Prince Harry's rift with the Royal Family is as "deep as ever" following the release of his new Netflix documentary, according to an expert.
The Duke of Sussex's latest documentary, Heart of Invictus, was released on Netflix on Wednesday (August 30) and details the lead-up to the Invictus Games, which sees injured army veterans from across the world to compete in a series of sporting events.
Harry, a military man himself, appeared in the six-part series lamenting the hardships of returning from war – as well as the pain of losing his mum, Princess Diana.
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"The biggest struggle for me was that no one around me could really help," he remarked.
"I didn't have that support structure, that network or that expert advice to identify what was actually going on with me."
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams said that while the Prince's comments may not be as barbed as ones from his last documentary Harry & Meghan or his memoir Spare, his lack of name-dropping won't have gone far to rebuild bridges.
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Prince Harry reveals 'trigger' of seeing 'cost of war' as he left Afghanistan
"[Harry] says that he received no help when he suffered trauma after his mother’s death […] however, the Royal Family are not targeted directly and for this they will doubtless be grateful," he said.
"Whether this is long term or temporary remains to be seen.
"Meanwhile, especially after the contents of the interviews Harry gave about his memoir Spare, the rift in the Royal Family remains as deep as ever."
Harry's latest Netflix release came just a day before the 26th anniversary of Princess Diana's death, which he said he was unable to process until after his two terms in Afghanistan.
The Prince said the two traumatic experiences left him with "bubbles" of emotion that caused "chaos" once released later in life.
"I had that moment in my life where I didn’t know about it, but because of the trauma of losing my mum when I was 12, for all those years, I had no emotion," the Prince told one of the Invictus competitors, Darrell Ling.
"I was unable to cry, I was unable to feel.
"And it wasn’t until later in my life, age 28, there was a circumstance that happened that the first few bubbles [of emotion] started coming out.
"Then suddenly it was like someone shook it and it just went pfft. Then it was chaos. My emotions were sprayed all over the wall everywhere I went and I was like, ‘How the hell do I contain this?’"
The documentary has received mixed reactions, with some praising Harry for giving a platform to servicemen and women, while other critiqued him for "making it about him".
"Sending love to Prince Harry today. Diana would’ve been so proud of him," one fan wrote on the X social network," one said.
"Prince Harry living in California with his little family he adores and supporting the causes close to his heart is Diana’s greatest legacy," another added.
Meanwhile, Harry's ex-biographer Angela Levin was more scathing, telling GB News: "Soldiers came back with no limbs, and nowhere to live, while Harry was coming home to 16 bathrooms, he shouldn’t be making this about him."
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