The Duke of Sussex has claimed the King will not speak to him and he does not know ‘how much longer my father has’ as he spoke of his hopes for a ‘reconciliation’ with his family.
In a BBC television interview after losing the latest round in his court battle over his security in the UK, Harry, 40, said: ‘this, at the heart of it, is a family dispute’.
When asked if Charles had been approached to use his influence in Harry’s legal problems, the duke appeared to imply the King was a hindrance, a comment likely to deepen the rift with his father and his brother, the Prince of Wales.
He added he feared other members of his family ‘will never forgive him’.
Harry to ‘write to Home Secretary’ and thinks PM should step in over security
Prince Harry has called on the Home Secretary to step in and review the body which authorises protection for senior royals – as he issued a fresh statement on his failed bid for security in the UK.
After the court’s decision on Friday, the 40-year-old said he would ask Yvette Cooper to ‘look at this very, very carefully’, and warned that the royal family’s power over security means it ‘can be used to control’ family members.
When asked whether Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer should ‘step in’, Harry told the BBC: ‘I think that based on the judgment that the court has put out today, it clearly states that Ravec are not constrained by law.
‘Again, I wish somebody had said that from the beginning.’
He continued: ‘Yes, I would ask the Prime Minister to step in.’
Prince Harry’s bombshell interview where he dished out the details of his strained relationship with his father is a ‘sad and sorry saga’, a royal expert has said.
The Duke of Sussex last night launched a blistering attack on King Charles, saying he ‘won’t speak to me’ and that he ‘doesn’t know how much longer he has left’.
He also revealed he will not bring his wife or children back to the UK – and said he had had ‘so many disagreements’ with his family, some of whom ‘may never forgive’ him for writing a book.
It comes as a royal insider claimed that while Harry may want to repair the relationship with his family, Charles is still frustrated and upset with his son.
A friend of the King said it would have been ‘constitutionally improper’ for him to intervene in the court case.
What is this latest court dispute about?
Harry’s level of security changed in 2020 when he and Meghan stepped down as working royals and moved to California for financial and personal freedom.
He has since argued the royal family and officials hoped his realisation of the increased safety risk ‘would force us to come back’.
The duke lost a Court of Appeal challenge over his security arrangements while in the UK and said in the TV interview he ‘can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK’.
He failed in his appeal against the dismissal of his High Court claim against the Home Office, over the decision of the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) that he should receive a different degree of protection when in the UK.
He has been fighting the ruling ever since, but suffered another loss on Friday.
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Good morning and welcome to MailOnline’s live blog following all the latest reaction after Prince Harry’s interiew with the BBC.
Yesterday he lost the latest leg of a legal battle concerning the security he and his family are offered in the UK at the High Court.
He then spoke to the BBC and said he is keen for rapprochement with his family – but that his father ‘won’t speak ton him’ and he fears other relativws will ‘never forgive him’.
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Prince Harry latest: Reaction to Duke of Sussex’s interview as he says King Charles won’t speak to him and other royals may ‘never forgive him’
