Prince William has a blossoming bond with another well-known figure in the Royal Family – England Rugby World Cup winner Mike Tindall.
The annual Royal Walk brought a lot of cheer to onlookers and a lot of attention to Tindall, who is married to Prince William’s cousin Zara.
He and Willam are close friends and charming Mike works well in the role of uncle figure to William’s three children, says royal expert Jennie Bond.
Appearing on TalkTV, Bond said: “I think, what was really interesting, was Mike Tindall, he had his arm around George, at one point. And what we see in Mike Tindall, is the uncle, that they lost in Harry.”
“William may have found a brother in Mike Tindall, the brother he lost.”
William and Zara are the same age at 41 and grew up together.
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Bond continues of Tindall: “He isn’t an uncle, of course, he’s a cousin, by marriage, but he acts, and is loved, like an uncle, by the kids and all alike, like the lost uncle.”
She doesn’t see a return to old ways between Harry and William in the near future, saying William has “moved on”, but adds “maybe there will be some sort of warmth between Harry and his dad.”
William and Harry were very close growing up, and relied on each other following their mother’s death, but even so, they’ve since grown apart.
