A tearful interview with the BBC revealed that the Duke of Sussex "would love a reconciliation" with the Royal Family, saying he was "devastated" by losing a judicial case for his protection in the UK.
Prince Harry said that while the King "won't speak to me because of this security stuff," he did not "know how much longer my father has" and that he no longer wanted to fight.
After losing an appeal on the security levels he and his family are entitled to when in the UK, the prince talked to BBC News in California.
The palace said: "All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion."
"I can't see a world in which I would bring my wife and children back to the UK at this point," the prince remarked after Friday's court decision.
He continued by saying, "There have been so many disagreements between myself and some of my family," but said he has finally "forgiven" them.
"I would adore getting back together with my family. Prince Harry said that the conflict over his security had "always been the sticking point" and that there was no use in fighting any longer since life was valuable.
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When the prince left his position as a working royal and relocated to the US in 2020, he sought to reverse security measures that had been implemented.
He claimed to feel "let down" and attributed the decision to lower his protection to the Royal Household, calling his court loss a "good old fashioned establishment stitch up."
When questioned whether he had requested that the King step in and resolve the security debate, Prince Harry said, "I never asked him to intervene - I asked him to step out of the way and let the experts do their jobs."
He had "uncovered my worst fears" in the process of determining his security, the prince said.
Regarding the decision, he stated: "I'm devastated—not so much by the loss as I am by the individuals who made the judgement and felt that this was acceptable. Is it their victory?
He went on to say: "I'm sure there are some people out there, probably most likely the people that wish me harm, [who] consider this a huge win."
The removal of his automatic security right, according to Prince Harry, affects him "every single day" and has put him in a situation where he can only safely come to the UK if the Royal Family extends an invitation to him, since he would get enough protection in such cases.
Getty Pictures A door opens as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex leave. The duchess smiles and waves. Prince Harry is dressed in black pants, a blazer, and a white shirt. Meghan is dressed in a beige jacket, jeans and a white shirt. Prince Harry has blue eyes, ginger hair, and a ginger beard. Meghan has brown eyes and long brown hair. Getty Pictures
Since 2020, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have resided in the United States, as shown in this April photo.
The prince said that his wife and, subsequently, his kids had also been affected by the changes to his security status in 2020.
"Everyone understood that they were putting us at danger in 2020," he said, "and they thought that my knowledge of that risk would drive us to return.
"But do you not want to protect us when you know that didn't work?
"Whether you're the government, the Royal Household, whether you're my dad, my family - despite all of our differences, do you not want to just ensure our safety?"
When asked whether he missed the United Kingdom, he responded: "I love my country, I always have done, despite what some people in that country have done... and I think that it's really quite sad that I won't be able to show my children my homeland."
Prince Harry said that Friday's decision had "proven that there was no way to win this through the courts" and that he would not be pursuing any further legal challenges.
He said that the decision had been a "surprise" and remarked, "I wish someone had told me that beforehand,"
He went on: "This, at the heart of it, is a family dispute, and it makes me really, really sad that we're sitting here today, five years later, where a decision that was made most likely, in fact I know, to keep us under the roof."
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Shortly after losing his most recent court battle against the UK government over the degree of protection he and his family are entitled to when visiting, Prince Harry talked to the BBC.
The prince's argument, which focused on how an official committee decided to deny him automatic, full-scale protection similar to that enjoyed by other senior royals, was denied by the Court of Appeal.
The court said Prince Harry's "sense of grievance" did not "translate into a legal argument" on Friday, but it did find that he had presented "powerful" arguments about the degree of danger he and his family face.
His legal case focused on the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec) committee, which was headed at the time by Sir Richard Mottram and authorised protection for senior royals on behalf of the Home Office.
Prince Harry said that, in accordance with the committee's rules, his case ought to have been presented to Ravec's Risk Management Board (RMB), which would have evaluated the risks to his and his family's safety, but that did not occur.
Senior justices stated Friday that while the committee had deviated from norm in its 2020 decision about the prince's security, it had been "sensible" to do so because to the complexity of his situation.
Nada Tawfik was seated across from Prince Harry.
In California, Prince Harry talked to BBC News after the UK Court of Appeal's decision on Friday.
Prince Harry said that Friday's decision demonstrated that the Royal Household had a greater effect on the decision-making process than did legal restrictions, and that his "jaw hit the floor" when he learnt that a member of the Royal Household was on the Ravec committee.
He added that his standing as the most at-risk royal was demoted to the least at-risk "overnight" as a consequence of "interference" by the Royal Household in the 2020 decision.
"So one does question how that is even possible and also the motive behind that at the time," he said.
Prince Harry urged Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to step in and resolve his security matter, as well as to restructure the Ravec committee.
The prince said he will write to Cooper to "ask her to urgently examine the matter and review the Ravec process" in a statement made public later Friday.
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