Royal commentators have highlighted the real blow to Prince Harry following his recent interview about his relationship with the royal family.
The media's alleged "betrayal" in leaking that the Duke of Sussex was on the front lines in Afghanistan has been labeled "one of the nails in the coffin" of his relationship with the press.
Speaking on GB News' "The Royal Record," Cameron Walker and Svar Nanan-Sen detailed the events in Helmand and how "angry" it left Prince Harry.
Cameron said, "Prince William was not allowed to do that because he was the future King... There was a question mark over Prince Harry, and it was eventually decided that yes [he would go], but there would be a media blackout, and nobody would know he was there.
"So all of the British and international media who followed the Royal Family were told that Prince Harry was going to the front line in Afghanistan."
The commentator added, "The agreement was that there was a media blackout on this—no one is going to run the story for Prince Harry's safety, in exchange for, when he does finish the tour, we can talk about it, and you'll be given loads of access to pictures or copy or whatever.
"Unfortunately for Prince Harry, an Australian magazine published that he was serving on the front line, and he regrettably had to be pulled out early from that tour for his own safety.
"He speaks about it in his memoir, 'Spare,' just how angry he was that that had happened—and I think that was perhaps one of the nails in the coffin in terms of Prince Harry's relationship with the media—understandably so.
"He was incredibly frustrated, didn't want to leave his team, but it was when he was being flown back—accompanying wounded troops and the coffins of soldiers who had been killed in Afghanistan—that sparked the idea for the Invictus Games."
"Harry's on record saying it was something that infuriated him and deeply hurt him as well. He was eventually deployed and did another tour—but that moment was a real damaging blow in his relationship with the media, obviously due to the Australian magazine betraying the Royal Family's trust by reporting that."
This revelation emerges as "Tabloids on Trial," an ITV documentary about Harry's war with the press, aired on Thursday.
