Prince Harry has been blasted by a friend of the King for using his children as “emotional blackmail”.
The King is understood to have last seen Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, in June 2022, when the Duke and Duchess of Sussex travelled to the UK with their children for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations over two years ago.
Now, the chance to see his grandchildren in the near future appears to be fading, as Harry stated last week that it would be “dangerous” to bring his wife and children back to the UK.
In a new documentary, Tabloids on Trial, the Duke said: “It’s still dangerous. All it takes is one lone actor, one person who reads this stuff to act on what they have read. Whether it’s a knife or acid, these are things that are of genuine concern for me.
“It’s one of the reasons why I won’t bring my wife back to this country”, he said during the sit-down interview which aired on July 25.
A friend of the monarch has slammed the Duke for using his children as leverage to get better security whilst in the UK.
“Harry has lost his security case in court, and is now trying the emotional blackmail route to get what he wants instead, cynically using the threat of Archie and Lilibet never meeting their grandfather again as a tactic to coerce the king into overruling Royal and VIP Executive Committee (RAVEC),” the close source told The Daily Beast.
“The idea that the security forces are going to allow the Sussexes to be attacked by an acid-throwing or knife-wielding maniac on British soil is absurd, and Harry knows it. Using it as leverage, as a reason to withhold his kids from their grandfather, is beyond contempt.”
