Britain’s Prince Harry wants reconciliation with royals, but is not speaking to King Charles
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Prince Harry told the BBC on May 2 that he did not know how long his father, King Charles, who has cancer, would live.
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LONDON – Prince Harry said on May 2 that he wanted reconciliation with the British royal family, but his father King Charles III will not speak to him over a row over his security and he did not know how long the monarch – who has cancer – would live.
Hours after losing a court battle with the British government
“I would love reconciliation with my family,” he said. “Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has. He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff, but it would be nice to reconcile.”
Prince Harry stepped down from royal duties in March 2020 and moved to California with his American wife Meghan.
Since then, both have been highly critical of the royals and the Prince is barely on speaking terms with either his father or his elder brother Prince William, heir to the throne.
In the meantime, Buckingham Palace said King Charles had been diagnosed
There was no immediate comment from Buckingham Palace to the Prince's interview.
His comments came after he unsuccessfully sought to overturn a decision by the Home Office – the ministry responsible for policing – which in 2020 decided he would not automatically receive personal police protection in Britain.
The Prince told the BBC that he was “pretty gutted about the decision”, adding: “We thought it was going to go our way.”
Prince Harry, who has previously claimed that the royal institution had sacrificed him to protect other senior members, said he believed the decision over his security had been made to exert control over him.
“I have had it described to me, once people knew about the facts, that this is an old-fashioned, good old-fashioned establishment stitch-up. And that’s what it feels like,” he said. REUTERS
