After Harry’s persistent attacks on his father’s parental skills, Prince Charles has been left “feeling wretched.”

Over the last few months, the Duke of Sussex has regularly criticized Charles in the media, including two Oprah Winfrey interviews in which he effectively accused his father of abusing him and Prince William.

In a statement that seemed to attack the Queen and Prince Philip’s parenting, Harry said that he did not fault Charles for his parenting failings, because the future king was brought up in an equally harsh manner.

“Charles is such a gentle man and a dedicated father first and foremost. He’ll be feeling wretched. He wants to seek a reconciliation. He is not vindictive at all…,” a source told the Mail on Sunday.

“Charles will want to engage, but it’s fair to say what Harry has said in both interviews with Oprah has been seen as very callous within the family. If Harry was to attack the Queen in a more personal way, Charles would close ranks with the Queen without a doubt and Harry would be out in the cold.”

According to the source, Harry’s constant rants have been “very upsetting for the Royal Family.”

“Harry’s grandmother has taken this very personally and is deeply upset by what Harry has said, in particular his comments about Charles’s parenting and suggesting [he] knows no better because of how he was brought up”.