Prince Louis Said to Be Wondering About Prince Harry

Are Prince George, Princess Char­lotte, and Prince Louis Grow­ing Up Too Fast? A Roy­al Rift with Uncle Har­ry Rais­es Con­cerns

It feels like only yes­ter­day that the world cel­e­brat­ed the births of Prince George, Princess Char­lotte, and Prince Louis — yet today, they are quick­ly grow­ing into young per­son­al­i­ties in their own right. Prince George is already step­ping into the shad­ow of his future role as king, while Char­lotte and Louis are expect­ed to have equal­ly event­ful roy­al paths ahead. Still, Prince William and Kate Mid­dle­ton remain deter­mined to give their chil­dren as nor­mal a child­hood as pos­si­ble, ensur­ing they can enjoy the sim­ple joys of being kids before duty calls.

Across the Atlantic, how­ev­er, their cousins Prince Archie and Princess Lili­bet are liv­ing a very dif­fer­ent life. Raised in Cal­i­for­nia, far from the con­stant gaze of the British press, Har­ry and Meghan’s chil­dren are being shield­ed from roy­al scruti­ny — though their par­ents’ every move con­tin­ues to keep them in the pub­lic spot­light.

Sad­ly, reports sug­gest that George, Char­lotte, and Louis have lost touch with their uncle Har­ry. This is par­tic­u­lar­ly heart­break­ing, con­sid­er­ing the close bond George and Char­lotte once shared with him before Har­ry stepped away from roy­al duties. Now, roy­al experts warn that this estrange­ment could cast a long shad­ow over the next gen­er­a­tion of roy­als — not only for William and Kate’s chil­dren but for Har­ry him­self, who once dreamed of being a con­stant pres­ence in their lives.

Harry’s own words in his mem­oir Spare reveal just how much he longed to be includ­ed. “I took it for grant­ed that I would be invit­ed to their house at any moment. But the days went by, and it didn’t hap­pen,” he admit­ted, adding that he had hoped things might change once he mar­ried. Though he was able to form a warm con­nec­tion with George and Char­lotte, Louis was bare­ly a tod­dler when his uncle left the U.K., leav­ing lit­tle room for a real bond to devel­op.

Today, as the three young roy­als blos­som before the pub­lic eye, the absence of their once-beloved uncle is increas­ing­ly evi­dent. For many roy­al watch­ers, the ques­tion remains: will bridges be rebuilt in time for George, Char­lotte, and Louis to tru­ly know Har­ry — or will the next gen­er­a­tion grow up divid­ed, just as the old­er one has?

Prince Harry’s Bond with Prince George, Princess Char­lotte, and Prince Louis

That said, Har­ry has made it clear that he wants to be a part of the children’s lives. Not only that, but anoth­er sad part of his “exile” is that his chil­dren, Prince Archie and Princess Lili­bet, have pret­ty much nev­er seen their cousins.

As men­tioned, Louis has nev­er expe­ri­enced the sort of rela­tion­ship with his uncle Har­ry that his elder sib­lings did, sim­ply because he was too young. But when the young prince was chris­tened, Har­ry went to lengths to ensure he gave his youngest nephew a great present.

When Louis was chris­tened, Har­ry put in plen­ty of work to get the per­fect gift. Look­ing back, he remem­bered how his moth­er, Princess Diana, had a great pas­sion for col­lect­ing first edi­tions. There­fore, Har­ry want­ed to start a new chap­ter with his nephews and nieces, there­by keep­ing the tra­di­tion alive.

“One of Harry’s hap­pi­est child­hood mem­o­ries was being read a bed­time sto­ry by his moth­er. She loved all the old clas­sics, and Har­ry had the bril­liant idea of start­ing a lit­tle library of first edi­tions for Louis, Char­lotte, and George to enjoy as they get old­er,” a close source told the Dai­ly Record.

Prince Harry’s special gift to Prince Louis was inspired by his mother

Har­ry went shop­ping and bought an orig­i­nal edi­tion of A. A. Milne’s Win­nie the Pooh. It cost him about £8,000 ($10,000).

It was pre­vi­ous­ly report­ed Har­ry opt­ed for a rare copy from the ini­tial print run of 30,000 copies in 1926.

“He orig­i­nal­ly want­ed to get Lewis Carroll’s Through The Look­ing Glass, which was on sale for £24,000, but decid­ed Win­nie-The-Pooh would be more suit­able for a first tome. Robin­son Cru­soe was William’s favorite book, but Har­ry loved all things A.A. Milne,” the source con­tin­ued.

But while Har­ry undoubt­ed­ly adores his brother’s chil­dren, sad­ly, he also har­bors con­cerns. In an inter­view with The Tele­graph to pro­mote his book, the Duke stat­ed his wor­ries about Princess Char­lotte and Prince Louis becom­ing “spares” just like him.

“Though William and I have talked about it once or twice, and he has made it very clear to me that his kids are not my respon­si­bil­i­ty, I still feel a respon­si­bil­i­ty know­ing that out of those three chil­dren, at least one will end up like me, the spare,” Har­ry said.

“And that hurts, that wor­ries me.”

Har­ry con­tin­ued: “I was brought into the world in case some­thing hap­pened to Willy, I was sum­moned to pro­vide back­up, dis­trac­tion, diver­sion and, if nec­es­sary, a spare part. Kid­ney, per­haps. Blood trans­fu­sion. Speck of bone mar­row. This was all made explic­it­ly clear to me from the start of life’s jour­ney and reg­u­lar­ly rein­forced there­after.”