A new report from The telegraph declares that King Charles fears he could be in “legal danger” if he tries to reestablish a relationship with his son, Prince Harry.

Published on Saturday November 2 The telegraphThe report included the opinion of a constitutional lawyer who said the Duke of Sussex’s long-running lawsuit against the British government was restore your security when he visits the country may hamper his relationship with his father.

“Here you have the unfortunate situation where the king’s son is suing the king’s ministers in the king’s courts. This pulls the king in three directions,” a senior constitutional lawyer and royal family advisor told royal biographer Robert Hardman, according to the media. .

“There is also the situation where the king’s son is publishing accounts of private conversations, some of which are, shall we say, erroneous,” Hardman added, referring to reports that Harry misremembered some of the private conversations between family members mentioned in his 2023 memoir Spare.

“So imagine the situation if the prince spoke to his father about his trial and later described that conversation – or, worse, a conversation that wasn’t entirely accurate. There would be serious legal risks. Harry wouldn’t have “My father said this” and a trial could fail,” added Hardman, author of Charles III: new king. New court. The inside story.

In January 2020, Prince Harry pleaded his case to the Sandringham Summitwhich decided that he and his wife Meghan Marklethe fate of the royal family who do not work. He argued that their safety should remain intact and that they should have police protection while in the UK.

RAVEC (the government organization that includes the Home Office, or the UK’s version of Homeland Security) ultimately downgraded its security – despite revelations from court documents showing that Queen Elizabethdied on September 8, 2022, considered it “imperative” that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have “effective security“.

A key factor in Prince Harry’s life decision to stay in California with Meghan, 43, and their two children, it was the possibility of having armed private security in the United States The prince had previously highlighted daily threats on social networks, potential intrusions at home and alarming incidents such as chaos paparazzi hunt in New York in May 2023.

Harry is currently appealing the court’s decision to withdraw their guarantee, and his spokesperson said The telegraph: “The Duke of Sussex hopes to obtain justice from the Court of Appeal. The Duke is not seeking preferential treatment, but a fair and legal application of Ravec’s own rules, ensuring that he receives the same consideration as others, in accordance with the Ravec rules. own written policy.

The palace declined to comment when contacted by PEOPLE. A representative for the Duke of Sussex did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Amid this rift, Prince Harry remains deeply concerned for the safety of his wife and children. Prince Archie5, and Princess Lilibet3 years old, and has, according to sources, repeatedly asked his father for help.

“Harry is scared and thinks the only person who can do something is his father,” a royal insider told PEOPLE.

Another source close to the matter said: “Harry is determined to protect his own family at all costs.”