Royally 'Not Thrilled': Palace Is Not 'Over the Moon' About Prince Harry's Tell-All 'GMA' Chat Fest About King Charles' Health

Prince Harry has irritated Buckingham Palace once again, even with his father, King Charles III, battling cancer. The fifth in line to the throne's Good Morning America interview on Friday, February 16, was a bit too telling for Charles III's court to handle.

"If Harry is going into great discussion about anything, it’s possible that the royals won’t be over the moon," royal author Grant Harrold told an outlet.

"I have no idea why Harry feels the need to speak out; that’s what I don’t understand. Let’s say if it does annoy the royal family, then Harry doing that is only going to annoy them more." Harrold added. "Playing devil’s advocate, Harry could have asked his family if they were happy for him to speak about it publicly, but I don’t see, and from my own experiences with the household, I don’t see that having happened."

He continued: "I don’t think William and the king will be thrilled about Harry’s interview. Even though the king has already shared some information on his diagnosis, he is very private."

"I think any illness, any sickness, brings families together," Harry stated in his Daytime TV interview. Look, I love my family. The fact that I was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend any time with him, I’m grateful for that."

Royal expert Angela Levin went so far as to suggest that the fiery-haired prince "whizzed over" the idea of using his dad's serious illness to build himself up in the interview. "It’s all totally insincere and to give him publicity," the author added before calling his Good Morning America interview on Friday, February 16, "shameless and despicable."

In the brief chat fest, the Duke of Sussex declined to share what the "outlook" on Charles III's illness is. However, he stated: "I've got other trips planned that would take me through the U.K. or back to the U.K., so I'll stop in and see my family as much as I can."

However sincere the Duke may have been in his statements, it is still taboo for any senior royal to speak so candidly in public.

"If Harry is talking and it’s not approved and he’s just done it off his own back — I must admit it does look like that, then, the way the royal family works, they will just close doors," Harrold said. "They’ll close ranks, they’ll close doors, bring up the drawbridge and Harry will get less and less communication from them."

The author concluded by sharing: "That’s what we could see with Harry, where he doesn’t get to see or speak to his family because if he does, it’ll just become a news story."

The New York Post reported on Harrold's comments.