Royal expert Katie Nicholl told Entertainment Tonight that this comment hit a nerve with Harry’s father and brother, Prince Charles and Prince William.

“I think the problem with the podcast and the things Harry has said — particularly about the institution, feeling like he was in The Truman Show, feeling like he was in a zoo — it has echoes of what he said on Oprah, that he, and his brother, and his father feel trapped by the institution,” Nicholl explained. “It may be how Harry feels, but I don’t think it’s how William and Charles feel.”

We reported that in this same interview, Harry said he wanted to “break” the cycle of “genetic pain and suffering” with his and Meghan’s children, Archie, 2, and a daughter on the way.

“There’s no blame. I don’t think we should be pointing the finger or blaming anybody. But certainly 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 that I break that cycle so that I don’t pass it on,” he said. “There’s a lot of genetic pain and suffering that gets passed on anyway. 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.'”

Nicholl said that this apparent criticism of Charles has not gone over well with the royal family.

“Prince Harry prefaced what he said with saying that he wasn’t trying to point the finger. He didn’t want this to be reduced to a blame game, but his comments are quite personal,” Nicholl said. “He talks about a cycle of pain, he talks about genetic pain. The interpretation of that is that he wanted to break that cycle of pain that he recognized within his own family relationships.”

“It does seem that this is yet another example of Prince Harry criticizing the royal family, in particular his father, who of course came under some fire in that Oprah interview,” she added. “… I think there is that sense again that he feels he’s been let down by his father in this interview. That’s going to be incredibly hurtful for the Prince of Wales. When Prince Charles was asked if he was aware of his son’s podcast today on an engagement, he pointedly refused to answer.”

Nicholl also said that Harry’s latest comments won’t help his relationship with his brother.

“I think it’s inevitable that every time Harry speaks out about personal family relationships, it is going to be damaging to the healing of this rift, particularly between William and Harry,” she continued. “I think there is a desire on the part of both of the brothers to move on, to try and heal this relationship. The problem is, when Harry sits down and gives a really personal interview like this… it really does set back that healing process.”