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Unanticipated commentary has come forth regarding the years-long rift between Prince Harry and his family over the weekend.
On a podcast episode, Princess Delphine of Belgium spoke on the ongoing dispute between the Royal Family in England, and the Prince and his wife Meghan Markle. She expressed sympathy towards Harry and reflected on the trauma he experienced with the loss of his mother.
“I think Harry suffered so much, and I think he was traumatised, and it’s coming out now,” she commented. “I think there’s this thing with security, I think it’s to do with what happened to his mother.”
This refers to the legal battle which ensued between the Prince and the British government to have his and his family’s state funded security reinstated, which he lost. He spoke on this recently, stating he “can’t see a world” in which he would bring his wife and children back to the country without official protection.
“I understand the guy,” Delphine stated. “He’s just traumatized. He’s doing these things, and everybody’s bullying him.”
She went on to reflect that “he’s just been kind of left.”
Delphine herself has had an unconventional relationship with royalty, only discovering her royal family connections at 18. Years of legal battles eventually resulted in a DNA test in 2020 which confirmed she was the daughter of King Albert II of Belgium, after which she was given a royal title and began to attend public events with the family.
The tensions between Prince Harry and his family became publicly known back in 2020 after he and Markle stepped back from their royal duties. The strain between the couple and his family only increased as the Prince and Markle went on to speak out on their experiences with the family in interviews, their Netflix docuseries, and in Harry’s memoir Spare.
However, recently, reports have emerged that members of Harry’s and King Charles’ teams have been meeting and seemingly taking the first steps to reconciliation.
“It was a good first step,” an insider commented to People. “It is always better to be talking.
