Prince Harry has been criticised for “demanding” to see King Charles during his trip to the UK, despite the monarch’s busy schedule.
The Duke of Sussex attended a special thanksgiving service at St Paul’s Cathedral on Wednesday, arriving alone, without the support of his wife Meghan Markle.
Members of the Royal Family were also not in attendance, but the Prince was supported by the Spencers, family of the late Princess Diana.
Speaking to GB News, royal biographer Angela Levin defended the suggestion made by host Tom Harwood that King Charles “could have made time” to see his son.
Angela Levin says Prince Harry has become ‘demanding’ since marrying Meghan
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Levin fumed: “I really hate it when I hear people saying that. He has just been allowed to go out, he’s still having a lot of care because he has cancer. And you don’t do that to a King.
“Harry’s actually tried to make his visit impossible. He’s done it two or three times by giving no time before he comes over, not saying when he’s going to be there. He also keeps on saying he wants apologies before they have a proper conversation, and he often bullies his father for money.”
Sharing her thoughts on how Prince Harry has “changed” since marrying Meghan Markle and having spent several months with the royal, Levin revealed: “I was with him for 15 months in 2017 to write his biography, he was lovely. He was very flexible.
“But since he’s got married, he is not flexible. He’s demanding and he gets angry and he won’t give in. He won’t agree to compromise.”
Prince Harry attended the Invictus Games service at St Paul’s Cathedral
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GB News host Emily Carver suggested that Prince Harry could be “twisting the narrative” after claiming via a spokesperson that the King was “too busy” to see him.
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Emily told Levin: “Prince Harry was coming to the UK anyway for this Invictus Games event. He didn’t bring his children with him, didn’t bring his wife.
“He clearly hadn’t wasn’t intending to necessarily use this trip as a as a get together as an olive branch to his father. But yet he gets his spokesperson to say it’s the King’s diary that’s far too full?”
Levin agreed, responding: “Harry could have made an effort. I don’t think it would be a good idea to go to the garden party, because the King has to go round to everybody else.
“But he could have actually said if I see you just for a few minutes afterwards, I know you’re very tired, but let me pop round. I think he’s demanding. He doesn’t give in, he won’t compromise. And it’s really, really sad.”
Angela Levin defended King Charles for not meeting with Prince Harry
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Detailing Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s upcoming trip to Nigeria, in which Meghan will “discover her roots”, Levin claimed that Harry wanted to meet with the King in order to “be seen” with the Royal Family ahead of the trip.
Levin explained: “He wanted to be seen with his father so that when he and Meghan go to Nigeria, he can imply that the Royal Family actually agree with what he’s doing and are supporting him.
“And I think they have to be very careful about that because they’re not representing the UK, they’re not representing anything, they’re going away for a holiday with lots of attention and free meals and a nice place to stay.”
She added: “Meghan said she’s got 43 per cent Nigerian in her genes, so let her enjoy that, find out what their lives are like and if she and Harry would like to go and live there, we’d be fine.”
