Prince Harry Gets Candid As He Speaks On His Broken Relationship With His Estranged Father, King Charles: ‘I’m Ready For Reconciliation’
The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry has expressed his desire for a reconciliation with the British Royal Family, revealing that his father, King Charles III, refuses to speak to him.
In a recent interview with The BBC, the 40-year-old told the news outlet that he is willing to move on from the animosity that stemmed from him and his wife, Meghan Markle’s departure because he doesn’t “know how much longer” his father, who is battling cancer, has left.
“There have been so many disagreements between myself and some of my family,” he told the interviewer. But he said he’s since “forgiven” them.
“I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point continuing to fight anymore, life is precious,”
Harry added.
His latest clash with the king stems from Harry’s appeal to maintain his tax-payer funded security detail since moving to America — which he lost on Friday.
The legal team behind the decision said it would not be appropriate for Harry to have the publicly-paid-for security since shirking his royal duties.
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Harry said King Charles “won’t speak to me because of this security stuff” — but admitted “I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point,” he told the BBC after the court defeat.
Harry, Charles’ youngest son has been embroiled in the years-long legal saga since the UK government downgraded his security when he left to live abroad with his wife.
Speaking from California, Harry called the court decision a “good old fashioned establishment stitch up” and accused the Royal Household of influencing the ruling.
He alleged the security issue had been “used as leverage” to control him and urged his father and the government to help. He said:
“There is a lot of control and ability in my father’s hands. Ultimately, this whole thing could be resolved through him, not necessarily by intervening, but by stepping aside, allowing the experts to do what is necessary.”
Harry added the original decision to downgrade his protection was “initiated under a previous government, and there is now a new government,” urging Prime Minister Keir Starmer and interior minister Yvette Cooper to intervene.
In a rare statement, Buckingham Palace told the BBC:
“All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”