A ROYAL expert has claimed the “last thing the grieving Queen needs is an open family civil war between ‘moaning’ Prince Harry and his brother and dad.”
Royal author Phil Dampier pointed out that it is a particularly sensitive time for Her Majesty, 95, following the death of late husband Prince Philip, who died on April 9 and the age of 99.
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Prince Harry recently appeared on the Armchair Expert podcast and described royal life as a mixture of The Truman Show film and being in a zoo.
The film, released in 1998, follows the life of a man who is living in a reality TV programme, unaware he is being watched by millions of people.
The Duke, 36, blasted Charles’ parenting and said his dad, 72, “suffered” due to his upbringing by the Queen and Philip, then “treated me the way he was treated”.
Phil Dampier told Fabulous: “It is very difficult for the royals to hit back. It’s a very difficult time as the Queen is just getting back to work, everyone is just getting over the pandemic, grieving for Prince Philip.
“Everyone has their lives to be getting on with, the last thing they need is all this, an open family civil war.”
The royal expert said of Harry: “I don’t understand what he is trying to achieve. The only thing you can conclude at the moment is that sadly this is the way at the moment he is making his living, a career out of moaning.
“He is trading off and making money that he was once a working royal and has family problems. This is his meal ticket.
“I don’t think it is benefitting anyone to try and criticise Charles or the Queen as a parent.”
Meanwhile, the Queen is said to be “not the same” following Prince Philip’s death and Harry’s “cruel” behaviour post-Megxit isn’t helping, said royal biographer Angela Levin.
The author claimed her Majesty is “desperately” upset while Harry continues to be “unspeakably, ruthlessly cruel.”
Speaking on Good Morning Britain, the royal expert said: “This lack of understanding of anyone else’s position, for Prince Charles, who as we saw when the funeral took place, he was absolutely devastated to lose his father.
“And the Queen, at 95, bravely went to open Parliament again but you could tell she wasn’t the same Queen.
“She’s desperately upset, she adores Harry. And Prince Charles has done his best.”
Summing up her thoughts on Prince Harry’s damning words on the podcast, the expert added: “So, it is unspeakably, ruthlessly cruel.”
Angela Levin, who spent a year with the Duke as she wrote his biography, also accused him of deliberately “punishing” his family for “wronging him and Meghan Markle”.
The Duke is “not an idiot”, but has been “brainwashed as a victim,” she said.
And others have slammed him as “shameless” after throwing multiple members of the Firm under the bus.
Palace insiders have slammed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle claiming “nothing is ever their fault” after his attack on Prince Charles.
A royal biographer has accused Prince Harry of deliberately “punishing” his family for “wronging him and Meghan Markle”.
