Prince Charles has been left "deeply hurt" by his youngest son's latest criticisms of his upbringing in the Royal Family, it is reported.
Prince Harry said his father failed to protect him from "suffering" as a child, and that he moved to the US to get away from it all.
The Duke of Sussex told Oprah Winfrey in a new Apple TV+ documentary series that London is a "trigger" for him and he was "afraid" ahead of returning to the UK for Prince Philip's funeral in April.
The series shows him having therapy such as EMDR treatment, an interactive psychotherapy technique used to relieve trauma and PTSD.
He detonated a "truth bomb" on his own family, accusing them of "total silence" and "neglect" when Meghan was suicidal.
Harry claimed his father, Prince Charles, made him "suffer" as a child insisting he would no longer be "bullied into silence" when he alleged royal life "trapped" and then dumped them.
"Certainly now I will never be bullied into silence," he told Oprah.
"I thought my family would help, but every single ask, request, warning, whatever it is, just got met with total silence, total neglect.
"We spent four years trying to make it work. We did everything that we possibly could to stay there and carry on doing the role and doing the job. But Meghan was struggling."
He went on: "That feeling of being trapped within the family, there was no option to leave.
"Eventually, when I made that decision for my family, I was still told, 'You can't do this'. And it's like, 'Well how bad does it have to get until I am allowed to do this?'.
"She [Meghan] was going to end her life. It shouldn't have to get to that."
And Harry said of his father: “It all comes back to the same people, the same business model, the same industry.
“My father used to say when I was younger, he used to say to William and I, ‘well it was like that for me so it’s going to be like that for you’. That doesn’t make sense.
“Just because you suffered it doesn’t mean your kids have to suffer. In fact it’s the opposite. If you suffered, do everything you can to make sure any negative experiences you had mean you can make it right for your kids.”
The Sun reports that his criticisms have left Charles "at a loss about what to do".
A source told the paper: “Father and son relations are at their lowest ever point. Charles is just at a loss about what to do.
"Harry doesn’t seem to take into account that parenting styles have radically changed over recent years, especially the role a father plays.
“It’s just so wounding to him (Charles), he’s a sensitive man and these personal attacks hurt deeply. He can’t understand why Harry is doing this to him."
The Duke also revealed he suffered panic attacks and descended into binge drinking and drugs while battling feelings of being unable to save his mother Diana.
In the five-part series The Me You Can't See, the Prince, 36, hinted racism played a part in his life saying his mother was "chased to death while in a relationship with someone who wasn't white".
He added he feared "history repeating itself" with wife Meghan.
The Princess of Wales died in 1997 alongside Egyptian film producer Dodi Al-Fayed, who she had been dating for several months.
"My mother was chased to her death while she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't white," he said.
"And now look what's happened.
"You want to talk about history repeating itself. They're not going to stop until she dies.
"It's incredibly triggering to potentially lose another woman in my life. Like, the list is growing."
Talking about his struggles, Harry said he was still "haunted" by the sound of horses hooves down The Mall at his mother's funeral.
He said he was "outside of his body" while following the coffin.
"When my mum was taken away from me at the age of 12, just before my 13th birthday, I didn't want the [royal] life. Sharing the grief of my mother's death with the world," he revealed.
Harry said he believes his late mother helped him get where he is today and that he's "never felt her presence more" than he has over the last year living in California with his family.
He added: "I'm living the life that she wanted to live for herself. Living the life that she wanted us to be able to live."
The Prince opened about his past use of drink and drugs, saying the trauma of his mother's death left him seeking a release.
He said he used them both to "mask" his hurt to "feel less like I was feeling".
The father of one, who is expecting his second child - a daughter - later this summer, told Winfrey he would consume a week's worth of alcohol on a Friday or Saturday night "not because I was enjoying it but because I was trying to mask something".
In the first episode, he tells the American chat-show host about the years following the death of his mother.
Harry said: "I was willing to drink, I was willing to take drugs, I was willing to do the things that made me feel less like I was feeling.
"But I slowly became aware that, okay I wasn't drinking Monday to Friday, but I would probably drink a week's worth in one day on a Friday or a Saturday night."
The Mirror has approached Clarence House for comment.
