Prince Harry and Meghan LIVE: Duke 'concerned' about family member after major 'betrayal'

Prince Harry is 'concerned' about a member of the Royal Family (Image: GETTY)

Prince Harry is "concerned" about one particular member of the Royal Family who he once had a "very close friendship with", a royal author has claimed.

Christopher Andersen said Princess Kate "wants nothing to do with" the Duke of Sussex after his repeated attacks on the Royal Family in his memoir, Spare and six-part Netflix docuseries with Meghan Markle.

Andersen claimed to Us Weekly: "There was once a very close friendship between Harry and Kate. I'm sure he's concerned about her but I know that she wants nothing to do with him.

"She's got her own problems now and she feels betrayed."

This comes as the Princess of Wales has publicly taken the blame for the manipulated family photograph released by Kensington Palace as she issued a personal apology for the "confusion".

Kate said sorry with a statement on social media which read: "Like many amateur photographers, I do occasionally experiment with editing.

"I wanted to express my apologies for any confusion the family photograph we shared yesterday caused. I hope everyone celebrating had a very happy Mother's Day. C."

The photograph of Kate and her children, taken by the Prince of Wales, was the first to be issued since the princess's abdominal surgery and was released by the Palace to mark Mother's Day.

But it was withdrawn with a "Kill" notice by international picture agencies hours later, and the UK's PA news agency on Monday, because of suspicions it had been manipulated.

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