Prince Harry has been accused of “rank hypocrisy” as well as making “desperate” moves by a royal expert.
Panellists on the Daily Mail’s Palace Confidential were discussing the Duke of Sussex’s potential comeback to the Royal Family reportedly being axed by the Firm.
Richard Eden, Daily Mail Diary editor, said Prince Harry was a “hypocrite” for gushing about his love for his family after bashing them for a year.
He said: “This is his first interview for more than a year. He gave that series of interviews to publicise his memoir Spare and also the Oprah one where he’d been criticising his family been saying the most appalling things.
“There he is now, a year later, talking about how much he loves his family and how his father’s cancer diagnosis can help bring them together. It’s just real rank hypocrisy.”
He was referring to Harry’s recent slope-side interview with Good Morning America at an Invictus event in Canada, where he spoke about his family and King Charles’s cancer diagnosis.
Eden added that Prince Harry seems “desperate” to fix the bonds with his family and is taking advantage of his Royal connection.
He said: “His fathers unwell, he’s been diagnosed with cancer and Harry may have limited time with him, it’s just a fact.
“He seems to be now, desperately trying to mend those fences. We’ve seen it before on the King’s birthday but now this has made it all the more urgent.
“He’s desperate, he talked about how he’s going to be coming to Britain more to see his father and he’s keeping in touch and really wants to reset that link, which is his bread and butter.
“He’s there to promote Invictus in Canada but they’re not asking him about that really. What they’re asking about is his relation with the royal family and he’s taking advantage of that.”
In his interview with Good Morning America, Prince Harry said he “loves his family” and details of his father’s health “stay between me and him”.
He added that he had “always had a life of service”, saying: “I get my fix with these guys. There’s no version of me coming here watching them and not getting involved myself.”
