Prince Harry’s relationship with the Royal Family is ‘hanging by a thread’ after he accused them of ‘total neglect’ in another series of ‘truth bombs’.
The Duke of Sussex said his life in the firm was at times a ‘nightmare’ and that he turned to drink and drugs to numb the pain of losing his mother Diana after being made to bottle up his feelings as a child.
He made the candid claims in a series on mental health for Apple TV+, The Me You Can’t See, which he co-produced with his friend Oprah Winfrey.
Harry’s father Prince Charles was reportedly left ‘deeply hurt’ by the allegations, including that he allowed his children to ‘suffer’ when it came to the media because of his own negative experiences.
The Royal Family have not responded to the fresh criticism, with Prince William putting on a smile as he kicked off a week-long tour of Scotland yesterday.
One royal aide said the Queen’s statement following the couple’s previous bombshell interview with Miss Winfrey – in which the monarch said that they wanted to work out issues privately as a family – still stood.
However, an exasperated insider told the Daily Mail the family appeared to be at the end of their tether over Harry’s never-ending allegations and that relationships were hanging by a thread.
They said: ‘Everyone is struggling to understand what he gets from, or hopes to achieve, by interventions like this. It is perfectly possible to campaign effectively on the issue of mental health without talking in such intimate detail about his own experiences.’
Charles, who was personally singled out in the criticism, is said to be at a loss over what to do.
In the documentary, Harry said he needed to ‘break the cycle’ of ‘pain and suffering’ by quitting the Royal Family.
He told Oprah: ‘It all comes back to the same people, the same business model, the same industry.
‘My father used to say to me when I was younger, he used to say to both William and I, “Well, it was like that for me, so it’s going to be like that for you”’.
‘Just because you suffered it doesn’t mean your kids have to suffer. In fact it’s the opposite. If you suffered, do everything you can to make sure any negative experiences you had mean you can make it right for your kids.’
Harry said his mental health struggles stemmed back to his childhood, when he claimed ‘no one was talking’ about Princess Diana’s death and that he was just expected him to deal with the resulting press attention and mental distress.
‘Sensitive’ Prince Charles is said to be frustrated he can’t comment publicly and wounded by the claims.
A source told The Sun: ‘Father and son relations are at their lowest ever point. Charles is just at a loss about what to do.
‘Harry doesn’t seem to take into account that parenting styles have radically changed over recent years, especially the role a father plays.
‘It’s just so wounding to him (Charles), he’s a sensitive man and these personal attacks hurt deeply. He can’t understand why Harry is doing this to him.’
In the documentary, Harry also accused the Royal Family of ‘bullying’ and trying to smear Meghan in the run-up to the couple’s famous interview with Miss Winfrey in March.
Harry, referring to the racism he believed Meghan experienced in the UK, also suggested his mother had been hounded to death because she was dating ‘someone that wasn’t white’.
Buckingham Palace and Clarence House were last night retaining what sources described as a ‘dignified silence’ on the claims.
Harry’s relationship with his family was already strained after Harry and Meghan’s Oprah interview in which they claimed Meghan’s cries for help after feeling suicidal were ignored.
The reunion at Prince Philip’s funeral was said to have done little to heal the rift.
All eyes will be watching when Harry is expected to face his family and brother Prince William, 38, again at the unveiling of Diana’s statue at Kensington Palace on July 1.
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