A royal expert is speaking out this week to say that Prince Harry and Prince William are now “back in touch” after a bitter feud tore them apart. She also revealed that Harry being “homesick” in his new home of Los Angeles is what spurred him to make contact with his older brother again.

This comes after the feud between the brothers got so bitter that Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced that they were stepping down as senior members of the British royal family in January. They have since moved across the world to Meghan’s hometown of Los Angeles, California, and thankfully, tensions between the brothers seem to have eased since then.

“There have been clearly some quite major rifts in that relationship, but things have got better and I know that William and Harry are in touch on the phone,” royal expert Katie Nicholl tells Entertainment Tonight. “They have done video calls together, they have done a lot of family birthdays and I think with Prince Charles not being well, that really forced the brothers to pick up the phone and get back in touch.”

Nicholl went on to say that Harry being homesick in L.A. made it the “right time” for them to make amends, adding that the drama between Meghan and William’s wife Kate Middleton has also died down.

“I think there is a sense of relief on both sides that this high drama is now a thing of the past,” she says. “The Sussexes are free to get on with their new lives [and] the Cambridges can get back to their old lives without all the upset and drama that was clearly a big deal behind the scenes. I think Kate and William miss Harry and Meghan to a degree, but certainly they miss Harry [being] around and part of their lives.”

Nicholls said that she even thinks the royal family all participated in a group video call together marking the first birthday of Harry and Meghan’s son Archie.

“I am quite sure there would have been communication between the Cambridges and the Prince of Wales and I am told Harry picks up the phone regularly to his grandmother, the queen,” Nicholl said. “They had that same call on her birthday. I’m sure there was a Zoom birthday call for Archie, too.”

This piece originally appeared in UpliftingToday.com and is used by permission.

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