Royal Family's major issue with Prince Harry that threatens reconciliation - expert

Prince Harry is left 'reeling' after losing his over his security arrangements whilst in the UK, a royal expert has said.

Following today's ruling, the gave an emotional interview about how the decision will impact his family's chances of visiting his beloved homeland. He previously disclosed his desire for , five, and , three, to know their UK heritage.

However, he feels he has no option but for his wife, and his children to stay out of the UK unless they have taxpayer-funded police protection. Speaking just hours after the "devastating" blow, spoke to the about his hopes of a "reconciliation" with his family, despite claiming his father, who was diagnosed with cancer last February, "refuses" to talk to him.

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He also admitted that he "doesn’t know how much longer my father has”. The Duke explained: "Of course, some members of my family will never forgive me for writing a book. Of course, they will never forgive me for lots of things. But you know, I would love reconciliation with my family. I’ve always, there’s no point in continuing to fight anymore.

“And I said, life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has he, he won’t speak to me because of this security stuff, but it would be nice to reconcile."

Former BBC royal correspondent Jennie Bond told Sky News: "He does not believe he can bring his children back to meet their grandfather even though, in his words, he doesn’t know how long his father has got to live. I presume Harry knows a little bit more than the rest of us about the King’s health."

She went on to reveal why the Duke might be left in the dark regarding his father's health. Jennie explained: "The family, they do not trust him to keep private conversations private. And now he’s gone so public with his raw emotions over this, I think that’s going to reinforce that.”

When asked if the last step to repairing relations with his family was the security issue, Harry said “100%”, adding: “Whatever noise is being created, whatever stories have been written, this has always been the sticking point.

“Put yourself in my shoes, if you step back to try to create a different role, the same official role, but a different working relationship with the institution that you were born into, for the sake of your wife and your own mental health and your child, which now a lot more has come out, because I felt as though it needed to come out – the other side of the story needed to be told, God forbid anything should happen. And I don’t regret that at all.

“But 2020, when that decision happened, I couldn’t believe it. I actually couldn’t believe it. I thought, with all the disagreements and all of the chaos that’s happening, the one thing that I could rely on is my family keeping me safe.

“And not only did they decide to remove my security in the UK, but they also signalled to every single government around the world not to protect us.” Commenting on the "sad and sorry saga", the expert continued: "He’s bristling, bristling with anger, isn’t he, Harry, and resentment. And mistrust of the royal household. And despair over his father’s attitude, I suppose.

“I had hoped eventually there might be some kind of reconciliation, but clearly, although Harry says he wants reconciliation, he doesn’t see he can do that now. He’s deeply, deeply angered. And I don’t know where he goes from here.

“He feels at the moment there is some untruth going on at the moment. He feels that there is some kind of conspiracy that imprisoned him and imprisons others within the palace walls. Because he has been so brazen as to escape, he is now being punished. That clearly is how he feels."

In the bombshell chat, Harry said he "can't see a in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point. The things they're going to miss, well, that's everything.

"I love my country, I always have done. Despite what some people in that country have done. I miss the UK, of course I do." He added: "I think that's really quite sad that I won't be able to show my children my homeland."

The Duke said he did not ask his father to intervene in his battle over his security arrangements in the UK. He continued: “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.” When asked by the BBC what about his current security arrangements made him feel unsafe, the Duke of Sussex replied: “Everything.” He continued: “I would not have taken this this far if I did not have compelling evidence of facts that reveal why the decision was made and I am sitting here today talking to you, where we have lost the appeal, but the other side have won in keeping me unsafe, so again there is a lot of question marks that a lot of people will have.

“I have all of the truth, I have all of the knowledge now, throughout the legal process. I have uncovered my worst fears, and to now know today based on this judgment that there was no legal framework that constrains the decisions of this body Ravec, on which the royal household sit on, and I didn’t know that until this legal process in 2021.

"One of the first things my lawyer said to me as disclosure started, as this process started, was ‘did you know that the royal household sat on Ravec?’, and my jaw hit the floor.” Sir Geoffrey said that arguments put forward by Harry's barrister, Shaheed Fatima KC, were "powerful and moving" and that it was "plain that the Duke of Sussex felt badly treated by the system".

But he said: "I concluded, having studied the detail of the extensive documentation, I could not say that the duke’s sense of grievance translated into a legal argument for the challenge to Ravec’s decision." He continued: "The duke was in effect stepping in and out of the cohort of protection provided by Ravec. Outside the UK, he was outside the cohort, but when in the UK, his security would be considered as appropriate."

He added: "It was impossible to say that this reasoning was illogical or inappropriate, indeed it seemed sensible." Sir Geoffrey also said Ravec’s decision was “understandable and perhaps predictable”. Harry was not present at Friday’s short hearing.

The Home Office, which is legally responsible for Ravec's decisions, opposed the appeal, with its lawyers previously telling the court that Ravec's decision was taken in a "unique set of circumstances" and that there was "no proper basis" for challenging it.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "We are pleased that the court has found in favour of the Government’s position in this case. The UK Government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate. It is our long-standing policy not to provide detailed information on those arrangements, as doing so could compromise their integrity and affect individuals’ security."

In response to the Duke of Sussex’s failed legal challenge over his security in the UK, a spokesperson said: “All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”