Royal rift deepens: Prince Harry says King Charles “won’t speak to me"

In an emotional BBC interview from California, Prince Harry said he is seeking reconciliation with the Royal Family but remains cut off from King Charles III, who he claims “won’t speak to me because of this security stuff.”
The remarks came just hours after Harry lost his legal appeal over taxpayer-funded police protection in the UK — a defeat that not only leaves him facing a £1.5 million legal bill, but further deepens his estrangement from the monarchy.
“There have been so many disagreements between myself and some of my family,” Harry told the BBC. “But I’ve forgiven them.”

“He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff,” he added, referring to his father, King Charles. “I don’t know how long he has left.” Though he made clear that he never asked his father to intervene in the dispute, Harry said he had asked him to “step out of the way and let the experts do their jobs.”
“I never asked him to intervene — I asked him to step out of the way and let the experts do their jobs. The RAVEC committee is an expert committee full of professionals plus the royals.”
Harry claims the Royal Household’s role in RAVEC, the government committee that oversees VIP security, has compromised the fairness of the process. He said he only discovered during litigation that the Royal Household had an ongoing seat at the table.
“One of the first things my lawyer said to me as disclosure started was, ‘Did you know that the Royal Household sat on RAVEC?’ and my jaw hit the floor.”
His legal challenge argued that his security downgrade following “Megxit” was unjust and dangerous. But Sir Geoffrey Vos, Master of the Rolls, ruled the decision was “understandable and perhaps predictable” given Harry's departure from royal duties.
“These were powerful and moving arguments and it was plain the Duke of Sussex felt badly treated by the system,” Sir Geoffrey said. “But I concluded... the Duke’s sense of grievance did not translate into a legal argument.”

The court defeat compounds what Harry described as personal heartbreak — not just about security, but about his inability to show his children their homeland.
“I love my country and always have done — despite what some people in that country have done. I miss the UK. I miss parts of the UK. Of course I do. I think it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.”
Harry also made clear: “I can’t see a world in which I will be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point.”
Despite being “devastated” by the ruling, Harry reiterated that his goal is to “continue a life of public service” and mend ties with his family — even if the path to reconciliation remains blocked.