Prince Harry facing 'worst nightmare' as pressure pilling on Duke of Sussex and Meghan Markle

Royal commentator Duncan Larcombe has claimed the book has ruined any chances Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had in reconciling with the Royal Family.

Prince Harry looked to have offered his father an olive branch last month when he rang him on his 75 birthday.

A video of Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet singing Happy Birthday was also sent to the monarch by his son.

Meghan Markle spoke to King Charles on the phone during his birthday in a move that could have been the start of building bridges between the royals and the Sussexes.

But the scathing claims in Scobie's Endgame have "put them [Harry and Meghan] right back to square one" in peace talks with the Royal Family, according to Larcombe.

He told OK!: "There’s now pressure being put on Harry to come out and distance himself from the book, and I think that will be very tempting for him to do because it seems he has been trying to soften his tone towards the royals.

"There were some green shoots that he might be trying to end the feud from his side.

"So the timing of the book couldn’t be worse for Harry. I think it’s his worst nightmare."

Prince William is reportedly meeting with senior royal aides this week to decide the Royal Family's plan of action as Buckingham Palace has not ruled out taking legal action.

Scobie, a royal author with links to sources close to Meghan and Harry, has denied leaking the names and said no version of Endgame contained the names of the accused royals.

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Charles and Kate's names appeared in the Dutch version of Endgame after a draft version of the book was published in the Netherlands rather than the final version which did not include the names, according to the Times.

Meghan Markle claimed during her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey that members of the Royal Family had "concerns" about how dark her son's skin colour would be when he was born.

The Duchess of Sussex said during the interview when outlining her decision not to name the members of the Royal Family: "I think that would be very damaging to them."

Sources close to Meghan have insisted no one on her team briefed Scobie on the names of the royals who allegedly made the remarks.