PRINCE Harry will never have a loving and caring relationship with Prince Charles again, the Royal Family’s former butler has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex dealt further blows to his dad last week – blasting Charles’ parenting skills and claiming he moved to the States to “break the cycle” of “genetic pain” from his own childhood.
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His comments came just two months after telling Oprah Winfrey he was “disappointed” in his dad, who he claimed had cut him off financially and refused to take his calls.
Harry also said Charles and brother Wills were “trapped” in their Royal roles and his relationship with his brother was one of “space”.
But while Harry told Oprah he hopes “time heals all things”, Grant Harrold, ex-butler to the brothers and their dad, said “the damage is done”.
“And that makes me sad because the relationship that I knew which was a loving, caring, fun relationship can never be like that again,” he told Channel 5’s Charles & Harry: Father and Son Divided.
Royal author Tom Quinn added: “There is no doubt the gulf between Harry and Charles had widened considerably.
“I mean I think if they are not careful it will be very difficult to bridge that divide in future.
“I can’t see how they can do it.”
Speaking on the Armchair Expert Podcast last week, Harry, 36, told host Dax Shephard his dad, 72, “suffered” due to his upbringing by the Queen and Philip, then “treated me the way he was treated”.
He said: “I verbalise it, which is, ‘Isn’t life about breaking the cycle’?
“There’s no blame, I don’t think we should be pointing the finger or blaming anybody.
“But certainly when it comes to parenting, if I have experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering perhaps my father or my parents suffered, I’m gonna make sure that I break that cycle so that I don’t pass it on, basically.
“There is a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on anyway. As parents we should be doing the most that we can to say, ‘You know what, that happened to me, I’m gonna make sure that’s not going to happen to you’.”
He also revealed he had wanted to quit royal duties in his twenties and described royal life as a mix between The Truman Show and living in a zoo.
According to The Times, Charles is understood to feel bewildered that he has been criticised yet again by Harry.
The future king stayed silent on the matter while out and about in Wales on Friday, with aides making clear he would not answer any questions about the podcast.
One reporter from the BBC tried to quiz him anyway, and was heard asking: “Sir do you agree with prince Harry about the suffering and pain in the family? Have you heard his comments?”
Charles ignored the reporter and carried on walking.
HOAR Online has approached Buckingham Palace and Prince Harry’s representatives for comment.
