Prince Harry's 'Faux Royal Tour' Down Under Cranked Up Further Tension with Estranged Brother Prince William

Prince Harry's "faux royal tour" Down Under has caused further tension between the Duke and his brother Prince William, according to new claims.

RadarOnline.com can reveal the U.S.-based royal, 41, irked his sibling courtesy of comments made about his former role within The Firm.

Speaking at the InterEdge Summit on April 16, Harry moaned: "I was like, 'I don't want this job. I don't want this role – wherever this is headed, I don't like it."

The Duke of Sussex was referring to his former role as a senior working royal, something he said he had no interest in following the 1997 tragic death of his mom, Princess Diana.

According to insiders, Harry's recent comment has made any chance of a reconciliation between the siblings far less likely to happen anytime, as William, by contrast, has a far more positive outlook on his royal commitments.

A source told US Weekly: "There is a quasi-royal vibe with these trips, and it's confusing. It seems they are trading on old connections in a way that shouldn’t be acceptable because they are no longer working members of the royal family."

The insider continued: "There is frustration over the royal tours they are doing. Every single time William and Kate (Middleton) think they have turned a corner with them, something else pops up. It’s taking steps forward, then steps back.

"Their media omnipresence is something that has created continued strain. It's been a barrier to repairing the relationship."

"Just when the flames of controversy die down, they have an uncanny ability to start another one," the source noted.

The insider added that things "remain distant" between William, 43, and his brother, even though Harry has started to repair his complicated relationship with King Charles.

The source added, "There hasn't been any communication. They will eventually figure it out, but there is still distance there."

Harry met up with dad Charles in September 2025 for the first time in two years, giving royal watchers hope that the brothers would end their feud.

“Just when they (Prince William and Princess Kate) think there is progress, there is something that pushes them back a couple of steps, and they haven't had time to move forward," the insider added, noting that William has "firm boundaries" and is "not pushing for a reunion" with his brother just yet.

Radar recently told how the Sussexes wanted out of the royal family after discovering William would be in control of their finances.

Harry's wife, Meghan Markle, 44, is said to have had a stark wake-up call when she realized she and Harry would never control their own cash, with William ultimately holding the purse strings for the rest of their lives as working royals.

"When she realized that William was going to be in charge of how much they were getting for the rest of their lives, she wanted out," a source close to the Sussexes told former People and Us Weekly Editor-in-Chief Dan Wakeford, who wrote about it in his Celebrity Intelligence newsletter.