Prince Harry’s public complaints have taken yet another awkward twist.

In a recent BBC interview, the Duke of Sussex claimed that King Charles “won’t speak to me” and portrayed himself as the unfortunate target of an “establishment stitch-up.”

He even went as far as accusing the royal household of interfering in his ongoing battle to regain UK police protection. But both Buckingham Palace and the British government swiftly dismissed those claims.

Officials outright rejected his demand for Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to urgently probe the committee that downgraded his security. Sources were quick to emphasize that the committee in question operates independently and is not subject to political pressure.

Palace insiders were reportedly unimpressed with Harry’s outburst. One noted that his mention of the King’s cancer — remarking that he “doesn’t know how much longer he has left” — was seen as particularly insensitive.

Things continue to spiral for Prince Harry

A recent Daily Mail poll further undercut Harry’s claims. According to a Find Out Now survey, 64% of participants sided with King Charles, while just 36% supported Harry.

The results also suggest the public has grown weary of the Sussexes and their lingering royal privileges. A majority of respondents believe it’s time Harry and Meghan were formally stripped of their HRH titles. Meghan has reportedly continued using hers privately, despite the couple’s previous agreement not to do so.

Adding fuel to the fire, palace sources expressed frustration with the BBC for airing Harry’s unchallenged accusations. According to insiders, the network allowed him to speak freely about supposed conspiracies without any pushback.

Following a court ruling against him, Harry alleged that the royal family had covertly influenced the committee—officially known as RAVEC—that determines who receives state protection.

He told the BBC he was “stunned” to learn that two senior royal aides sit on the committee and said he would request the Home Secretary “to look at this very, very carefully.”

In response, a government spokesperson issued a rebuttal: “All members work together to advise the independent chair on the protective security of the royal family and key public figures. These decisions have been taken by RAVEC, not the Home Secretary.”

A palace source also clarified that those aides do not play an “advocacy” role but are simply there to “advise on what the royals are up to.”

Prince Harry claims he’s being ‘singled out’

The BBC later admitted that it mishandled the interview, calling it a lapse in editorial judgment. In a statement, the network acknowledged: “Claims were repeated that the process had been ‘an Establishment stitch-up’ and we failed to properly challenge this and other allegations.”

They also neglected to include the Home Office’s official response. “We are pleased that the court has found in favour of the Government’s position… The UK Government’s protective security system is rigorous and proportionate,” the department said, adding, “All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.”

Still, Harry pressed on. He declared he would never bring Prince Archie or Princess Lilibet back to the UK, saying, “The other side won in keeping me unsafe,” after the nation’s second-highest judge denied his appeal.

He also implied that royal security procedures had been used “to imprison” family members, preventing them “from being able to choose a different life.” This, despite living in a $14 million Montecito mansion and enjoying lucrative deals with Netflix and Spotify.

“It’s really quite sad that I won’t be able to show my children my homeland,” he added.

Royal biographer slams Harry and Meghan

As Harry continued airing his frustrations, royal biographer A.N. Wilson didn’t hold back. “You keep thinking, ‘Meghan and Harry can’t get any worse.’ And then they do,” he told the Daily Mail.

Wilson reflected on how Harry, once a “largely popular, merry prince who served his country in Afghanistan with courage and good humour,” has now become “estranged from the British public.”

“Now, he is a humourless whinger, adrift from his former friends and speaks in the Californian psychobabble that Meghan has picked up among her ghastly Montecito neighbours,” he said. “It cannot continue. The King should strip them of the right to dignify themselves by their royal titles.”

Wilson argued that the Sussexes should lose not only their HRH designations but also their Duke and Duchess of Sussex titles entirely.

“They should become simply Mr and Mrs Windsor,” he said, “Free to sink into their pathetic, unloved, sunlit exile, and the decades of pointless boredom that stretch ahead – a hell entirely of their own making.”

Friday’s court ruling didn’t just mark the end of Harry’s legal effort — it also means he’s now responsible for covering substantial legal fees for both sides. He had previously described the case as one that “mattered the most.”

You can watch Prince Harry’s full BBC interview here: