Prince William Dodges New York Showdown With Prince Harry

As provocations go, it’s hard to see a bigger one than Prince Harry announcing this week that he was making a trip to New York during the one week in the year when Prince William might have conceivably been in the city as well.

The estranged brothers no longer speak to each other, with William most recently ignoring a get-well-soon message sent by Harry to his wife, Kate, after she was diagnosed with cancer. William is particularly irritated by Harry’s continued insistence on calling his wife Kate, rather than her preferred moniker, Catherine, as The Daily Beast has exclusively reported.

So when Harry’s team announced Tuesday that he would be visiting the city, “during UN General Assembly High Level Week and Climate Week” (otherwise known as 22-29 September) royal observers were quick to note that Prince William’s big annual American event, a conference in support of his Earthshot Prize, which aims to find technological solutions to the climate crisis, takes place in the city in Climate Week as well.

Read more at The Daily Beast.