Prince Harry is putting it out there: he’d love a reconciliation with his father, King Charles.
But he’s also not confident that it can happen.
The 40-year-old prince spoke to the BBC in the wake of the dismissal of his case to get security for his family reinstated in the U.K.
The prince admits he’s “gutted” and “devastated” over losing the legal challenge over his and his family’s level of security in the UK. He says it’s the major issue that stands between him and his father King Charles and brother Prince William.
“There have been so many disagreements between me and some of my family,” Prince Harry told the BBC. “This current situation that has now been ongoing for about five years with regard to human life and safety is the sticking point. It is the only thing that is left.”
But Prince Harry also says he wants to stop fighting and put it behind them.
“I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point continuing to fight any more, life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has.”
Prince Harry Says He Can’t See a Way to Safely Bring His Family to England
Still, Prince Harry admits that without a full security detail, it’s too dangerous to bring wife Meghan Markle and kids Archie, who turns 6 on May 6, and Lilibet, 3 to England.
“I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point,” he said in the BBC interview. “The things that they’re going to miss is, well, everything. I love my country. I always have done. Despite what some people in that country have done. I miss the U.K., I miss parts of the U.K., of course I do. I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”
When the legal decision came down, Meghan Markle posted a black and white photo to her Instagram account. The photo shows Harry walking through their garden in Montecito, California, holding Archie’s hand with Lilibet on his shoulders. The Instagram post had no caption or comments.
Buckingham Palace Issues Rare Statement in Response to Ruling
In response to the ruling, Buckingham Palace issued a rare statement. It reads,“All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”
The legal team behind the ruling said it would not be appropriate for Harry to have taxpayer-funded security since stepping away from royal duties.
According to polls taken by British newspapers including The Express and in a survey by “Find Out Now,” the British public sides heavily with their king.
In fact, 64 percent of voters back King Charles, while just 36 percent support his son.
In the Express survey, 97-percent of Britons said the Duke and Duchess of Sussex should be stripped of their “HRH” (His Royal Highness/Her Royal Highness) titles, just as Prince Harry’s mother, Princess Diana was when she divorced then-Prince Charles.
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Prince Harry Pleads for Reconciliation with King Charles