Prince Charles described being “completely bewildered” by Harry and Meghan’s digs at the royal family as “painful.”

As he and the Queen wait for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s arrival in Windsor on Sunday, September 4, Prince Charles is “completely bewildered” by their “painful” digs at the royal family.

According to sources close to the Prince of Wales, he is deeply hurt by his son and daughter-in-law’s statements and actions, specifically their constant criticism of The Firm. After spending time with his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet during the Platinum Jubilee in June, the 73-year-old royal is reportedly “loving and missing” them and is depressed. According to royal insiders, Charles saw their time together as a “minor act of reparation” following the Sussexes’ shocking Oprah Winfrey interview in 2021, in which Harry claimed he felt “really let down” by his father.

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The Duchess of Sussex sparked controversy last week when she claimed that they had been forced to move to the US because “just by existing, we were upsetting the dynamic of the hierarchy,” and that her husband had “lost” his father after they left the country. However, sources close to the couple said that wasn’t a reference to Charles but rather her troubled relationship with her own father.