“It’s still dangerous, and all it takes is one lone actor, one person who reads this stuff to act on what they have read, and whether it’s a knife or acid, whatever it is, and these are things that are of genuine concern for me,” he said.

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Critics blame him for the negativity, saying he was the one who chose to talk about the rift with his father and elder brother Prince William on TV and in his memoir Spare, while living off his royal background.

Supporters counter that he has come under pressure because of his self-declared mission to hold newspaper bosses to account.

He has already successfully sued the Mirror group of newspapers over phone-hacking and other allegations, and is still involved in lawsuits against Rupert Murdoch’s British newspaper group and the publisher of The Daily Mail and MailOnline.

Harry has acknowledged his media battles have contributed to his family rift, and, as it stands, there appears to be no sign of this healing.

“Reports suggest that whilst Charles would be open to a return of some sort on the part of his son and daughter-in-law, William absolutely wouldn’t be open to that,” said Anna Whitelock, Professor of the History of the Monarchy at City, University of London.

Reuters

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