Prince Harry and Meghan have left "a lot of broken people" in their wake since giving up their duties, a royal expert has claimed.
Omid Scobie is the co-author of bombshell book Finding Freedom, which details the events leading up to Harry and Meghan's exit from the Royal Family.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain to promote an updated edition, he claims the rift between the couple and the rest of the royals is still poor and that neither side is taking responsibility for the split, the Daily Star reports.
There is "very little progress" reported by either camp, he said.
Finding Freedom was initially serialised last year, with each release detailing a new aspect of the fractures and scandals caused by "Megxit".
The book revealed that Harry met with the Queen with "no titles" as just "granny and grandson" as they tucked down on a roast lunch at Windsor Castle.
Other findings included the couple's frustration that Prince William and Kate were promoted to the best roles, and that the Sussexes felt "cut adrift" from the Royal Family.
It also claimed they felt they had taken a "backseat" to other family members, like William and even Harry's own dad Prince Charles.
As part of the extended edition, Mr Scobie says healing has stalled as both sides want the other to take "accountability and ownership" for the rift.
He said: “When we speak to sources close to the couple and also sources close to the Royal Family, there is this feeling that very little progress is being made.”
Mr Scobie feels both camps are at fault for the failure to repair the relationships.
He said the Sussexes have been accused of leaving "a lot of broken people" in their wake, with "young women" in particular affected by their behaviour.
Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, is said to have been furious at how husband Charles was hurt by Meghan and Harry's comments.
Mr Scobie believes this fragment of information was released as "some sort of revenge from the institution that we saw pulled into action just before the Oprah interview came out".
Dissecting the stories released about the couple, Mr Scobie likened the Palace's tactics to an American political "Opposition Research Dump", which involves releasing a flood of stories about an opponent to distract voters.
"One of the sources that we spoke to in the book said it was the classic 'Oppo Dump' which you see before a presidential election", he said.
Mr Scobie believes Harry and Meghan appeared on Oprah Winfrey's TV special because they were "desperate to get their story out there".
The tell-all appearance "horrified" the palace, especially after Meghan revealed a member of the family had raised "concerns" over the skin colour of her and Harry's child.
According to the royal expert, there has been "little progress" in repairing the rift, but that time "has done its things" to heal.
“Some feelings have subsided because time has done its things,” he said.
"So the door is very much open for those conversations to happen at some point.”
Other royal experts have suggested Meghan and Harry could fade into obscurity, like the Duke's great-great-uncle, the playboy prince Edward VIII, who abdicated from the throne to marry American socialite Wallis Simpson.
Mr Scobie said there's no chance of the couple withdrawing from public life completely, and that they are showing the public what they want to be seen - namely, their non-profit charity, Archewell.
“It's not that they want to disappear or not be seen," he said.
"It's simply that they want to choose what they keep private and what they share with the world… the Archewell legacy they're building - this is the couple showing the world exactly what is important to them."
Harry and Meghan's representative and Buckingham Palace have been approached for comment.
