“But then once they realized that wasn’t going to work, once they realized that myself, my wife, my kids are happier outside of the institution, then please just look at the facts.”

Prince Harry also suggested who bears responsibility for the risks facing his family:

“Look at the risk, look at the threat, look at the impact that if anything was to happen to me, my wife, or my father’s grandchildren. If anything was to happen to them, look where the responsibility lies,” he said.

Beyond the personal, Harry raised concerns about the broader moral obligation of those in charge:

“Whether we agree or disagree – there’s a lot that we agree on, there’s a lot that we disagree on – that aside, where is the duty of care?”

He added, “As I said, life is precious, and it is very clear that from 2020, because I was no longer allowed an official role and because I decided to remove myself from the institution, that my life got devalued from the highest score to the lowest score overnight.”

Harry stressed that his ultimate concern is to prevent a repetition of the past:

“I don’t want history to repeat itself,” he said. “I think there’s a lot of other people out there, the majority, that also don’t want history to repeat itself. Through the disclosure process, I’ve discovered that some people want history to repeat itself, which is pretty dark.”

In a formal statement released on May 2, 2025, Harry again referenced the fate of Princess Diana:

“This all comes from the same institutions that preyed upon my mother, that openly campaigned for the removal of our security, and that continue to incite hatred towards me, my wife and even our children. … I can’t see a world in which I would be bringing my wife and children back to the U.K. at this point.”