As Prince Harry turns 40, royal experts suggest that the royal family’s supportive gestures are meant to safeguard their reputations against future criticisms from Harry, whose ongoing estrangement from family and controversial memoir have sparked widespread disapproval.

Seward also suggested that, although the brothers weren't always close, they found an unbreakable bond following the tragic death of their mother, Princess Diana, in 1997. "They were only really close after their mother died," Seward alleged. "Of course, they unified and they were the only two people that knew what it felt like."

Amid speculation that Meghan Markle had been cropped out of the photo King Charles and Prince William used to send well-wishes for Prince Harry's 40th birthday, Buckingham Palace confirmed that was not the case.