Royal family news: Insider slams Prince Harry over explosive BBC interview
There is “zero trust” between the royal family and Prince Harry after the Duke of Sussex aired his laundry in public yet again as part of an explosive BBC interview.
That’s according to a royal insider who spoke out following the furore surrounding the Duke’s bombshell appearance on British television.
The interview followed Prince Harry’s legal loss in which he failed to convince the High Court that he should be provided with government-funded security when visiting the UK.
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By continuing you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy.“I would love reconciliation with my family, there’s no point in continuing to fight anymore,” he said during the BBC interview.
“Life is precious, I don’t know how much longer my father has, he won’t speak to me because of this security stuff.”
But rather than present an olive branch, the Duke’s public airing of royal family business angered the establishment — and the King — even more.
“There is zero trust,” an insider told British magazine Hello.
“The family feels that private conversations with Harry are not possible.”
A former friend also reportedly told the publication that Prince Harry needed “the world to forgive him”.
“His family have never bent on their stance, which is that he should not take up issues in public,” the friend was quoted as saying.
And a source sympathetic to Prince Harry also piled on, telling Hello that his public battles had taken their toll.
“He sees things everywhere, he picks battles with everybody, and that’s tiring,” they said.
“You can’t live in permanent battle mode. You’re a 40-year-old man. You’ve got to stop fighting the world.”
The interview also sparked concerns for Prince Harry’s mental health amid a tumultuous few months for the royal.
Daily Mail royal editor Rebecca English described his actions as as a “monumental hissy fit”.
“Some aspects of it are really very disturbing,” Ms English said.
“He effectively said that he believed there were people who actively wished him harm, and he felt those people would see what happened ‘as a win’, as he described it.
“Where Harry goes from here, I don’t know.
“He has obviously had a monumental hissy fit on television afterwards, to put it mildly.”
