Since quitting royal life in 2020, Prince Harry has made a number of decisions that have caused a rift between himself and his royal relatives. Over the last five years, the Duke of Sussex, 40, has criticised the monarchy on a number of occasions, with the most significant cases being in the 2022 Netflix docuseries Harry and Meghan, and in his 2023 memoir Spare.
However, since 2024 when both King Charles and Princess Kate were diagnosed with cancer, Harry seemed to have stepped back from his public criticism of the Firm until a few months ago. After losing his court appeal regarding his downgraded UK taxpayer-funded security rights in May, the duke sat down with the BBC and made a series of new claims against the Firm.
According to royal expert Robert Hardman, this caused "considerable irritation" at the Palace, with Hardman writing in The Daily Mail that the Firm were only aware of the interview "minutes before broadcast". A member of Palace staff reportedly told Hardman: "As the Duke of Sussex might say, it felt like a bit of a stitch-up."
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