife, Kate Middleton, 43, have not been seen together with Harry and Markle since Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in September 2022. Although the brothers were both at their father’s

coronation when he officially ascended to the throne in May 2023, they reportedly avoided one another. Then, in August 2024, William and Harry were said to have “kept their distance” once

again while attending a memorial service in Norfolk for their late uncle, Robert Fellowes. “William and Harry were both there,” a witness told The Sun after the service, “but we never saw

them speak to each other and they were keeping their distance.” As for King Charles and Prince Harry, it is said to be “extremely unlikely” that the pair will reconcile anytime soon, even as

the monarch suffers from an undisclosed form of cancer. “Prince Harry is the king’s flesh and blood, so of course he would like some sort of reconciliation with his youngest son,” Helena

Chard, a British broadcaster, told Fox News Digital before Charles’ trip to Canada last week. “However, it’s been over five years since Megxit, and still, Prince Harry is full of animosity,”

she added. “Prince Harry has blown all trust and any reconciliation with his father and the royal family for the moment.”