Long before the bombshell memoirs, the dramatic transatlantic exit, and the devastatingly icy rift that currently divides the House of Windsor, Prince William and Prince Harry were the ultimate royal dream team.
Fiercely loyal and thick as thieves, the brothers were utterly renowned for their incredibly cheeky, rapid-fire banter that constantly left both reporters and the public roaring with laughter. Unafraid to completely roast one another in front of the world’s cameras, their wonderfully relatable sibling rivalry provided some of the most golden, heartwarming moments in modern royal history.
Who could possibly forget their spectacularly hilarious joint interview in 2009, while the pair were living together in a rented cottage during their rigorous helicopter training at RAF Shawbury?
In a brilliant display of big-brother frustration, a smirking William absolutely threw Harry under the bus when asked about their living arrangements.
“Bearing in mind I cook him and feed him every day—I think he’s done very well,” William deadpanned to the cameras, before launching into a ruthless critique of Harry’s domestic skills. “He does do a bit of the washing up, but then he leaves most of it in the sink. And he snores a lot. He keeps me awake all night!”
Not one to take a roasting lying down, a highly amused Harry fired back with impeccable comedic timing. “Oh God, they’ll think we’re sharing a bed!” he joked, before quipping that it was the first time William had ever had to act like “a normal person.”
But perhaps Harry’s favorite, merciless target was the future King’s famously receding hairline!
During a spectacular joint trip to Barbados in 2010, the cheeky Duke of Sussex couldn’t resist a wildly savage dig after William showed off his artistic skills by painting a portrait of a local woman. Examining his brother’s handiwork, Harry brutally remarked: “I don’t know what you’re seeing, but she’s not bald with a ginger beard!”
Harry doubled down on the hair-loss jokes during a later engagement, brilliantly conceding to William’s intelligence while sneaking in a legendary parting shot. “I think he’s definitely brainier than me, we established that at school… along with his baldness,” the grinning Prince famously declared.
Even on William’s incredibly high-pressure wedding day in 2011, Harry proved to be the ultimate, tension-breaking wingman. As a breathtakingly beautiful Kate Middleton walked down the aisle of Westminster Abbey, Harry famously leaned over to his nervous older brother and whispered: “Right, she is here now. Well, she looks beautiful, I can tell you that!”
While the current, devastatingly frosty silence between the once-inseparable brothers continues to break the hearts of royal fans worldwide, these brilliant flashes of razor-sharp wit and genuine affection serve as a powerful, poignant reminder of the incredible, brotherly magic they once shared!
