Prince William Snubs Brother Harry at Jubilee Event, Body Language Expert Says

Prince William appeared to give his brother Prince Harry the opposite of an acknowledgement as they both attended a Jubilee event today, according to a body language expert.

The feuding brothers both attended a service of thanksgiving for the Queen at St. Paul's Cathedral in what was Harry and wife Meghan's first public appearance at a royal event since quitting the monarchy.

Despite coming together at the same event, the pair were seated far apart and were not seen chatting or even standing next to each other.

But despite the distance, body language expert Judy James told the Mirror that William adopted a barrier gesture as he and wife Kate walked past the pew where his brother sat on the way to his seat.

Judy explained that so far there have been no moments between the brothers to signal acknowledgement or a hint of any restoration of their friendship bonding.

Harry looked firmly resigned to the back row here and was not sitting behind his brother as he was for the last service of remembrance.

Harry's expression did suggest some relief as he joked with Zara as he searched for his car on the way out and he threw a wide, open-mouthed grin in her direction from the pews, but otherwise he fell into a haunted eye expression with some rapid blinking to suggest inner anxiety, leaning in and down to Meghan when she spoke as though keen to get some support.

There was the opposite to an acknowledgement from William as he walked past Harry's row during the parade out of the service.

Sucking in his lips and with his chin pulled up in a gesture of resolve, he appeared to turn his head in the other direction for a moment, raising his order of service high in a barrier gesture.

Meanwhile, Judy noted that Meghan's appearance was as perfect as it could have been under difficult circumstances.

She said that her posture was upright and her smile was designed for a calm but low-key appearance.

While Harry's emotions and behaviour seemed to fluctuate between subdued and anxious and odd moments of fun breakouts that looked like another symptom of inner anxiety or tension, Meghan used a small touch on his back as what looked like the only other PDA than their signature hand clasp.

On the other hand, Prince Harry was forced to retreat to the shadows and mix with the junior and most obscure members of the royal family for trooping the colour following his sensational exit from the firm, a royal commentator has said.

Royal expert Richard Kaye said the Duke of Sussex's return to the UK for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee must have been the hardest of homecomings because he was reduced to little more than a spectator at the momentous occasion.

Mr Kaye said that before Meghan Markle came along, Harry was the very essence of a popular 21st century prince.

Prince Harry could be seen chatting to the Duke of Kent and interacting with the family's children.

Mr Kaye said, “for Harry, this must be the hardest of homecomings, because he has been reduced to little more than a spectator.

Unable to appear in military uniform like his brother William and uninvited onto the Buckingham Palace balcony, he might have preferred the obscurity of being among the cousins who reside far down the royal line of succession.”

That affection is no longer guaranteed from Britons who have been wearied by his endless sniping at the royals, at the monarchy and at the country.

The tragedy is that before Meghan came along, Harry was the very essence of a popular 21st century prince.

He was what every romantic expected a dutiful young royal to be, not only good-looking and a brave soldier, but someone who could laugh easily at himself.

Indeed, laughter accompanied him everywhere he went.

Meghan's arrival in his life changed so much of that.