Prince Harry has been blasted by royal expert Jennie Bond and GB News presenter Anne Diamond after his bombshell BBC interview on Friday, 2nd May. Speaking from his home in America, just hours after he lost a court bid to force the British taxpayer to cover his security in the UK, the 40-year-old gave a tell-all account of his version of events which date back to when he and his wife, Meghan Markle, stepped down as working royals in 2020.

In the BBC interview, he said that in the wake of the ruling, he now could not "see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the UK at this point". He continued: "And the things that they're going to miss is, well, everything. I love my country. I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done.

"So I miss the UK. I miss parts of the UK. Of course I do. And I think that it's really quite sad that I won't be able to show my children my homeland."

Discussing the interview on GB News, Anne Diamond and Stephen Dixon were joined by royal expert Jennie Bond who did not hold with her assessment of the Duke.

Anne asked the 74-year-old: "Do you think this interview revealed a persecution complex or is he right?"

Looking radiant in a bright red dress, Jennie replied: "I do think he has a persecution complex but I also think to an extent, I do get what he's saying. I do get that he views it as illogical that people who have served for example as prime minister, perhaps for only as long as a lettuce or less than the lettuce, should have police protection and he does not.

"I understand it when he says that whether or not he's carrying out was royal duties the level of danger of risk to him remains the same, I do understand that but it's gone through several court hearings now several judges in the judgment is that it will be a bespoke level of security."

She added: "Now I think it's a bit of a difference there, you see I think the Home Office would argue that bespoke level of security is a case-by-case basis, where he's going, what he's doing, and Harry last night said it wasn't that it was very simple – if he was invited by the Royal family UK then he would get security and if comes on his own then he wouldn't, that's the way he put it enough. I don't know what the truth is, but that isn't going to help the reconciliation he says he wants."

Elsewhere in the interview Prince Harry touched on the strained relations with his father and brother. He said: "There have been so many disagreements, differences between me and some of my family.

"This current situation that has been ongoing for five years with regards to human life and safety is the sticking point. It is the only thing that's left. Of course, some members of my family will never forgive me for writing a book. Of course, they will never forgive me for lots of things. But I would love reconciliation with my family."