Much of the British press focused their front pages on Sunday on the walk of the newly-titled Prince and Princess of Wales with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Saturday night at Windsor Castle, where they inspected the tributes left at his grandmother the queen.
There were various interpretations of what the joint appearance of William and Harry meant. According to the Sunday Telegraph, they “came together in grief”. Claiming the four had “rarely seen each other” since Harry and Meghan announced their intention to step back from royal duties, the paper said they put their differences aside.
The people said they were united in “great peace”
The Sunday Mirror took a similar line, saying the siblings were “brought together by grandma”, describing the joint appearance as an “olive branch” from the future King William to his brother.
On Sunday, The Sun described them as “disputing royals” and went for a Three Musketeers motif with the headline “All 4 one”. He said they had come together “drastically” in what a royal source told the newspaper was “an important show of unity for the Queen”.
The Mail on Sunday stated that the brothers “reunited”, although a body language expert was inside examining the footage and described Harry’s posture during the 10-minute walk as “defensive ” and “guarded”.
The Sunday Times opted for a simple cover with a blue photograph from early in the Queen’s life.
The Observer chose an image of the newly proclaimed King Charles III and a headline about him assuming the “weighty duties of sovereignty” as he presided over the latest developments in Russia’s war against Ukraine.