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BUCKINGHAM Palace has broken its silence after Prince Harry's bombshell interview.

The Duke of Sussex today lost his appeal against the decision to remove his taxpayer-funded security.

Prince Harry in an interview with BBC News.
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Prince Harry said his father won't speak to him over security mattersCredit: BBC
Prince Harry being interviewed.
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Buckingham Palace broke its silence after the Duke's bombshell BBC interviewCredit: BBC
Prince Charles and Prince Harry at the Our Planet premiere.
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Charles and Prince Harry pictured together in 2019 in LondonCredit: Getty

Harry always said the three-and-a-half year legal battle "mattered" more to him than anything else - including his privacy rows with the press.

Following the loss, Harry underwent an astonishing interview with the BBC in which he savaged his family and chillingly suggested it would be the Firm's fault if anything happened to him or wife Meghan Markle.

A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: "All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion."

In the interview, Harry said he still hopes for reconciliation - despite repeatedly attacking the Royal Family.

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The prince also admitted that King Charles refuses to speak to him "because of this security stuff".


Prince Harry's biggest bombshells:


Harry also touched on Charles' cancer, saying he doesn't know how long the King has left to live.

Following his devastating court loss, which he branded a "surprise", Harry moaned it was "impossible" to bring his family to the UK.

Harry believes it is not safe to come to the UK without a high level of security protection following threats he has received from Al-Qaeda and Neo Nazis.

Harry LOSES security row after pleading ‘my life is at stake’ and now faces £1.5m legal bill

That level of protection was previously stripped from him, with the court case an attempt to get it back.

However, the prince blamed the King, declaring "this whole thing could be resolved through him".

Harry said his father could effectively give him the protection by "stepping aside" from the body which decides what VIPs get protection.

But he added: "I never asked him to intervene".

Harry's most incendiary quotes

  • "He [my father] won't speak to me because of this security stuff."
  • "Some members of my family may never forgive me for writing a book."
  • "I don't know how long he [my father] has left."
  • "There have been so many disagreements between myself and some of my family."
  • "I can't see a world in which I would bring my wife and family back to the UK at this point."
  • "I've been treated very very very differently to anyone else who exists, past or present, I've been singled out."
  • "I never asked him [my father] to intervene - I asked him to step out of the way and let the experts do their jobs."

Harry said he misses the UK and it is "sad" that he won't be able to show his children his homeland.

He said there had been so many disagreements, but he had now forgiven his family for them.

"Look at the impact. If anything was to happen to me, my wife, my kids - my father's grandchildren... look where the responsibility lies.

"Do you not want to keep us safe?"

"My life got devalued from the highest score to the lowest score overnight."

The 40-year-old said he feels singled out and the way he's been treated in the court fight "uncovered my worst fears" - saying security "imprisons" those in the royal family from having a different life.

"You can't live outside their control if you want to be safe."

The Duke of Sussex brought the case against the Home Office and the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec).

Prince Harry departing the High Court.
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Harry travelled to London for the court appearanceCredit: Reuters
Prince Harry in an interview with BBC News.
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BBC NEWS Prince Harry speaks to BBC NewsCredit: BBC

He had moaned he was "singled out" after his round-the-clock royal protection was axed in the wake of Megxit.

Harry also bizarrely claimed stripping him of his security was a plot to force him and Meghan Markle back to Britain.

He today told the BBC: "There are decisions that were made, there are things that have happened since 2016 that I can now forgive. I've moved past that.

"I can forgive my family's involvement, my father, my brother and my stepmother, I can forgive.

"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 will probably 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 harm's way.

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

Earlier this month, Harry returned to the UK for his two-day hearing at the Court of Appeal in London.

But Sir Geoffrey Vos, Lord Justice Bean and Lord Justice Edis today ruled against him in a humiliating blow for the prince.

The loss - his second unsuccessful appeal against the decision - could be the final nail in the coffin for his security row, although Harry could still take his fight to the Supreme Court.

It also means he faces paying the legal costs for both sides, which is estimated to amount to more than £1.5million.

Harry said he was "obviously pretty gutted" about the decision and "thought it was going to go our way".

"For a start the only time I’ve come back to the UK is for funerals and court cases with the odd charitable function where I can in between that," the Duke continued.

"I put myself at risk for that but I will continue on with a lifetime of public service so I will always support the charities and people that mean so much to me."

On whether he wants to pursue his case to the Supreme Court, Harry said he doesn't want any battles to continue.

"There is way too much suffering and way too much conflict in the world," he said.

"At the heart of it is a family dispute, and it makes me really, really sad that we are sitting here today, five years later, where a decision that was made, most likely to keep us under the roof, but then once they realised that wasn’t going to work, once they realised that myself, my wife and my kids are happier outside of the institution, then please just look at the facts.

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"Look at the risks, look at the threat, look at the impact that, if anything was to happen to me, my wife, or my father’s grandchildren, if anything was to happen to them, look where the responsibility lies, you know?

"So there is a duty of care that has been completely thrown out the window and that doesn't feel great."

Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey.
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Harry and Meghan being interviewed by OprahCredit: AP
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