The BBC has admitted that a radio programme covering the BBC's interview with Prince Harry over his UK security setback fell short of its expected journalistic standards. The Duke of Sussex was interviewed by BBC News last Friday after the Court of Appeal rejected his bid to overturn a decision to downgrade his security when he is in the UK.

The royal family reportedly no longer “trusts” Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and it’s led to them being blackballed. “I genuinely think nobody trusts him and that’s the bottom line. The royal family has major trust issues with him and that’s what’s at the heart of everything,

The prince's BBC interview is first-hand confirmation of the scale of the royal rift, writes royal correspondent Sean Coughlan.