King Charles is "pushing Harry further away" as he "refuses to answer" his estranged son's calls, a royal commentator has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex and the monarch last saw each other in February when they met for 45 minutes in London following the King's cancer diagnosis.
But sources close to Harry said their communication has worsened ever since, especially amid growing tensions over the Duke of Sussex's battle for automatic security when in the UK.
Speaking to GB News, royal commentator Charles Rae said: "It seems that Harry has got the mistaken belief, he should know better than this, that the King can actually do something with the committee."
The King is reportedly ignoring calls from his son
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"That's the Royal and VIP executive committee. They are the ones who decide who gets royal protection and who doesn't.
"Obviously Harry falls in the second category. Now, the King is not a member of that committee, although it is a member of the household who does sit on the committee, but they don't have any power to say, yeah, he gets he gets it. No, he doesn't get it.
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"So I don't know why why how he seems to be just barking up the wrong trees all the time?
"You'd have thought that, given he saw his dad in February, that he'd be trying to concentrate more on bridging the rift, but he seems to be pushing it further and further away. It is astonishing the way he's carrying on."
The Duke of Sussex is said to be "frightened" about the safety of his wife Meghan Markle and children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.
Harry also believes the King has the power to intervene in his ongoing court case with the Home Office.
Charles Rae sais that is is "astonishing" the way Harry "carries on"
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Sources told People Magazine that the issue of security began as a point of frustration between father and son but has now developed into "complete silence".
A friend of Harry's said: "He gets 'unavailable right now'. His calls go unanswered.
"He has tried to reach out about the King's health, but those calls go unanswered too."
Decisions over the Duke of Sussex's security are made independently of the King by the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures (Ravec), which is part of the Home Office.
Harry last visited the UK in May to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games
GettyHarry last visited the UK in May to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Invictus Games, but could not meet his father during this recent trip.
The duke's spokesman said at the time that this was due to the King's "full programme".
In February, Harry, who now lives in Montecito, lost his High Court challenge in London against the UK Government over his right to state-funded police protection.