King Charles's 'sadness' over Archie and Lilibet as insider reveals his top 'priority'

is reportedly "very sad" about his relationship with his estranged grandchildren, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, but, 's latest solidified a "complete breakdown of trust", according to sources. The Duke of Sussex made headlines nearly two weeks ago following his legal defeat of a High Court appeal regarding his downgraded security in the UK.

Prince Harry made various claims in the interview and described his court defeat as a "good old-fashioned establishment stitch-up" and blamed the Royal Household for influencing the decision to reduce his security. Elsewhere, he said the King "won't speak to me because of this security stuff", but added that he did not want to fight any more and did "not know how much longer my father has".

Now sources reportedly close to the King said that the monarch is "sad" he doesn't get to spend time with his two grandchildren across the pond, but that the feud with Harry has made one thing clear - that there is no trust between the two camps.

Insiders told magazine: "The relationship had been severely compromised before this court case.

"The Oprah interview in which Harry and Meghan threw the family under the bus and the many things that Harry said in Spare have been incredibly damaging.

"Very simply, Harry has behaved in such a way that his father cannot trust that what is said between them will remain private. There has been a complete breakdown of trust."

But other sources claimed that the monarch could potentially be keen for a truce with his estranged son despite having major trust issues.

They told the outlet: "The King does not like conflict, and he would love for this all to be resolved, but Harry has to earn the trust back. The ball is in his court in that respect.

"The King loves his son, and he is very sad he has not spent any time with Archie and Lilibet, but Harry hasn't made a reconciliation easy.

"That said, the door is always open as far as the King is concerned. He's a magnanimous man, not a malicious man, but his priority is the preservation of the monarchy."