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Prince Harry may have put his fragile reconciliation with his father, King Charles III, at risk by giving an interview after their meeting in London last week, telling The Guardian<\/a> he has no regrets about sharing royal secrets or criticizing family members in his 2023 memoir, \u201cSpare,\u201d according to a royal expert.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cIt was a series of corrections to stories already out there,\u201d Harry told The Guardian during an interview which took place during his surprise visit to war-torn Ukraine on Friday, following four days in London. \u201cOne point of view had been put out and it needed to be corrected.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public,\u201d the California-based Duke of Sussex continued. \u201cIt was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear.\u201d He also said that his wife, Meghan Markle, assured him he could do no wrong by telling \u201cthe truth.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cShe said \u2018just stick to the truth,’\u201d Harry said. \u201cIt is the thing I always fall back on. Always.\u201d<\/p>\n While Harry may insist that his \u201cconscience is clear,\u201d his \u201cuncompromising\u201d view that he\u2019s usually in the right, both about speaking out against his family and his version of family conflicts, \u201cmay sound warning sirens about whether reconciliation is possible in the long-term,\u201d Newsweek\u2019s royal correspondent Jack Royston wrote.<\/a> In a possible sign that the royal establishment remains wary about Harry\u2019s intentions, his family didn\u2019t wish him a happy 41st birthday on his social media accounts Monday, the Daily Mail reported.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n From Harry\u2019s comments to The Guardian, it also appears that he may be unwilling to take accountability for his part in the breakdown of his relationship with his father or with his brother, Prince William, and his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, according to Royston. His memoir, \u201cSpare\u201d included some pretty \u201cincendiary\u201d claims about his family, which reportedly caused a huge amount of hurt and anger, especially because William, Kate and the other royal family are barred by royal custom from publicly responding to criticism.<\/p>\n Harry\u2019s claims include his description of William having a nasty temper and allegedly attacking Harry and pushing a false narrative about Meghan bullying palace staff.<\/p>\n In \u201cSpare,\u201d Harry also alleged that Kate made Meghan cry in the days before their wedding and portrayed Charles\u2019 wife, Queen Camilla, as \u201cdangerous\u201d because her team supposedly leaked negative stories about him and Meghan to the British tabloids.<\/p>\n And as much as Harry has publicly decried leaks to the media, he and Meghan have reportedly done plenty of leaking themselves throughout the years of family strife and estrangement, before and after they left royal duties in 2020 and moved to the United States.<\/p>\n For example, it\u2019s possible that someone close to Harry went to a friendly U.S. publication to share a few private details about his \u201cemotional\u201d and tearful Sept. 10 meeting with the king, after nearly two years of estrangement. If Harry or his team leaked such details, they would be in violation of a reported promise he made to his father. An insider had told the Daily Mail that Harry assured his father he wouldn\u2019t give any interviews<\/a> about the meeting and his team would not brief journalists on what he and his father talked about.<\/p>\n But over the weekend, an \u201cinsider,\u201d who appears to be speaking on behalf of Harry, talked to Us Weekly about the meeting, saying it was full of \u201chugs and tears.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey shared a long hug when they first saw each other,\u201d the insider told Us Weekly. \u201cHarry started crying and it was very emotional for both of them. They really missed each other.\u201d<\/p>\n