Prince William shares 'sadness' as he admits he and Harry are now 'separate entities'

Senior royals were summoned to Sandringham by the Queen. (Image: AFP/Getty Images)

Prince William has spoken of his “sadness” at the broken bond with his brother in the wake of Megxit.

As the Queen pulls an emergency meeting to thrash out the family’s differences, William has expressed sorrow that he and Prince Harry are now ‘separate entities’.

It comes as the Queen ordered an emergency summit at Sandringham do discuss the growing crisis surrounding Meghan and Harry.

According to the Sunday Times, the Duke of Cambridge told a friend: “I’ve put my arm around my brother all our lives and I can’t do that anymore; we’re separate entities.

“I’m sad about that. All we can do, and all I can do is try and support them and hope that the time comes when we’re all singing from the same page.

“I want everyone to play on the team.”

The meeting at Sandringham will be the first time the family has met since Harry and Megan’s bombshell last week.

The couple want to step back from their senior Royal roles.

They say they want to become “financially independent” and divide their time between the UK and North America.

The senior royals will try to sort out the next stage of his proposals to quit the royal family with his wife Meghan.

Following top level meetings between senior royal aides, government mandarins from the UK and Canada and police forces including the Met Police, a series of proposals have been drawn up.

These aim to formulate a working plan to try and appease the Duke and Duchess of Sussex - who have demanded a way out of their royal lives.

The four principle members of the royal family will be given written briefings to digest before they meet in person for the first time since Harry and Meghan published their bombshell statement.

It comes as it emerged Meghan has not spoken to Kate Middleton for six months.

Meghan and Harry have announced their intention to resign from their royal roles immediately so they could pursue a life earning millions of pounds.

It has emerged that Harry and Meghan told Elton John they wanted to quit before telling the Queen.

A senior palace source said Meghan is expected to dial in to the meeting, if it works with her schedule owing to the time difference in Canada where she is staying with the couples eight-month old son Archie after she fled the UK on Wednesday.

They intend to split their time between the UK and Canada after struggling to deal with life in the spotlight and refusing to carry on.