A close friend of Prince Harry’s has spoken out this week to claim that he is “heartbroken” over his rift with the royal family.

Daily Mail reported that ITV news anchor Tom Bradby said that the past year has been “painful” for Harry and that there are still “a lot of hurt feelings on all sides.” Bradby, who has known Harry since he was a teenager, said that “Megxit” has been a trying and deeply emotional experience for everyone involved.

“I think they are feeling better, yes. I mean there has been a huge amount that has happened over the last year that I can’t talk about and I don’t want to talk about and an awful lot of what has been said is kind of not accurate and not right,” he said. “So are they unhappy? No, I think they are content, the things they are doing they are quite excited by. I think he is heartbroken by the situation with his family, you don’t necessarily need to have knowledge to know that, but I think it is true.”

When asked if he was referring to the distance between Harry and his older brother Prince William, Bradby said, “The situation with the family clearly isn’t ideal and it has been a very difficult year for them all. To some extent, I felt a little bit caught in the middle of them with that [2019] documentary, which is a deeply uncomfortable place to be.”

“And that is, in a way, why I am always reluctant to say anything more because I don’t want to make anything worse or get in between anything or anything like that,” he added. “But are they unhappy out there? No, I don’t think that’s right, I think they are pretty happy actually, but I think they wrestle with their position in life, I think they all do. I think William does too, I don’t think he finds it easy.”

Bradby went on to elaborate further on “Megxit” and the rift within the royal family.

“The whole thing has just been incredibly painful, that is obvious to everyone. It is painful all round, painful for everyone, difficult to manage,” he said. “Effectively they have just decided to completely leave the Royal Family, that has never been done. You could go back to the Duke of Windsor, but that was in very different circumstances.”

“It’s never been done voluntarily before and no one still is absolutely clear how it is going to work,” Bradby continued. “There are still a lot of hurt feelings on all sides and it’s very difficult. And I agree with you, I think the public desperately wants them to be OK and everyone to be happy and clearly that hasn’t been the situation over the past year. It is not a very easy or comfortable situation.”