According to a new report, it seems as though the already-strained relationship between King Charles and Prince Harry is only getting worse amid Harry’s ongoing court case, which the Duke of Sussex stated has left him “exhausted and overwhelmed” via Yahoo.
Earlier this month, Harry was in London to appeal a ruling about his security, which was stripped for both him and wife Meghan Markle, after their step back as working royals in January 2020. Of the proceedings, Harry stated that the public would “be shocked” to hear “what’s being held back” in the case, and that his “worst fears have been confirmed by the whole legal disclosure.”
Harry’s lack of security prevented him from bringing wife, Meghan Markle and their kids, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet to his home country, but “This has been terrible for Harry’s relationship with Charles,” a royal source told Us Weekly.
“Harry blames Charles and thinks he can intervene [in matters of his security]. But [Charles] can’t, and it just continues Harry’s narrative that he’s been cast out.”
Father and son haven’t seen one another in person since February last year, right after the King announced his cancer diagnosis to the world. (His treatment continues over a year later.) The King “is not answering Harry’s messages,” royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told Us Weekly.
In addition to Harry reportedly having no contact with his older brother Prince William, “At the moment, Harry does not seem to have a relationship with his father at all. It’s truly sad,” Fitzwilliams said.
Fitzwilliams added that Harry has been “tormented” after the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a Paris car accident on August 31, 1997, when Harry was just 12 years old. He fears that the same could happen to Meghan and his kids, and feels his father as King could do something, but “Prince Harry doesn’t seem to understand that Charles can’t get involved in the decision about his security, but he still blames him,” the royal source told the outlet.
“Harry and Meghan are no longer working royals, so they don’t get royal protection anymore. It’s the British public paying for this, so there’s no leeway here.”
