Queen Elizabeth II is "deeply upset" by what Harry has been saying about the royal family, according to a report.
The Duke of Sussex has not held back when commenting about his family. The barbs began after he and his wife, Meghan Markle, gave a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey earlier this year, and he has since followed up with other claims that have hurt the queen, sources told Daily Mail.
"Harry’s grandmother has taken this very personally and is deeply upset by what Harry has said, in particular his comments about Charles’ parenting and suggesting his father knows no better because of how he was brought up. It has been a very upsetting time," one insider said.
Last week Harry told Oprah on their new Apple TV+ mental health show, "The Me You Can’t See," that Prince Charles made him "suffer" as a child.
"My father used to say to me when I was younger … 'Well, it was like that for me, so it’s going to be like that for you,'" he said, according to Page Six.
"That doesn’t make sense — just because you suffered, that doesn’t mean that your kids have to suffer, in fact quite the opposite. If you suffered, do everything you can to make sure that whatever negative experiences that you had, you can make it right for your kids," he added.
During an appearance on Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" podcast earlier this month, Harry also claimed that there has been a lot of "pain and suffering" within their family.
"He treated me the way he was treated," Harry said, appearing to reference reports that things between Charles and his own parents, Queen Elizabeth II and the late Prince Philip, were equally rocky.
The 36-year-old admitted things were troubled between him and his father for several years, not just when he and Markle decided to step back from their royal duties, adding that he first considered leaving the royal lifestyle in his 20s. Harry also spoke about the hardships his mother, Princess Diana, faced as a royal.
"It’s a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on anyway," he said. "So we as parents should be doing the most we can to try and say, ‘You know what? That happened to me, I’m going to make sure that doesn’t happen to you.'"
A reconciliation seems increasingly unlikely between Harry and Charles, but sources told Daily Mail that Charles did not want to cut off his son.
"Charles will want to engage, but it’s fair to say what Harry has said in both interviews with Oprah has been seen as very callous within the family. If Harry was to attack the queen in a more personal way, Charles would close ranks with the queen without a doubt and Harry would be out in the cold," the source said.
"Charles is such a gentle man and a dedicated father first and foremost. He’ll be feeling wretched. He wants to seek a reconciliation. He is not vindictive at all."
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