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Prince Harry reveals Prince Charles STOPPED taking his calls in Megxit talks and says his dad let him down
PRINCE Harry claimed his father Charles stopped taking his calls after Megxit and was cut off by the Royal Family last year.
The Duke of Sussex said there was a “lot of hurt” between him and his father – but insisted he had not “blindsided” the Queen when announcing he and Meghan were stepping back as senior working royals.
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Prince Harry said there was a ‘lot of hurt’ between himself and his father Prince Charles[/caption]
Prince Harry said his dad Charles had stopped taking his calls[/caption]
Prince Harry said he was trapped ‘but I didn’t know I was trapped’[/caption]
Speaking in the explosive interview with Oprah, the 36-year-old said he had tried to raise his intentions to leaving the Royal Family.
He said his father, Prince Charles, stopped taking his phone calls, saying: “Because by that point I took matters into my own hands. I need to do this for my family.
“I’ve got to do something for my own mental health, for my wife’s and for Archie.”
And he said he felt “really let down” by his father, saying: “He knows what pain feels like.
“Of course I will always love him but there’s a lot of hurt that’s happened and I will continue to make it one of my priorities to try and heal that.”
He also revealed the Royal Family had cut him off in the first quarter of 2020.
But he insisted that he would “never blindside” the Queen – saying he had spoken to his 94-year-old grandmother more in the past year than he had previously in years.
He added: “I have too much respect for her.”
It comes as…
- Meghan broke down as she revealed ‘I didn’t want to live anymore’
- Meghan claimed Kate made HER cry in row over flower girl dress
- Harry and Meghan married three days before their wedding at Windsor Castle
- Meghan said Archie wasn’t made a prince after talks about his skin colour
- Pregnant Meghan revealed she is expecting a GIRL
- Meghan told Oprah the Queen was ‘always wonderful to me’
And he admitted he would not have quit the Firm without Meghan’s help saying: “I wouldn’t have been able to because I myself was trapped as well.”
Harry added: “I didn’t see a way out. I was trapped within the system, just like the rest of my family are.
“My father and my brother – they are trapped. They don’t get to leave and I have huge compassion for that.”
And he said he believed his mother Princess Diana would have been “angry” with how the situation panned out.
He said: “Ultimately, all she would ever want is for us to be happy.”
He said his family was now surviving on money that had been left by his mother, saying she might have “seen it coming”.
Prince Harry said he would always love his father[/caption]
Harry said his mum Diana would have wanted him to be happy[/caption]
Prince Charles’ relationship with his son has become strained, Prince Harry hinted[/caption]
Meghan Markle may never come back to Britain after her bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview[/caption]
Pregnant Meghan spoke with Prince Harry[/caption]
It comes after Meghan claimed there had been conversations with herself and Prince Harry about their unborn son and what colour his skin would be – and “what that would mean or look like”.
Asked whether there were concerns that her child would be “too brown” and that would be a problem, Meghan said: “If that is the assumption you are making, that is a pretty safe one.”
Oprah had introduced the interview – confirming that “no subject is off limits” and that Meghan had not been paid for the chat.
Meghan also revealed she had struggled with suicidal thoughts during her time in the Royal Family.
Breaking down in tears, Meghan said: “I just didn’t see a solution.
“I didn’t want to be alive anymore.”
But she said when she reached out for support she was told because she was not a paid employee, she could not be supported.
One night, while suffering suicidal thoughts, Meghan claimed that she forced herself to go to an event with Harry – because she felt she couldn’t be left alone, for fear of what she might do.
Meghan revealed: “I was ashamed to say it at the time and ashamed to have to admit it to Harry because of how much loss he suffered.
“But I knew that if I didn’t say it I would do it – because I just didn’t want to be alive anymore.
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“I didn’t want to be alive anymore. That was a very clear and real and frightening, constant thought.
“And I remember, I remember how he just cradled me.”
And Harry later added he also went to a “dark place”.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are seen here with the Queen[/caption]
The couple are raising their son Archie in the US[/caption]
The interview will be broadcast on ITV on Monday night[/caption]
