Harry, 41, then claimed that he wouldn’t bring his wife Meghan Markle and their children Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet back to the UK until security issues were resolved.
The interview with BBC News, which happened soon after Harry lost his court appeal, also resulted in the duke claiming that security matters were the reasons behind his falling out with some of his family members, and that he believes the reason he lost his 24/7 taxpayer-funded security in 2020 was a move by the Firm to try and keep him as a working royal.
He said: “Everybody knew that they were putting us at risk in 2020, and they hoped that my knowing that risk would force us to come back.
“But then, when you realise that didn’t work, do you not want to keep us safe? Whether you’re the government, the Royal Household, whether you’re my dad, my family – despite all of our differences, do you not want to just ensure our safety?”
He later said: “This, at the heart of it, is a family dispute, and it makes me really, really sad that we’re sitting here today, five years later, where a decision that was made most likely, in fact I know, to keep us under the roof.”
It is believed Harry didn’t time the interview deliberately to clash with his niece, Princess Charlotte’s, 10th birthday.
However, the bombshell interview on May 2, 2025, is likely to have angered certain family members who would have preferred the focus remain on the young princess’s big day.
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‘ Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk ’
