“Harry blames Charles and thinks he can intervene. But [Charles] can’t, and it just continues Harry’s narrative that he’s been cast out.”
Despite Harry being in London for the hearing, he didn’t meet up with the King – meaning they haven’t seen each other since early last year, shortly after Charles’ cancer diagnosis was revealed.
At the time, Harry’s dash from the US to support his father was seen as a positive step in their relationship. However, it has since been claimed that their rift is worse than ever.
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“Charles is not answering Harry’s messages,” royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told US Weekly.
“At the moment, Harry does not seem to have a relationship with his father at all. It’s truly sad.”
Round-the-clock security protection for Prince Harry and his wife Meghan was removed after they quit royal duties. Photo / Getty Images
Harry has been embroiled in a legal battle with the UK’s Home Office, which he is suing over its decision to remove round-the-clock taxpayer-funded security for him and wife Meghan after they quit royal duties.
Ravec (the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures) instead proposed a “bespoke process” for Harry, which he has claimed showed him “different, unjustified and inferior treatment”.
In February last year, a High Court judge rejected Harry’s case and ruled that Ravec’s approach was not irrational or procedurally unfair.
Harry appealed against that decision.
After his appearance in the Court of Appeal earlier this month, Harry alleged that the decision to remove his police protection was done in a bid to prevent him and Meghan from leaving the country.
Because of the “highly confidential” information being presented about the duke’s security, much of his appeal was heard in private.
Speaking to the UK’s Telegraph, Harry said that his “worst fears have been confirmed” by what he’d heard.
“People would be shocked by what’s being held back,” he said, adding that his “worst fears have been confirmed by the whole legal disclosure in this case, and that’s really sad”.
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He also spoke of the moment he was told about the decision regarding his security, describing it as “difficult to swallow”.