DIGNITY IN THE FACE OF TREACHERY

After Harry’s savage onslaught on William and King Charles...

BATTLE lines were drawn yesterday as Prince Harry accused his brother of ‘bullying’ him and Meghan out of the Royal Family.

In a brutal finale to the pair’s damning Netflix documentary series, he repeatedly attacked William and claimed to have been ‘terrified’ when he was ‘screamed and shouted’ at in a Sandringham showdown.

Harry said his brother authorised aides to brief against him and claimed their father Charles lied to his face at the same meeting. The Queen supposedly failed to intervene because her ‘ultimate mission’ was to protect ‘the institution’.

Harry, 38, suggested the elderly monarch was being manipulated by family members and courtiers for their own ends, thwarting his attempts to meet her to discuss his and Meghan’s plans to quit as

PRINCE William last night hailed the

‘spirit of togetherness’ at Christmas. The Prince and Princess of Wales and their older children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte, were joined by King Charles and the Queen Consort at Kate’s carol concert at Westminster Abbey.

There were cheers from the public outside, who shouted ‘Kate, we love you’ and ‘Prince William, we love you’.

The Royal Family members gathered for the dignified display of solidarity hours after Harry and Meghan attacked the institution in their US documentary.

Poignantly, William read a passage from the late Queen’s 2012 Christmas message in which Her Majesty said she was ‘always struck by the spirit of togetherness’ at Christmas.

It was a time, she added, ‘when we remember that God sent his only son “to serve, not to be served” ’.

There was no suggestion that William intended the striking message to be contrasted with the example of his brother, who turned on his family in yesterday’s Netflix series. Indeed, it was planned long before the notorious documentary.

But it will have resonated with many of the 1,800 guests gathered in the Abbey for the concert, staged to recognise the ‘selfless efforts of individuals, families and communities across the UK, and celebrate and showcase the joy that human connection and togetherness can bring’.

Kensington Palace said the Together At Christmas carol service, the second concert Kate has hosted, was dedicated to the late Queen and the values she demonstrated throughout her life, including ‘duty, empathy, faith, service, kindness, compassion and support for others’.

The palace said these principles were ‘shared and personified by the inspirational guests who have been invited to the Abbey in recognition of their tireless work to help and care for those around them’.

A Christmas tree was decorated with small Paddington Bear figures – a nod to the late Queen’s famous jubilee comedy sketch – while guests were greeted with atmospheric snowflakes from a snow machine as they arrived at the entrance.

Kate met and thanked those taking part in the service, including Paddington star Hugh Bonneville and singer Melanie Chisholm.

She said that she knows how busy this time of year is for everyone as she told them she was ‘hugely grateful’ for their participation in the event.

Laughing and joking with the guests – and enthusiastically high-fiving youngsters – the princess was heard telling singer Alfie Boe about her own musical skills, saying she needed more practice at singing.

‘On the piano you can slightly hide away a bit more than you can do singing,’ she admitted.

‘Actually my children probably wouldn’t forgive me – I’m not sure whether they think I’ve got a particularly good singing voice. I’ll have to have some lessons.’

Kate also chatted with boxer Nicola Adams and singer Craig

David. The Waleses were perfectly co-ordinated, the princess wearing a festive burgundy coat dress from London- based Eponine, paired with £14 drop ruby earrings from high street retailer Accessorize, a matching shimmering clutch and gloves, and burgundy heels.

Charlotte, seven, wore a £160 burgundy coast from Trotters Heritage, while William donned a shade of navy paired with a matching men’s dress coat and a tie in burgundy.

Sophie, Countess of Wessex, arrived not long after Kate and was soon joined by Princess

Eugenie and her husband Jack Brooksbank, and Princess Beatrice and her husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

Eugenie was seen in the sixth episode of Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series, visiting the Sussexes at their home in Montecito, California.

Other royals present at the Abbey included Zara and Mike Tindall, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, the Duke of Kent, Princess Alexandra, Lady Gabriella Kingston, and Lady Sarah Chatto and her husband Daniel.

Kate had the support of members of her family – her parents Carole and Michael Middleton, her sister Pippa and husband James Matthews, and her brother James and wife Alizee.

Also present were Prince Michael of Kent and his wife Princess Michael – who hit the headlines last week when Netflix revisited the moment she wore a blackamoor brooch to a Christmas lunch that was attended by Meghan in 2017.

Last night’s service will be broadcast on ITV1 on Christmas Eve as Royal Carols: Together At Christmas, narrated by Catherine Zeta-Jones with an introduction by Kate.