Prince Harry appeared ‘distressed’ and ‘broken’ in his latest bombshell BBC interview, claims one expert, who says this is down to having to contend with two different problems
In his bombshell BBC interview, Prince Harry was clearly distressed after losing his legal battle over taxpayer-funded security – and his demeanour has left many people worried about the toll it has taken on him.
But one royal expert who works for Canadian-based CTV News said he has two different problems – and he can’t seem to separate them.
Afua Hagan, Royal Contributor for CTV News, says Prince Harry can’t separate the issues with the Royal Family and his security. “I don’t think he can separate the issues with his family from the issues of security, because it’s all tied up,” he told True Royalty TV.
“It is all the same thing. The reason why he is in the position he is now is because of the family, because he feels that they are instrumental in taking away that security from his nuclear family, from his immediate family.”
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And the royal expert noted that, while it may have been a very emotional interview with the Duke of Sussex, he did make some good points.
“Like you said, Sarah [Hewson], he was clearly broken. He was clearly distressed.
“You can see the toll that this has taken on him over the past five years, but there was also an element of him saying lots of the quiet parts out loud.
“And maybe he didn’t deliver it in the best way, but he made some very, very good points.”
Hagan’s comments come after Prince Harry’s jaw-dropping interview with the BBC last week, in which he said he couldn’t bring his family to the UK because it wasn’t safe after losing his legal battle.
But he also made a startling claim in relation to the tragic death of his mother, Princess Diana.
Referring to losing his legal challenge for taxpayer-funded security, he said: “I don’t want history to repeat itself – from the disclosure process I’ve discovered that some people want history to repeat itself, which is pretty dark.”
He may not have named names, but there’s little doubt that Harry was talking about the tragic death of his mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 after being chased by paparazzi.
Although he has two different problems—his family and security—the two are hard for him to separate, as the ongoing battle has led to family disagreements. The Duke of Sussex told the BBC that King Charles isn’t talking to him, saying, “He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff.”
However, he did make it clear that despite their differences, he would like to put an end to the drama, especially because of his father’s ill health.
“Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has… but it would be nice to reconcile. I would love reconciliation with my family, there’s no point in continuing to fight anymore.”
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