Prince Harry 'A Shadow Of His Former Self,' Ex-Royal Editor Claims

Prince Harry continues to draw criticism from royal experts and commentators in the U.K. over his recent comments about the royal family, with one journalist claiming the Duke of Sussex is now "a shadow of his former self."

Prince Harry has been opening up about his mental health journey in the past weeks, from his interview on Dax Shepard's "Armchair Expert" to his docuseries with Oprah Winfrey. He once more discussed his mental health struggles and how the firm failed to help him in the follow-up to their docuseries, "The Me You Can't See: A Path Forward."

Addressing Prince Harry's latest interview, Charlie Rae, a former royal editor at The Sun, acknowledged that discussing mental health is important but disapprove of the way the duke has been talking about the subject, noting that his interviews appeared to always involve criticisms toward his own family.

"When Harry was a lot younger, he was a lot of fun. He was always the cheeky one. Always the cheeky grandson and enjoy life and you know, just get on with it," he told TalkRadio's Kevin O'Sullivan. "What we are seeing now is a shadow of his former self."

"I do think that it is a very, very important subject that we must all recognize that we have to deal with it," he continued. "But the problem with Harry is, it always seems to involve slagging off his own family and here we have in its latest episode you know, it looks like another scrape in the royal family when he suggesting that they felt ashamed over the fact that he had mental health issues."

Rae went on to acknowledge that people usually don't see what others are struggling with. However, he claimed that Prince Harry should have opened up about his issues with his family because they are not "mind readers." He further added that if Prince Harry wanted to seek help, he should have brought it to the attention of those he was hoping could help him.

In "The Me You Can't See," which premiered last week, Prince Harry accused the royal family of neglect and said he would not "be bullied into silence" over his experience.

Prince Harry claimed that his repeated requests to the royal family to get help for Meghan Markle, who has admitted to having suicidal thoughts, were completely ignored. He also said that the deterioration of his and his wife’s mental health was one of the main reasons why they quit royal duties last year.

“I thought my family would help, but every single ask, request, warning, whatever, it is just got met with total silence, total neglect. We spent four years trying to make it work. We did everything that we possibly could to stay there and carry on doing the role and doing the job. But Meghan was struggling," Prince Harry was quoted by People as saying.

The duke also said in the five-part series that his family did not help him deal with his mother Princess Diana's death and expected his brother Prince William to be able to handle the trauma and press attention that followed, Forbes reported.

Eventually, he and Markle were able to get therapy, which "has equipped me to be able to take on anything," Prince Harry said, adding, "That’s why I’m here now. That’s why my wife is here now."