Palace fears Prince Harry is plotting 2nd bombshell book which will blast royals over security row amid ‘trap’ claims

BUCKINGHAM Palace aides are increasingly concerned Prince Harry is considering blasting the royals again in a new bombshell book.

Courtiers fear the Duke of Sussex will hit out in the wake of his bitter High Court battle to win back taxpayer-funded UK security.

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Harry spent two days in London last week — and sensationally claimed his police protection had been downgraded to “trap” him inside the Royal Family.

Last night a source said: “This is clearly intensely personal.

“There are fears about what he might do if the decision goes against him. This could not come at a worse time.”

Round-the-clock protection from armed cops was watered down when Harry quit royal duties in 2020 and moved to California with wife Meghan, 43.

Royal aides have observed strict protocols over the case as it effectively pits Harry, 40, and his legal team against the King.

So senior royal circles were left astonished when Harry gave an interview to a newspaper following the latest two-day hearing.

Speaking to a UK publication for the first time since 2023, he said: “People would be shocked by what’s being held back.”

Insiders said the explosive comments could be a “veiled threat”.

A source added: “There’s a lot of worry that Harry could tell all in a book deal or even follow Meghan’s lead and make a podcast.

“He’s hinted he has discovered secrets during the hearings — particularly regarding the treatment of him and Meghan — that would shock us all.

“It is a veiled threat essentially that he will tell all if it doesn’t go the way he wants it to.”

The claims appeared to confirm a deepening rift between Harry and his father Charles.

They have also been blasted by insiders who say that the Duke has “contradicted” himself throughout the case.

His lawyers told the court he believed he was “forced to step down” because he was “not being protected by the institution” after Megxit — yet outside court he said security was removed to stop him leaving at all.

He went on to tell the Daily Telegraph that court evidence heard behind closed doors on Wednesday confirmed his “worst fears”.

He added the “whole legal disclosure” was “difficult to swallow”.

The Duke then flew to Ukraine to promote his charity work.

In his six-part Netflix series in 2022, Harry was filmed on the plane out of Britain, calling it his “freedom flight”.

Instead of receiving 24-hour security, he now has a “bespoke” arrangement and each visit to the UK is assessed individually.

Harry launched a judicial review against the decision and lost last year.

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He is appealing against that decision, with those close to him saying he is “driven to fight injustice” and that this security fight is his “biggest priority”.

Meanwhile, reports have suggested he believes the King could intervene as his private secretary is on the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures.

Royal author Robert Jobson told The Sun on Sunday: “The only thing Harry seems to like more than moaning is starring in his courtroom drama.

“Now he claims that the security decision was all a set-up — that it was designed to stop him quitting Britain to avoid all the fall-out that followed.

“With the logic of a schoolboy sleuth, he has dreamed up this daft conspiracy.

“None of this should have come as a surprise to him.

“King Charles warned him to think long and hard before boarding his ‘freedom flight’ to Canada and then on to Montecito.

“He warned Harry to consider all the security implications.

“Charles wasn’t using it as a threat — after all it would not have been his call who gets royal security.

“Yet again, instead of owning his choice, Harry chose to wage a costly battle against a sensible system. His logic is thin, and his excuses thinner.

“It smacks of double standards too. A multi-millionaire royal duke who lives in the lap of luxury abroad, wants freedom, privacy, but wants the British taxpayer to foot the bill when he comes back to a country he seems to despise.”

Five bombshell revelations

HARRY’S memoir Spare revealed that he:

• HUMILIATINGLY lost his virginity to a horse-loving “older lady” who spanked him after he “mounted” her in a field behind a busy pub;
• TOOK cocaine, smoked cannabis at Eton and experim­ented with magic mushrooms;
• BOASTED about killing 25 Taliban in Afghanistan, claiming it was like “chess pieces taken off the board”. Experts said his revelation put lives of troops in danger;
• CALLED Prince William his “arch-nemesis” and was allegedly attacked by him during a row over Meghan;
• CLAIMED Charles pleaded with the brothers not to make his “final years a misery”.

Harry missed the chance to see Charles while in London for the court case.

Just two weeks ago the King spent time in hospital due to side effects from his cancer treatment, and had to cancel work commitments on medical advice.

It is thought they have not seen each other in person for 14 months.

Prince Harry has hinted previously that he has more to say about how he felt he has been treated by his family.

When Spare was released in 2023, Harry bragged in an interview: “It could have been two books, put it that way.

“And the hard bit was taking things out.”