Prince Charles would be "saddened" if he lost his relationship with Prince Harry, sources claim, following Meghan Markle's latest bombshell interview.
The Duchess of Sussex has caused a stir after a lengthy new interview with US magazine The Cut where she openly spoke about the couple's decision to step back from royal duties in 2020— and claimed they were 'happy' to leave the UK.
One person thought to have been left less than pleased with the furore is the Prince of Wales, who was reportedly hurt by Meghan appearing to suggest that Harry had 'lost' her father.
Meghan told The Cut: "Harry said to me, ‘I lost my dad in this process.’ It doesn’t have to be the same for them as it was for me, but that’s his decision."
A source close to Charles said he would be saddened if Harry felt their relationship was lost, adding: "The Prince of Wales loves both his sons".
Meghan's allies have since tried to clarify and say the comments were in fact referring to her own father, Thomas Markle, who she has not spoken to since the royal wedding in 2018.
Prince Charles stepped in last minute to walk Meghan down the aisle at her wedding to Harry at Windsor Castle.
But Harry's relationship with his father has been said to be tense since the couple's departure from being working royals.
He said during their televised interview with Oprah Winfrey last year that Charles had stopped taking his calls.
In her latest interview Meghan, who is currently promoting her new podcast Archetypes, said the family's move to the US was necessary to secure financial freedom.
She defended the move by saying it was not “reinventing the wheel”, claiming a “handful of princes and princesses and dukes” already have the “very arrangement they wanted”. The mum-of-two did not name those she was referring to.
Another bombshell came when Meghan told the magazine she was willing to go to another Commonwealth country and work on behalf of the Royal Family - but only if the Sussexes were able to make their own money.
"Then maybe all the noise would stop,” she added.
Meghan also revealed that she believes there is "room for forgiveness" between herself and the Royal Family.
"I think forgiveness is really important," she told the magazine.
"It takes a lot more energy to not forgive, but it takes a lot of effort to forgive.
"I've really made an active effort, especially knowing that I can say anything."
Prince Harry meanwhile added his own thoughts on the Firm with a sharp comment about their unusual duties, saying: “Most people that I know and many of my family, they aren’t able to work and live together”.
