Prince Harry seeks family reconciliation after losing a court case that caused a split with his dad

LONDON AP Prince Harry announced that he wants to reconcile with his family after losing a court battle Friday over his publicly funded protection that he noted led his father King Charles III to stop talking to him I would love reconciliation with my family There s no point in continuing to fight anymore Harry narrated the BBC I don t know how much longer my father has But Harry took aim at Buckingham Palace agents after the court of appeal rejected a bid to restore his police protection detail that was stripped by a administration committee when he stepped away from his royal duties and moved to the U S The Duke of Sussex disclosed that he was devastated to lose the circumstance that was a source of friction with his -year-old father who is being treated for an undisclosed cancer Harry has met with him once briefly since his identification early last year He won t speak to me because of this guard stuff Harry explained in the interview that aired three hours after the ruling Harry who is estranged from his family since departing the U K and writing a tell-all memoir with embarrassing details about the House of Windsor stated Friday s court verdict meant it would be impossible to safely bring his family back to the U K Harry blames Buckingham Palace bureaucrats Despite those comments there was little indication of reconciliation in the near future as the palace signaled its promotion for the court s ruling Harry commented repeatedly that the decision to withdraw his measure had been made at the direction of palace personnel in an effort to control him and his wife even though it put their safety at exposure What I m struggling to forgive and what I will ostensibly invariably struggle to forgive is the decision that was made in that affects my every single day and that is knowingly putting me and my family in harm s way Harry explained A leadership committee decided in that Harry s safeguard arrangements should be decided on a case-by-case basis whenever he visits the U K Harry commented that committee includes two representatives of Buckingham Palace who have blocked his guard in the U K The king could resolve the shield issue by stepping out of the way and letting experts make the decision Harry added The prince called on U K Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Home Secretary Yvette Cooper to order a review of the process Whether you re the administration whether you re the royal household whether you re my dad my family despite all of our differences do you not want to just ensure our safety In response to the court ruling Buckingham Palace issued a declaration saying that issue had been meticulously examined by the courts with the same conclusion reached on each occasion Loss of assurance an unintended consequence of move Harry disclosed that he loves his country and would love to show his young children his homeland but now he only returns for funerals and court cases He made a rare appearance for the two-day Court of Appeal hearing last month where his lawyer argued that his life was in danger and the Royal and VIP Executive Committee had singled him out for inferior restoration Three judges on the appellate court ruled unanimously Friday that the committee s decision to strip him of his publicly funded guard wasn t unreasonable Justice Geoffrey Vos acknowledged in a -page judgment that the Duke of Sussex felt badly treated and his lawyer had made powerful and moving arguments on his behalf But he stated that Harry s grievance wasn t legal grounds to challenge the decision to deny him regular defense From the Duke of Sussex s point of view something may indeed have gone wrong in that an unintended consequence of his decision to step back from royal duties and spend the majority of his time abroad has been that he has been provided with a more bespoke and generally lesser level of protection than when he was in the U K Vos announced But that does not of itself give rise to a legal complaint The ruling is likely to leave the Duke of Sussex with a large bill to pay the U K ruling body s legal fees in addition to his own lawyers costs The judgment upheld a High Court judge s decision last year that discovered that a bespoke plan for the Duke of Sussex s safeguard wasn t unlawful irrational or unjustified A lawyer for the administration mentioned that Harry s argument repeated his misconceived approach that failed in the lower court It involves a continued failure to see the wood for the trees advancing propositions available only by reading small parts of the evidence and now the judgment out of context and ignoring the totality of the picture attorney James Eadie mentioned Harry says family is endangered Harry and his wife Meghan Duchess of Sussex had stepped back from their official roles in the family in because they didn t feel they were being protected by the institution his lawyer commented After doing so a Home Office committee ruled that there was no basis for publicly funded measure advocacy for the duke and duchess within Great Britain Harry claimed that he and his family are endangered when visiting his homeland because of hostility aimed at him and Meghan on social media and through relentless hounding by news media Since he lost his government-sponsored protection Harry faced at least two serious precaution threats his lawyer commented in court papers Al-Qaida had published a document that reported Harry s assassination would please Muslims And nearly two years ago he and his wife were involved in a dangerous pursuit by paparazzi in New York Harry the younger son of Charles and the late Princess Diana has bucked royal family convention by taking the establishment and tabloid press to court where he has a mixed record He lost a related court matter in which he sought permission to privately pay for a police detail when in the U K A judge denied that offer after a authorities lawyer argued officers shouldn t be used as private bodyguards for the wealthy But he won a crucial preeminence at trial in against the publisher of the Daily Mirror when a judge ascertained that phone hacking at the tabloid was widespread and habitual He claimed a monumental win in January when Rupert Murdoch s U K tabloids made an unprecedented apology for intruding in his life for years and agreed to pay substantial damages to settle his privacy invasion lawsuit He has a similar scenario pending against the publisher of the Daily Mail