Charles seen for first time since Prince Harry’s bombshell interview – after duke took swipe at King over security row
KING Charles has been spotted for the first time since Prince Harry’s bombshell interview where he took a swipe at the monarch over his security row.
Charles, 76, was seen going to St Mary Magdalene Church this morning at the Sandringham estate in Norfolk, where he is staying for the weekend.
It comes just days after it was claimed Charles had hoped for a reunion with son Harry before his astonishing interview in which he blamed his family for losing his long-running legal battle over security.
The King was spotted in the back of a car as he was driven to the church for the 11am service, although there was no sign of his wife Queen Camilla.
Charles, who was wearing a dark suit, is understood to be staying at Wood Farm, a farmhouse on the royal estate.
It comes after Harry, 40, claimed in an explosive interview on Friday that he wanted “reconciliation” with his family, before blaming the loss of his multi-million pound fight on his father.
The raging prince declared: “This whole thing could be resolved through him”.
But the father-of-two also revealed in the bombshell interview that King Charles refuses to speak to him “because of this security stuff”.
He went on to say he doesn’t know how long his father has left to live.
An insider claimed that Charles was frustrated and upset with his son — and the burden he had put on taxpayers.
Moments before the broadcast, sources close to the King had told The Sun of Charles’s “frustration” that Harry’s supporters suggested “his father doesn’t care about his (Harry’s) family”.
Just one day after the ruling and Harry’s tirade, Meghan Markle posted a rare black and white photo of the Duke of Sussex and their two kids, Lilibet and Archie.
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The Duke of Sussex brought the case against the Home Office and the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec).
Harry always said the three-and-a-half year legal battle “mattered” more to him than anything else – including his privacy rows with the press.
He had moaned he was “singled out” after his round-the-clock royal protection was axed in the wake of Megxit.
Harry also bizarrely claimed stripping him of his security was a plot to force him and Meghan Markle back to Britain.
Earlier this month, Harry returned to the UK for his two-day hearing at the Court of Appeal in London.
But Sir Geoffrey Vos, Lord Justice Bean and Lord Justice Edis on Friday ruled against him in a humiliating blow for the prince.
The loss – his second unsuccessful appeal against the decision – could be the final nail in the coffin for his security row, although Harry could still take his fight to the Supreme Court.
It also means he faces paying the legal costs for both sides, which is estimated to amount to more than £1.5million.
The Duchess of Sussex posted the picture of the trio in the garden with their backs to her, but didn’t include a caption.
Meghan, 43, also posted photos of her son, five, and daughter, three, in the rose garden on Instagram a week ago.
Captioning the rare moment, Meghan wrote: “Sunday kind of love….with my little loves.”
The uncaptioned social media post today comes in the aftermath of Prince Harry losing his appeal to regain his public-funded security that was axed in Megxit.
Later on Friday, he appeared on the BBC and unleashed a 30-minute rant blaming the royal family for his defeat.
Changes to his security were introduced in 2020 as he stepped down as a working royal and moved to the United States.
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The Duke of Sussex has alienated himself even further from the family despite claiming to want reconciliation, according to the insiders.
Harry’s speculation about how long his father has left to live in light of his cancer diagnosis was particularly “poor taste”, the sources said.
Exasperated palace insiders told ITV News that Harry’s outburst shows there is “nothing that can be trusted to remain private”.
They also revealed his “beloved” grandmother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, would have been “horrified” by the bitter attack, which has caused only more pain for all involved.
The official response from Buckingham Palace on Friday night was more measured, but behind closed doors its people are not holding back.
They told the channel that striking out in this way is “a very curious way to build bridges or offer olive branches”.
After losing his appeal, Prince Harry said: “The other side have won in keeping me unsafe.
“I can’t see a world in which I will be bringing my wife and children back at this point.”
He chillingly suggested it would be the Firm’s fault if anything happened to him or wife Meghan Markle.
He told the BBC that verdict was “a good old-fashioned establishment stitch up”, and blamed the Royal Household for influencing the decision to reduce his security.
Harry later released a statement, saying that the legal action was a last resort but it uncovered “shocking truths”.
He claimed that the “Royal Household are key decision-makers on RAVEC”.
A Palace Spokesperson said: “All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”
Harry’s fiery statement in full as duke takes swipe at Charles over security row & makes claims over ‘shocking truths’
By Emily Jane Davies
FURIOUS Prince Harry has taken another swipe at the royal family, accusing them of being the reason his security was axed after Megxit.
Hours after his astonishing BBC interview, the defeated prince released a second tirade blaming his family for the row.
Harry later released a statement, saying that the legal action was a last resort but it uncovered “shocking truths”.
He revealed he will be writing to the Home Secretary to ask her to review the matter.
The 40-year-old claimed that the “Royal Household are key decision-makers on RAVEC”.
“Before the Royal Household’s role on RAVEC was known, this secretive committee concluded that when my wife would join the royal family, she should not receive protection.
“Only when I asked for the name of the person willing to carry that risk did they reverse the decision.”
Speaking of the decision to strip the Sussexes of their security after Megxit, he said: “This reckless action knowingly put me and my family in harm’s way. Life is precious and I understand the fragility of it.”
The prince went on to say he remains committed to a life of public service and said: “All I’ve been asking for is safety.”
Harry continued: “To this present day, the Royal Household remain my sole representation on RAVEC for every visit and could call for this assessment to be done at any point.
“The only possible conclusion that can be drawn is that they choose not to because they known the outcome would prove that my security should never have been removed in the first place.
“My family and I have been subjected to well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats, including from Al-Qaeda.”
The prince went on to slam the lack of a risk assessment as a “dereliction of duty”.
Harry said he was born into “lifelong circumstances that create inherent security risks” as a royal.
He went on to say his hands have now been tied in seeking “legal recourse against the establishment”.
“This all comes from the same institutions that preyed upon my mother, that openly campaigned for the removal of our security, and continue to incite hatred towards me, my wife and even our children, while at the same time protecting the very power that they should be holding accountable.”