<div style="text-align: justify; "><b><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Prince Harry accused his brother William of a furious response to his plans to quit royal life but insisted he had few regrets about leaving in final docuseries episodes out on Thursday.</span><br></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Harry, 38, and his wife Meghan, 41, have lifted the lid on their experiences in the institution in the new series, risking a further rift with his family.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As young boys, the brothers provided the enduring image from their mother Princess Diana's funeral, walking behind her coffin.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But they are reportedly now no longer on speaking terms since Harry and Meghan -- also known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex -- left for North America, settling in California.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the final three episodes of "Harry &amp; Meghan", Harry recalled a family summit in January 2020 over their plans to move abroad.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He said he proposed to be "half in, half out" of the royal family, working for his grandmother Queen Elizabeth II but being self-funded.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It became very clear, very quickly that goal was not up for discussion or debate," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me and my father (King Charles III) say things that just simply weren't true."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Harry returned for his grandfather Prince Philip's funeral last year, where they discussed the move and how it was portrayed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Just before the Duke of Edinburgh's death Harry and Meghan gave an interview to Oprah Winfrey, claiming racism in the royal family.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He indicated his father, 74, and brother, 40, misinterpreted the situation but maintained he and Meghan were "moving on".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- 'Heartbreaking' -</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Much of the content of the final episodes covered familiar ground, particularly Meghan's difficulties adapting to royal life, suicidal thoughts and negative media coverage.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Harry accused the Daily Mail newspaper of responsibility for her suffering a miscarriage after it printed a letter to her father. She later successfully sued for breach of privacy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But he also blamed heir-to-throne William's office for being behind negative coverage of the couple, which he suggested was because they were "stealing the limelight" from other senior royals.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He criticised "constant briefings" by palace media teams pitting one member of the family against another in collusion with the media.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"It's a dirty game. There is leaking but there is also planting of stories," he said. "The offices end up working against each other.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"William and I both saw what happened in our dad's office and we made an agreement that we'd never let that happen to our office.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"To see my brother's office copy the very same thing that we promised the two of us would never, ever do, that was heartbreaking."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Changed -</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So far the palace has declined to respond to the programme and disputed claims by streaming service Netflix that they were approached to comment on the contents of the series.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Senior royals, led by Harry's father King Charles III, are expected at a Christmas carol concert on Thursday in a demonstration of "business as usual".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But commentators suggested they may be forced to act if they feel the criticism is too personal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Harry and Meghan have even faced calls to give up their royal titles -- or have them removed. Harry said in the programme he offered to voluntarily relinquish them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On his new life in the United States, Harry said he missed "the weird family gatherings", the UK and his friends.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But despite losing some friends as a result of his move, he insisted he had done the right thing, as there was "no other option".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I came here because I was changed. I changed to the point that I'd outgrown my environment," he said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Netflix said last week's episodes recorded 81.55 million viewing hours globally -- "the highest view hours of any documentary title in a premiere week".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But it appears to have dented the couple's popularity in the UK, with one poll suggesting it had worsened their already negative approval ratings with the British public. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>