Prince Harry and Prince William aren't exactly on good terms today, but things weren't always so tense between them. Those who worked in Kensington Palace as the boys grew up got to see the way they interacted in a much more personal light than anyone else, and now, one of those people is speaking out. According to what a former palace chef has said, William and Harry once had a lot of fun together.
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William and Harry were partners in crime in their younger years.
Darren McGrady, who served as a chef to Queen Elizabeth, Prince Philip, and Princess Diana for 15 years, has shared stories in recent years about what it was like watching Harry and William grow up. And so far, all of his stories paint a much happier, closer relationship than the royal brothers have been able to have with each other for a long time.
They even shared the same favorite food: cottage pie.
He said the boys were in the kitchen 'all the time.'
Back in 2020, McGrady told Delish that Will and Harry were always stopping in "whether it was to find out what was for lunch, or to just play hide and seek or to just come through and chat."
They might be grown men with families of their own now, but then, he would have described them as "mischievous." Maybe that's where Prince Louis gets it?
They were known to make a bit of a mess.
"Sometimes they'd want to come through and cook. That was always a worrying experience but it was always fun having the boys in the kitchen," he said. "And although it was a royal palace, they were royal children and just like normal children, they were running around the house, having fun."
That included making a mess — such as accidentally ruining a stuffed eggplant McGrady was making for Princess Diana — but it sounds like the chef was a good sport for allowing the boys to join in.
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He also said Princess Diana took a relaxed approach to their eating.
Rather than stressing over how many vegetables her boys did (or didn't) eat each day, though their nanny would "battle" with them over it, Diana was happy to let them eat dinner in front of the TV on a weekend night.
"She wanted them to be royal princes but at the same time, she wanted them to be children too," McGrady said.
Their relationship is very different today.
With the brothers now living on separate continents, it's hard to imagine how they could end up being as close as they were as kids.
But anything is certainly possible. Maybe they just need to have a long talk over a nice, big cottage pie?
