Prince Harry made an astonishing claim during his BBC interview, which aired yesterday. The Duke of Sussex was speaking to the broadcaster after losing his legal appeal over his security arrangements. The 40-year-old wants the same level of security for himself and his family when they are in the UK, after Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) decided he was not entitled to it after stepping back from the royal fold and moving to the USA in 2020.
Without naming names, the Prince made a jaw-dropping claim related to the death of his mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, when he said he had “discovered that some people want history to repeat itself, which is pretty dark”.
Arguing his case to the broadcaster, he pointed out that previous prime ministers were afforded protection for life after leaving office, adding that he should be treated equally for giving “35 years service to his country, two tours of Afghanistan, and the threats and risks to my life, I was born into this position.”
Although his security was funded by the taxpayer when he was a working royal, he said he would pay for it himself now he longer assumes the same royal duties.
During the case heard at the High Court in 2024, Prince Harry’s lawyer Shaheed Fatima KC said his “life was at stake”, referencing the al Qaeda to assassinate him. In the sit-down with the BBC, he said “private security can only do so much”.
The father-of-two also appeared to fire verbal shots at his own father, King Charles, claiming that the monarch was refusing to talk to him.
“I would love reconciliation with my family”, he said, adding: “As I said, life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has, you know, he won’t speak to me because of this security stuff, but it would be nice to reconcile.”
After losing his case at the Court of Appeal and now having to fork out £1.5million for the legal bill, Harry said he would not bring his family back to the nation of his birth, despite confessing: “I miss the UK”.
