Prince Charles was 'floored by several punches' in the wake of Prince Harry's revealing interview with Oprah Winfrey on life as part of the royal family.
Experts say there is still "a lot of hurt" between the pair, with Charles reportedly refusing to take his son's calls after the bombshell sitdown between the American TV hist, Harry and wife Meghan Markle.
Speaking on Channel 5’s Charles and Harry: Father & Son Divided, airing on Saturday night, Ms Montagu said: “The person who was really knocked to the ground in that interview with several punches was Prince Charles 100 per cent.
“The takeaway from that interview was that there is a real rift, there is real distance, there is real anger.”
During the bombshell interview with chat show host Oprah, Harry said he felt "really let down" by his father, saying: "He knows what pain feels like.
"Of course I will always love him but there's a lot of hurt that's happened and I will continue to make it one of my priorities to try and heal that."
During the interview, which sent shockwaves across the world, former actress Meghan told pal Oprah that being part of The Firm was tough.
The Duchess of Sussex made the claims after admitting that becoming a royal was hard after "having lived a really independent life" before marrying Prince Harry.
The interview - which the pair were not paid for taking part in - rocked the world with several allegations.
The couple also spoke out about being financially cut off from the Royal Family, racist comments about Archie's skin tone, relying on inheritance from Princess Diana to survive, and Prince Harry revealed that his father, Prince Charles, stopped taking his calls, according to the Daily Mirror.
Speaking about his upbringing as a Royal, Prince Harry told Shepard on his 'Armchair Expert' podcast: "When it comes to parenting, if I've experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering that perhaps my father or my parents had suffered, I'm going to make sure I break that cycle so that I don't pass it on.
"It's a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on anyway, so we as parents should be doing the most we can to try and say 'you know what, that happened to me, I'm going to make sure that doesn't happen to you'."
Charles & Harry: Father & Son Divided airs on Channel 5 on Saturday, May 15 at 9pm
