Prince Harry’s bombshell interview about his father, royal family and security row in FULL

Prince Harry dished out the details of his strained relationship with King Charles, the royal family and his downgraded security status in a new emotional interview.

In the bombshell interview with the BBC, Harry said he did not know how long his father had left to live, adding: ‘Some members of my family will never forgive me’.

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. So, you know, I miss the UK I miss parts of the UK of course I do and I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.

‘There is a lot of control and ability in my father’s hand, ultimately this whole thing could be resolved through him not necessarily by intervening but by stepping aside allowing the experts to do what is necessary and to carry out an RMB (Risk Management Board). 

‘That said there is, this all was initiated under a previous government and there is now a new government. I have had it described to me once people knew about the facts that this is a good old-fashioned establishment stitch-up and that’s what it feels like.

Speaking on the recent change in his security status, Prince Harry added: ‘There’s a lot we agree on, there’s a lot we disagree on but that aside where is the duty of care? 

‘Because as I said life is precious and it’s very clear that from 2020 because I was no longer allowed an official role and because I decided to remove myself eventually from the institution, that my life got devalued from the highest score to the lowest score overnight.

‘I don’t want history to repeat itself I think there’s a lot of other people out there, the majority that also 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.

‘I know all the names of the people that were involved in this process and again you have to question why wasn’t I put through the same risk management board that everybody else was put through including members of my family.

‘Whether I have an official role or not is irrelevant to the security needs that I would need. Let me rephrase that, whether I have an official role or not is irrelevant to the threats, risks, and impact on the reputation on the UK if that were to happen.

‘And again, that is proven by all of the examples that exist out there. So for me having an official role was conditional in keeping security but for everybody else, people who have chosen this life to enter into public office and then leave get it for life, regardless of whether they have risk or threat to their name.

‘And by the way, I agree with that, I think it is the right thing to do, that if you come in and you serve your country, even if it’s a minimum of four years, that you get the protection that you require because of your public service.

‘I was born into this position it wasn’t a choice, I’ve served my country for 35 years, I believe that I’m still continuing to serve my country. Public service is my life, that is the dedication that will never change and then all the other bits and pieces that are added to that. 

‘You know there are very very real threats that are out there, some that are known about some that have been withheld and for people in power and responsibility of decisions to know that those threats and risks exist, but to turn around and say because you don’t have an official role your life doesn’t actually matter anymore, you can imagine how I feel about that, but you can also imagine, not even imagine, that is the most illogical argument in the history of arguments.

‘At this point, I’m feeling very let down, it’s the minority of people, especially those that read the tabloids and the press themselves. The press themselves have incited so much hatred towards myself, my wife and even our children.

‘That’s hard to forgive. There are decisions that have been made, there are things that have happened since 2016 especially, throughout my whole life, but let’s stick to 2016.

‘There are things that have happened that I can now forgive I can move past that. I can forgive my family’s involvement, my father, my brother, my stepmother, I can forgive the press to a large extent as well for so many things that have happened.

‘What I’m struggling to forgive and probably what I will always struggle to forgive is that a decision that was made in 2020 that affects my every single day and that is knowingly putting me and my family in harms way.

‘Everybody knew they were putting us at risk in 2020 and they hoped that me knowing that risk would force us to come back.

‘But then when you realise that that didn’t work, do you not want to keep us safe?

‘Whether you’re the government, whether you’re the royal household whether you’re my dad, my family, despite all of our differences do you not want to ensure our safety?

‘And again I am calling for the Home Secretary and the government to do a review of RAVEC and I’m also asking for an RMB assessment that I haven’t received since 2019.’

When asked if the last step to repairing relations with his family was the security issue, he said ‘100 per cent’, 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.

‘Firstly I am devastated, not so much as devastated with the loss than I am about the people behind the decision feeling as though this is okay. Is it a win for them? Is it a win that I don’t get the protection, that the threats and risks and impact say that I should? I would hope they wouldn’t consider it a win. I’m sure that some people out there probably most likely the people that wish me harm consider this a huge win. 

‘There have been so many disagreements, differences between me and some of my family this current situation that has been now ongoing for five years with regards to human life and safety is the sticking point it is the only thing that’s left.

‘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 there is, I would love reconciliation with my family there’s no point in continuing to fight anymore, as I said life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has, he won’t speak to me because of this security stuff but it would be nice to reconcile.

‘As I learnt through the First Nations, throughout Canada because of the Invictus games their goal in life was always truth and reconciliation and I turned around to them in many conversations and I said reconciliation can’t come without truth. I’ve now found out the truth I’ve shared some of it with you today, a lot of it exists out there whether people choose to ignore it or not so it would be nice to have that reconciliation part now if they don’t want that, that’s entirely up to them.’

When asked ‘Now that the court battle is over do you think you will be able to approach your father and speak about some of those issues?’

The Duke of Sussex responded: ‘No, I don’t think he would ever want to walk about it, I think he would just push it aside and the argument will continue to be this is a government decision and it may well be a government decision but how did they reach that decision?

‘When the Ravec chair the first place that they went to was the palace to understand what it is that the royal household or what the royal family want for me.

‘I have never ever been allowed or offered to make my own representations, not in 2020 and not for the last five years and the new Ravec chair continues to avoid answering some very specific questions that I have and one of your previous questions that I think is really important is this case-by-case basis. For me and only me, there has to be a royal obligation in order to receive protection on UK soil.

‘And I think that speaks volumes.’