Prince Harry Unloads About 'Shocking Truths'

Prince Harry unloaded in a "bombshell" statement and interview about his father, family, and security risks and threats. In a written statement, he said he had uncovered "shocking truths."

The prince opened up to the BBC, and then on the website that he shares with his wife, Meghan, after he lost a legal action seeking government security.

“This all comes from the same institutions that preyed upon my mother, that openly campaigned for the removal of our security, and that continue to incite hatred towards me, my wife and even our children, while at the same time protecting the very power that they should be holding accountable," Prince Harry wrote on May 2, 2025.

To BBC, Harry said he would "love a reconciliation" with his family but revealed his father, King Charles, "won't speak to me because of this security stuff."

He added of his cancer-stricken dad that he did "not know how much longer my father has."

Buckingham Palace responded, according to BBC, "All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion."

In the statement on the website, Harry said the process “has only ever been about ensuring my safety and that of my immediate family when we are in the United Kingdom, so that we may safely visit my home country with the same level of security that other governments deem necessary for our protection.”

Harry wrote that the court’s ruling “confirms that the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures, known as RAVEC and comprised of senior officials from the Royal Household, Home Office and Metropolitan Police, has failed to follow its own mandated processes for me, which are applied to all other high-risk and high-profile individuals.”

He said he was going to write to the Home Secretary “to ask her to urgently examine the matter and review the RAVEC process.”

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend the Time100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center in Midtown on April 23, 2025 in New York City.

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Prince Harry said his legal action “has uncovered shocking truths, starting with the fact that the Royal Household are key decision-makers on RAVEC and my sole representation for matters regarding my safety. In this process, I’ve also learned the names of all those involved, many of whom retired immediately after playing their part."

In November 2017, before the Royal Household’s role on RAVEC was known, this "secretive committee concluded that when my wife would join the royal family, she should not receive protection. Only when I asked for the name of the person willing to carry that risk, did they reverse the decision," Harry wrote.

He claimed that, in 2020, RAVEC refused for the first time to conduct the "required annual risk, threat, and impact assessment that their own policies demand.”

“The result was stripping me of the protection I’ve had since birth, whilst signalling to all other governments to do the same. This reckless action knowingly put me and my family in harm’s way. Life is precious, and I understand the fragility of it," said Harry.

Harry said that he tried to “resolve this issue privately” in 2020 and 2021, even "offering to independently cover the costs of necessary and effective police protection in order to keep me and my family safe.” But he said no one “responded directly to me about my offer.”

Prince Harry wrote that, in recent years, “my family and I have been subjected to well-documented neo-Nazi and extremist threats, including Al-Qaeda. There are individuals in prison on UK soil because of such threats.”

He said there was a failure to conduct a “proper risk assessment” that was a “dereliction of duty.”

“The stark difference is I was born into lifelong circumstances that create inherent security risks. My decade of military service, particularly two tours of duty in Afghanistan, as well as social and tabloid media frenzy, have only intensified those threats," Harry wrote.

He said it was “truly devastating” to discover that his “immediate family’s safety was knowingly put at risk, as well as who was behind it and who sanctioned it.”

He said that he and his wife wanted to maintain his “role,” but that this was ultimately refused.

"The UK is my birthplace and will always be part of who I am. It is a place I love and the country where my son was born," Harry wrote. "I’ve only ever wanted to continue my charitable work in supporting the causes and people that mean so much to me, and for my children to know the beauty of my homeland.”

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