Britain's Prince Harry, his fiancee Meghan Markle, Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, arrive at the Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London
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KEY POINTS

  • Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace have not publicly commented on the Sussexes' docuseries
  • The royal family reportedly "remains wary" as the release of Prince Harry's memoir nears
  • Several members of the royal family were reportedly "angry" about what was portrayed in "Harry & Meghan"

The British royal family has lost trust in Prince Harry and Meghan Markle following their bombshell docuseries, reports have claimed.

An unnamed source close to the royal family told Entertainment Tonight that — despite the lack of official comment from either Buckingham Palace or Kensington Palace — tensions are running high after the six-part Netflix show. International Business Times could not independently verify the claims.

"There is no trust left" between the Sussexes and the royal family, the source claimed, adding that "everyone remains wary" ahead of the release of Prince Harry's memoir, "Spare."

The royal family is reportedly concerned about what may come next when the tell-all book hits shelves next month.

The royal source also claimed that several members of the family are "angry" about the royal family's portrayal in "Harry & Meghan" and "frustrated" that they cannot respond to Prince Harry, Markle and the docuseries' claims.

OK! magazine also reported, citing an unnamed source, that the British royals are feeling "wary" about the situation and that they no longer trust the Sussexes.

Prince Harry and Markle's Netflix docuseries claimed that members of the royal family "declined to comment on the content within this series." But multiple outlets, including People and Us Weekly, later reported that palace sources refuted the claim.

Despite the denial, Netflix reiterated that household offices for senior royals — including Prince William and King Charles — "were contacted and given sufficient time to respond," according to royal correspondent Omid Scobie.

Meanwhile, an unnamed insider told Us Weekly that Prince William was "disappointed" with what was discussed in the docuseries, including Prince Harry's claim that his older brother allegedly "screamed" at him after he and Markle announced their decision to step back from royal duties in 2020.

"It was terrifying to have my brother scream and shout at me, and my father say things that weren't true, and my grandmother quietly sits there and take it all in," Prince Harry claimed in the documentary without elaborating on what they said to him.

"William was hoping they could move on after the CBS interview [in March 2021], but Harry airing his dirty laundry has only heightened the conflict between the two brothers and resulted in them taking a step backwards," the source told Us Weekly.

Vanity Fair royal editor and correspondent Katie Nicholl also told Entertainment Tonight that the Prince of Wales was allegedly taking the docuseries "very personally" and feels "very badly betrayed" by his brother.

"I mean this is a couple who are never far away from their iPhone, from their cameras, who have really chronicled their lives for the last two years — I think there is just a great sense of mistrust within the family," Nicholl explained. "They just simply feel that any reconciliation ... is not in the cards because they can't trust that it's not gonna end up in a TV show or in a book."

"I think that tempers are flaring, tempers are high. There's a lot of tension, there's a lot of upset, there's a lot of anger and resentment, and any reconciliation is really quite far down the line," the royal expert added.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Harry and Meghan, attend the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala in New York City
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