Prince William and Prince Harry’s uncle, Lord Robert Fellowes, died on Monday. He was 82.
The cause of death is “undisclosed”, according to his obituary revealed in the London Times on Wednesday.
Fellowes became Princess Diana’s brother-in-law in April 1978, when he married her sister, Lady Jane Fellowes (née Spencer).
The late Princess of Wales was one of Jane’s maids of honor.
The couple welcomed daughters Laura, 44, and Eleanor, 38, and son Alexander, 41, all of whom have yet to publicly address their father’s death.
William, 42, and Harry, 39, have also not released statements about the loss.
However, a former good friend of the Duke of Sussex, who stepped back from his royal duties in 2020 and moved to the US, told The Daily Beast on Wednesday: “The death will likely be a huge blow to the Spencer family. On normal occasions, it would be unimaginable that Harry would not be there to help Jane. … However, these are not normal occasions, and it may be that everyone feels that Harry’s presence[at the funeral]would simply create too much drama. I will probably feel very sad for him if he is unable to attend.”
Robert worked in banking before and after serving as Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II from 1990 to 1999.
Notably, he worked for the late monarch during Diana’s divorce from King Charles III in 1996, following his affair with current wife Queen Camilla.
Robert also suggested Elizabeth the following year, when Diana died in a car accident.
Following the accident, Robert called the late princess “a great and good person” in a press release.
“I used to be deeply in love with her,” he said at the time. “She found it hard in life to find happiness, and I’m sad for people who have that situation.”
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