Prince Harry’s three-word whine on why he could never get close to the Royal Family

The Duke of Sussex made the claim in his bombshell memoir Spare.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during a recent visit to Nigeria (Image: Getty)

Prince Harry issued a three-word complaint explaining why he never felt close to members of his immediate family. Writing in his tell-all memoir Spare, the Duke of Sussex claimed that the formality of the Firm created an emotional gap between its members.

The 39-year-old said “distance was essential” during his time as a working royal – not just between the Royal Family and the general public, but between members of the family itself.

Harry wrote: “As a Royal you were always taught to maintain a buffer zone between you and the rest of Creation.

“Even working a crowd you always kept a discreet distance between Yourself and Them.”

Prince Harry claims he was shunned by members of the his family (Image: Getty)

He added that distance was “an essential bit of being royal,” before going on to say: “Family included distance as well.

“No matter how much you might love someone, you could never cross that chasm between, say, monarch and child. Or Heir and Spare. Physically, but also emotionally.”

The Prince added that his brother would often demand to be given space and that older members of the family “maintained a nearly zero-tolerance prohibition on all physical contact”.

Prince William is reported to have banned Harry from returning to the royal fold (Image: Getty)

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Meanwhile, Prince William has banned Prince Harry from a royal return “in any way, shape or form”, according to an inside source.

As the Daily Beast reported, a source said: “There is a sense that William has stepped into the Prince Philip role. Philip ruled the family with a rod of iron…

“Now William is calling the shots when it comes to family discipline… He can be scary!”