When the limousines arrived to transport mourners from St George’s Chapel’s Galilee porch to Windsor Castle’s private quarters, Prince Charles made the slightest of gestures to lead them back, empty of their royal passengers.

It was an impromptu signal, but it was every bit as powerful as the spine-tingling music that followed the coffin bearing his ‘dear papa’s’ earthly remains to their final resting place in the royal vault.

Rather than hide behind the bulletproof windows of their chauffeur-driven cars, the family walked side by side, removed their face masks, and discussed.

This may have been a risky move, but instead it gave us a hint of the likelihood that William and Harry would be able to put their bitter feud behind them and restore their once strong relationship.

It’s difficult to read too much into this experience because it was too brief, but if the brothers are to reconcile, this was undoubtedly the starting point.

Since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle revealed their intention to leave the royal family, relations between the two brothers are said to have deteriorated.

The siblings’ relations are said to have deteriorated further after the Sussexes gave Oprah Winfrey a candid interview in which they made some sensational claims about the Royal Family.

Though the nation’s thoughts were with Prince Philip, who died on April 17th, all eyes were on Prince Harry and Prince William in the expectation that the two brothers would reconcile.

The two brothers sat separately again in St George’s Chapel, where the family attended the service, but as the royals exited the church, Kate Middleton, Prince William’s wife, who was described as a “peacemaker,” began chatting with Prince Harry, and Prince William soon joined in. Instead of taking separate rides, the trio walked to the castle. William and Harry seemed to get along as they walked and talked side by side.

This was the first hint of Charles’ new position as family head, who needs both of his sons more than ever before.

He was putting down his first act as the Royal Family’s new paterfamilias by sending his car away. The rest had no choice but to comply, which they did.

The two brothers putting together a united front to support the Queen as she mourns her husband and perhaps reconciling was what the British media and royal observers predicted to happen.