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Kirsten McStay & Ryan Merrifield

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle 'refused to reach out' to William and Kate and want 'accountability'

Prince Harry and Meghan arrived back in the UK last week but the pair still haven't spoken to Prince William and Kate despite staying only 700 yards away on the Windsor Castle grounds, it has been claimed.

The Sussexes are said to be waiting for the Cambridges to take "accountability for crossing the line". The pair arrived in the UK on Saturday, and have made their base at Frogmore Cottage, a property that neighbours Adelaide Cottage, where future king William and his family moved this month, writes The Mirror.

The couple made their way to Manchester on Monday for One Young World Summit, where Meghan made her first public speech on these shores since stepping down as a working royal in 2020. They then jetted off to Dusseldorf on Tuesday for the start of the One Year To Go countdown event for the Invictus Games 2023.

They will then travel to London on Thursday where Harry will speak at the WellChild Awards. It comes after the Mirror revealed Prince Charles saw his offer for the pair to stay with him during their trip rebuffed.

Harry and William have only publicly seen each other twice in the past 12 months, with the Sussexes' biographer Omid Scobie claiming the brothers stuck to "polite hellos" and "little else". One insider is reported to have told him: "There's a laughable effort to suggest the [Sussexes] have been shunned. The true story is, they never reached out to the Cambridges."

Mr Scobie says Harry believes William is guilty of "turning his back when support was needed". But at the same time the older sibling is waiting for his brother to apologise for stepping down from the Firm and the damaging allegations Meghan has made during numerous US TV and print interviews.

Harry and Meghan at the One Young World Summit (AFP via Getty Images)

The Sussexes' arrival from California came just days after Meghan's wide-ranging interview with The Cut in which she said it takes "a lot of effort" to forgive and hinted that she can now "say anything". In the interview, running to more than 6,000 words, she said that "just by existing" she and Harry were "upsetting the dynamic of the hierarchy" before they stepped down as senior working royals.

Mr Scobie said in his Yahoo column: "People are desperate for steps to be made but behind the scenes there hasn't been movement. He added that William was "at the centre of a number of painful moments".

"It was a dark time and one that, so far, William has been unprepared to unpack. When you look at the bare facts, it becomes obvious why it is pretty much the same state of affairs as years ago."

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