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Royal fans were surprised to hear that Prince Harry and Prince William will be giving separate speeches at the unveiling of a statue as a memorial for their mother, Princess Diana.

The pair will stand together for the unveiling of the statue in July, but they will not share a stage.

“The brothers will be physically together for the ceremony but want to make their own personal addresses,” an insider told The Sun.

“You might have thought they’d go for a joint statement and speech but that’s not the case. Each has insisted on preparing their own.”

There was hope of a reconciliation between the brothers at their grandfather Prince Philip’s funeral after months of rumours about a rift, but that is looking unlikely.

The news comes after claims from a royal biographer that Prince Harry’s time in the royal family could be over after Prince Charles’ assumes the throne.

“Prince Charles has wanted for a very long time to cut the monarchy down to save costs and to make people be worth the money that they get from the taxpayer,” Angela Levin said, who wrote Harry: A Biography of a Prince in 2018.

“I imagine that might be when Harry and Meghan are ditched from being members of the royal family.”

This article originally appeared on Over60.