GB News host Anne Diamond has claimed she is "so worried" about the Duke of Sussex after a bombshell BBC interview where he said he wants to "reconcile" with his family.Prince Harry said that King Charles "won't speak to me" and said he has a desire for "reconciliation" with his family.READ THE FULL STORY HERE
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00:00a statement saying all of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts
00:06with the same conclusion reached on each occasion.
00:11Let's talk to royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams.
00:15Good to see you this morning, Richard.
00:18He says he wants reconciliation, but by giving this interview, does he just make that harder to achieve?
00:24Well, it is the most extraordinary interview, and over half an hour,
00:30and a lot of it dealing with aspects of security, which, of course, he couldn't elaborate on.
00:35In court, his arguments were considered powerful and moving, but not legally valid.
00:42Now, there are several things you could take from this.
00:44I mean, it could be seen as a plea for some form of reconciliation,
00:49because he actually discusses his father in far from complementary terms in parts of it,
00:56but equally there's no doubt that he fears that, obviously, he knows how the king is battling cancer
01:04and talks about the fact he doesn't know how long his father has,
01:09which is an extraordinary thing to say, but I think he was absolutely gutted.
01:14I mean, what he calls for, I've always felt that the issue of security is something that there could be
01:22some form of compromise on this, because he's haunted by the death of his mother.
01:27There's no doubt that that still plays such a part in the way he thinks.
01:34And there's also no question that this is very much from the heart.
01:41On the other hand, I mean, you could look at the fact he says he knows the truth.
01:46He couldn't elaborate on a lot of it.
01:48But then, on the other hand, you've got the Sussexes' truth.
01:53Remember that on Oprah, because he unquestionably believes that there are malign forces
01:59at the palace or in the establishment who are working against him.
02:05On the other hand, again, he calls for government intervention.
02:10And where would this go?
02:11Would he perhaps take it to the Supreme Court or decide to do so,
02:15as apparently may be a possibility?
02:19So there's so much in this.
02:20I would only say that in some way there ought to be some form of reconciliation in the years ahead.
02:28And I simply can't see it if there isn't some form of concession on this,
02:33given the raw enra...
02:36He's somewhat enraged during this interview.
02:39And, of course, it's a five-year battle for him.
02:42I thought there were also several moments during the interview
02:45when he looked as though he was going to break down.
02:48You know, actually, maybe tears or something.
02:51He held it back just enough.
02:53But it just made me worry about him.
02:56Are you worried about him or for him?
03:00Yes, because I think he feels tremendously pressurized.
03:04And there's no doubt that on the issue of security,
03:07he's correct that he will never be anybody.
03:09He always will be a prince.
03:11And there are threats.
03:12You could mention al-Qaeda or, indeed, right-wing extremism or the paparazzi.
03:18So there is, obviously, there are dangers here.
03:23But, again, on the other hand, I mean, there does seem to be a wall between him
03:29and, well, certainly the courtiers who are, as he sees it, the royal household.
03:35I mean, there is little love lost.
03:38The problem, of course, also is trust.
03:40And you can see the royal family, because of the campaign the Sussexes waged against the institution,
03:49not trusting him, because he does, and we've seen it yesterday in this extraordinary interview,
03:57it's the relationship the Sussexes have with the media that is very, very scary to an institution
04:03that, during Queen Elizabeth's era, was famous for never complain, never explain.
04:09And, of course, he does the opposite.
04:12Yes, I think it's very worrying.
04:13If he did want to come to the UK, Richard, I mean, he could come here pretty incognito, couldn't he?
04:19He could slip in his private jet and do what he needed to do family-wise.
04:25Presumably he only needs a lot of security if he's out doing public engagements,
04:30which is what the royal family don't want him to be doing anyway.
04:34Well, there's a problem, I think, in what appears to be a two-tier security that he gets.
04:44I think that this may be at the root of a lot of the problems,
04:48because you heard him say that if he comes invited by his family or to see his family,
04:55that he would get the automatic police security.
04:58But he rubbished the idea that the security he would get, for example, coming for a charitable purpose,
05:04would, well, frankly, would be of much use.
05:08Or did he claim that it wouldn't be?
05:11It, therefore, is what he says, that he won't bring Meghan, who might not want to come necessarily.
05:18I mean, she is far from popular in Britain, but that isn't the point.
05:22The point is, of course, Archie and Lily in future years.
05:25I mean, surely there should be some way whereby they could come and he would feel that they had the adequate security.
05:33He says private security is not the same as automatic police security.
05:38And the VIP aspect of it is where I would have thought he was a VIP in his family.
05:43But, again, the powerful argument isn't one that holds or has held legally.
05:52He's fought for five years.
05:53The government asked to do something.
05:56Would we see any movement there?
05:58It's hard to see.
06:00I mean, it's quite extraordinary the fifth in line to the throne actually having a case and fighting it all these years against the Home Office.
06:08And also, of course, he believes very, very strongly that there are people who don't want to give him what he believes is his right.
06:19So, at the moment, we're at an impasse.
06:22OK, Richard, good to see you.
06:25Thanks.