Princes William and Harry are just the latest brothers to endure a shattered bond. But recovery can be possible, even after decades of estrangement
The three decades that Angela, 56, didn’t have a relationship with her brother were like a bereavement, she says. “You could say ‘at least they’re still alive’, but they’re not there, so it’s not really any different. The milestones you’re not sharing – when I met my husband, when I had my family …”
She and her brother Robin, three years older, had been very close as children. It was when he got his first girlfriend, who mistakenly thought she had overheard Angela, who was then 17, making derogatory remarks about her, that their relationship blew up. When Robin married his girlfriend, he didn’t invite his sister to the wedding.
