Following the announcement that the Duchess had had a miscarriage in the summer, Princess Diana’s brother Charles Spencer expressed his sympathies to his nephew Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.

Meghan, 39, revealed in the New York Times on Wednesday that she miscarried in July, writing, “I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second.”

Charles Spencer appeared on ITV’s Lorraine this morning, just hours after Meghan’s story about her child’s death was published in a US publication. The Earl expressed his condolences to his nephew and wife during an appearance with broadcaster Lorraine Kelly.

Lorraine said: “I am sure you will want to join us, all of us here, in wishing all our love to Meghan.

“And of course, to your nephew Harry because today we just found out the news she had a miscarriage. It is just terribly sad, isn’t it?”

Earl Spencer responded by saying: “I can’t imagine the agony for any couple of losing a child in this way. It’s so very, very sad.

“And of course, I totally agree with you, all thoughts with them today.”

Meghan and Harry informed their families of the miscarriage, and the duchess expressed a desire to share her story with the world in order to begin the healing process. Harry was encouraging, and they decided to talk about it together.

Meghan wrote about her terrible loss in a highly personal piece published by the New York Times on Wednesday: “After changing his diaper, I felt a sharp cramp.

“I dropped to the floor with him in my arms, humming a lullaby to keep us both calm, the cheerful tune a stark contrast to my sense that something was not right.

“I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second.”

“Sitting in a hospital bed, watching my husband’s heart break as he tried to hold the shattered pieces of mine, I realised that the only way to begin to heal is to first ask, ‘Are you OK?'” she later said.

“Losing a child means carrying an almost unbearable grief, experienced by many but talked about by few.

“In the pain of our loss, my husband and I discovered that in a room of 100 women, 10 to 20 of them will have suffered from miscarriage.

“Yet despite the staggering commonality of this pain, the conversation remains taboo, riddled with (unwarranted) shame, and perpetuating a cycle of solitary mourning.”

A representative for Harry’s father, Prince Charles, declined to comment, emphasizing that it is an incredibly private issue, while a representative for Buckingham Palace agreed, saying it was a very personal affair.

According to a second royal source, there is “understandable sadness” in the family.