Prince Harry told he 'must say sorry' to royals if he wants the reconciliation he craves

A heartbroken Prince Harry has said he desperately wants to after his bitter split with the royals. But now, has been warned the rapprochement he craves will not happen unless he says one simple, little word.

The 40-year-old told the world he wants to make up with the Royal Family in a in which he also blasted courtiers for their role in downgrading his UK security. Upset at a against the removal of his high-level police protection, he lashed out and said his father, King Charles, "won't speak to me because of this security stuff". David Yelland, a former editor of The Sun, who is now a public relations adviser, said Harry "used the language of trauma" in the interview and that the public can see".

Speaking on BBC Radio 4's When It Hits the Fan podcast, he praised the Duke as a "laudable person in many ways" but in the BBC interview.

"Unfortunately, in PR, the words and language that you use are key," said the host.

"Harry also used the word .

"He clearly . But in order to get truth and reconciliation, you have to start to say 'sorry' for your part.

"The route to recovery, which is really what we're talking about here, is that both sides, if we're going to get anywhere, are going to have to apologise for their part in what has happened.

"I don't see any sign of that at the moment in terms of his communications."

Harry's rupture with the Royal Family began in 2020, when he and his wife Meghan Markle and moved to the US.

They now live in California with their two children, Archie and Lilibet.

Shortly after , the couple gave an interview to Oprah Winfrey criticising the Royal Family and have gone on to cause further fury - most notably when the Duke released his tell-all memoir, Spare.

The book revealed the , Prince William.

Mr Yelland's co-host Simon Lewis, who was communications secretary to , described the situation as "sad" for Prince Harry and but also said the "central tenet of PR is often timing - when you choose to do things, and secondly how you choose to do them".

Mr Lewis believes the Duke could have waited before speaking out and said: "Perhaps he should have delivered some of his messages so much more elegantly.

"A less accusatory approach might have resulted in more sympathy."