Buckingham Palace has responded to Prince Harry’s bombshell BBC interview, in which he said he would ‘love a reconciliation’ with the Royal Family after losing his court case
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Prince Harry says he would like reconciliation with family
Buckingham Palace has broken its silence following today’s landmark ruling on Prince Harry’s security arrangements and bombshell TV interview.
The Duke of Sussex, 40, told the BBC today he would “love a reconciliation” with the firm, adding he was “devastated” that he lost the legal challenge over his security. He had argued in court that he should continue to receive automatic high level protection in a major appeal, with the arrangements having been modified after he left the UK for the US with Meghan Markle in 2020. Relations between Harry and the rest of the Firm have since collapsed, with the revocation of his security meaning he couldn’t “see a world” in which he could bring his family back to the UK.
He said: “I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point, and the things that they’re going to miss is, well, everything you know. I love my country I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done.”
Responding to the ruling and the interview this afternoon, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson said the court had “repeatedly and meticulously” examined issues with the security arrangements.
They said: “All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”
Harry also told the BBC that he hadn’t asked his father, King Charles, to intervene in the decision, saying he had instead asked him to “step out”.
He said: “I’ve never asked him to intervene. I’ve asked him to step out. I step out of the way and let the experts do their job. The Ravec committee is an expert committee full of professionals plus the royals.”
He added: “Five years later, every single visit that I do back to the UK has to go through the royal household. My representative on the Ravec committee still to this day is the royal household.
“That’s not a decision that I choose. I am forced to go through the royal household and accept that they are putting my best interests forward during these conversations and deliberations. So no, I haven’t asked my father to intervene.”
Royal sources have said it would have been constitutionally improper for His Majesty to intervene while this matter was being considered by the government and reviewed by the courts.