When Prince Harry launched his latest barrage against Donald Trump over remarks about NATO, he appeared to overlook one crucial detail: his father, King Charles III, would be left to deal with the diplomatic fallout. Palace insiders say the king is 'deeply uncomfortable and horrified' by the timing of Prince Harry's heated attacks on Trump, particularly given the monarch's imminent state visit to Washington, DC, where the president will serve as the official host. The row has created precisely the kind of constitutional headache the crown was keen to avoid.
The dispute erupted after Trump claimed Nato allied troops 'stayed a little back, a little off the front lines' during the war in Afghanistan. For Harry, a 41-year-old decorated military veteran who served on the front line with the British Army, the comments amounted to a direct insult to the memory of fallen soldiers. The Duke of Sussex responded with the raw emotion that has become his trademark, noting that the UK alone lost 457 service personnel in Afghanistan. The human cost, he said, was staggering and impossible to dismiss.
