Princess Diana “might have been proud” of son Prince Harry’s startling BBC News interview, according to a royal expert.
“I think she might have been proud, [and said], ‘I’m glad you said what you thought’,” author Ingrid Seward told Hello! Magazine’s “A Right Royal Podcast” in an interview published on Saturday, May 10.
Prince Harry, 40, gave a wide-ranging interview in the U.K. last week after losing the latest round in his long-standing court battle to reinstate government-funded security in the U.K. The prince and wife Meghan Markle lost their full-time security detail when they stepped down from royal duties — with security decisions now judged on a case-by-case basis.
Buckingham Palace supported the dismissal in a statement, saying, “All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”
Speaking to BBC News after the verdict, Prince Harry confirmed his father, King Charles III, “won’t speak to [him]” due to the legal battle but expressed hope to “reconcile” due to the king’s 2024 cancer diagnosis.
Seward, 77, was a close confidant of Princess Diana in her lifetime and suggested she may have empathized with her son because of her own 1995 bombshell interview with the BBC’s Panorama. In that interview, Princess Diana aired her grievances with the royal family and spoke about her divorce from then-Prince Charles.
“I think [Diana] would [be proud of Harry], I’m guessing, that she might have been quite proud of him for speaking up and saying what he thought, because that’s what she liked,” the author insisted. “She liked to say exactly what she thought and then deal with the consequences afterwards, which is, of course, what happened to her.”
In the emotional BBC News interview, Prince Harry insisted that he’d “forgiven” his family for the “many disagreements” that led to their rift.
“I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore,” Harry declared. “Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has.”
Another royal expert, Richard Fitzwilliams, exclusively told Us Weekly that Harry’s candid comments about his relationship with King Charles III likely wouldn’t help heal their rift.
“I think it will confirm the king’s view that he is not to be trusted. The previous attempts by the Sussexes to monetize their royal connections led to the deep rift that exists,” Fitzwilliams told Us. “His comments on the monarch’s health are unlikely to have gone down well either.”
Christopher Andersen, a royal expert and author, offered a similar assessment about the likelihood of Prince Harry reconciling with his father any time soon.
“[Harry] slams his father for interfering in the trial, then says the Palace rigged the outcome, then accuses the Royal Family of not caring about the safety of his wife and children, and winds up declaring that for now he can’t foresee any scenario in which he would take his family to the U.K.,” Andersen explained to Us.
“Harry delivered the coup de grace when he said he wanted to bury the hatchet with his father because he doesn’t know how much time the King has left to live.”
A royal insider also exclusively told Us that Princes Harry and William likely won’t be mending fences anytime soon either, as their relationship has hit an all-time low.
“William doesn’t talk about Harry anymore,” a royal source told Us exclusively. “Everyone knows it’s a subject that they shouldn’t bring up, so he hasn’t brought up the interview and won’t.”
Harry and Meghan have seemingly moved on from the ordeal for now, as they packed on the PDA while attending Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter Tour on Friday, May 9, at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles.
