Prince Harry reveals King Charles no longer talks to him after ongoing legal row

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Prince Harry has said his father, King Charles, no longer talks to him.

The Duke of Sussex has opened up about the years-long tension with his family shortly after losing a legal battle over his reduced security today.

‘He won’t speak to me because of this security stuff,’ he told the BBC.

‘I would love reconciliation with my family. There’s no point in continuing to fight anymore.”

‘Life is precious. I don’t know how much longer my father has,’ he said, adding that he wants ‘reconciliation’ with the Royal Family.

The Court of Appeals dismissed Harry’s legal challenge against the government over his publicly funded security when he is in the UK today.

TOPSHOT - Britain's King Charles III and Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex walk behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, adorned with a Royal Standard and the Imperial State Crown and pulled by a Gun Carriage of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London on September 14, 2022. - Queen Elizabeth II will lie in state in Westminster Hall inside the Palace of Westminster, from Wednesday until a few hours before her funeral on Monday, with huge queues expected to file past her coffin to pay their respects. (Photo by LOIC VENANCE / AFP) (Photo by LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images) — The royal opened up about the ‘disagreements’ between him and his family (Picture: AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

FILE - Britain's King Charles III, from bottom left, Camilla, the Queen Consort, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry watch as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is placed into the hearse following the state funeral service in Westminster Abbey in central London Monday Sept. 19, 2022. Prince Harry has defended his memoir that lays bare rifts inside Britain's royal family. He says in TV interviews broadcast Sunday that he wanted to "own my story" after 38 years of "spin and distortion" by others. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, Pool, File) — The prince said he ‘can’t see a world’ where he and his family are back in the UK (Picture: AP)

He has been fighting a decision to remove the police protection normally given to the royals since September 2021.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, announced in 2020 they were ‘stepping back’ from their official duties and moved to the US.

Not long after, the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, or Ravec, made up of government and police officials and royal household members, downgraded his protection eligibility.

The court heard at a two-day hearing last month how Harry worries that being in Britain with his family puts their safety at risk, something he reflected on after losing his legal battle.

‘I can’t see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point,’ Harry said.

He added: ‘I love my country, I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done… and I think that it’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland.’

File photo dated 09/04/25 of the Duke of Sussex arriving at the Royal Courts of Justice, central London, for his appeal against a High Court ruling on his legal claim against the Home Office over the level of security he receives while he is in the UK. The Duke of Sussex's relationship with the King remains "distant", with Harry's letters and calls to his father going unanswered, sources have said. Issue date: Tuesday April 15, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story ROYAL Harry. Photo credit should read: Lucy North/PA Wire — An appeals judge tossed out Harry’s case (Picture: Lucy North/PA Wire)

The court ruled that while the prince had made ‘powerful’ arguments around his family’s safety, it did not ‘translate into a legal argument’.

Harry admitted that his security woes ‘could be resolved’ through Charles, though he stressed he never asked his father to step in.

In response to today’s ruling, 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.’

Harry released a further statement on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s website this evening.

prince harry statement released after he lost his court case regarding security on his UK visits — Harry issued a lengthy letter following the ruling (Picture: Leon McGowran)

Describing the legal challenge as a ‘last resort’, Harry said the dismissal shows ‘unshocking truths’ such as the Royal Household being the ‘key decision-makers on Ranvec’.

‘The court has decided to defer to this,’ he continued, ‘revealing a sad truth: my hands are tied in seeking legal recourse against the establishment’.

Harry added that the UK will always be part of who he is and a place he ‘loves’.

‘I remain committed to a life of public service,’ he said, referring to his charitable work.

‘This has, and always will be, my life’s work and when you strip away the noise, you’ll be able to hear, all I’ve been asking for is safety.’

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