Prince Harry 'Not Afraid' Of Camera Flashes Despite His Claims, Pundit Alleges

Royal biographer Lady Colin Campbell has accused Prince Harry of "exploiting" the death of his mother, Princess Diana.

Campbell recently made new claims about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex while answering fans' questions. In a new Q&A video uploaded to her YouTube channel, the pundit responded to one netizen who claimed that Prince Harry appeared unfazed by paparazzi taking pictures of him and Markle in the U.S. despite allegedly being known to be a "nervous wreck with photo flashes."

The question referred to Prince Harry's previous statement that every camera flash takes him "straight back" to the death of Princess Diana, who was killed in a Paris car crash while being chased by paparazzi in 1997.

"Talk about cynically abusing and exploiting the death of your unfortunate mother," Campbell claimed. "That was to get sympathy."

Campbell, a Jamaica-born socialite who has written numerous books about the British royal family including "Meghan and Harry: The Real Story" and "Diana in Private," claimed that Prince Harry was "not afraid of flashes" at all.

"Harry warms to a photographer's lens the way Meghan warms to the invitation of money. They both have an activistic adoration of the camera, and she of money as well," she insisted.

Campbell continued, "Don't for a second be fooled. Harry loves a flashbulb, and what he said on that ludicrous, pathetic emotional claptrap only shows how completely unreliable a witness he is to not only his life but [also] his feelings."

Prince Harry previously opened up about the emotional toll of living in the spotlight during a 2019 interview with Tom Bradby for ITV. The duke, who was 12 years old when his mother died, admitted that his grief over Princess Diana's passing was still a "wound that festers."

"I think being part of this family, in this role and this job, every single time I see a camera, every single time I hear a click, every single time I see a flash, it takes me straight back. So in that respect, it's the worst reminder of her life as opposed to the best," he told Bradby.

Prince Harry also revealed during an interview for "The Late Late Show With James Corden" in February that Britain's "toxic" media drove him and his wife to leave the royal family for the U.S.

"We all know what the British press can be like and it was destroying my mental health," the duke said.

"This is toxic," he added, saying the media had created a "really difficult" environment for the couple.

"So I did what any husband and what any father would do — I need to get my family out of here," he said.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry and Markle recently made headlines when they made their first major public appearance together since moving to California last year at One World Observatory in New York City last week. This also marked their first joint appearance since welcoming their second child, daughter Lilibet, in June.

They flew to the Big Apple for Saturday's Global Citizen Live event, where they stressed the importance of global vaccine equity on the Great Lawn of Central Park.

Photos and videos of the Sussexes during their visit to New York City showed the two packing on PDA and holding hands while walking. Prince Harry was also photographed putting an arm around Markle while she rested her head on his shoulder when they took the stage at Global Citizen Live.