Prince Harry provided a "sizzle" to the Royal Family that they now lack, according to a royal author. The Duke of Sussex stepped down as a senior working royal in 2020 before relocating to the US with his wife, Meghan Markle, where they have now settled with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Harry has been in an ongoing feud with his estranged family after making various claims against them. But Tina Brown, Diana, Princess of Wales' biographer and also a former editor of Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and The Daily Beast, claimed that despite the royal feud, the Duke provided the royals with a bit of a breathing space which could "take the pressure" off some of them.

She told The Telegraph: "There is still a Harry-shaped hole [in the Royal Family], but I don’t think that hole’s going to close."

Ms Brown added: "It’s a pity, because that’s all they lack, that bit of sizzle coming out.

"The side-sizzle Margaret provided for the Queen is actually very good for a Royal family because it takes the pressure off William and Catherine to have to be perfect, which is very boring for them.

"What’s unfortunate is that Harry is the most talented in the family at human relations, like his mother."

The royal author went on to claim that despite leading a celebrity lifestyle in the US, Harry has "rediscovered that he likes being a prince."

Ms Brown said: "He really knows how to play the role of the prince.

"I think he really likes it. That’s what’s so ironic. For a bit he thought he didn’t because the Palace is boring and oppressive and so on.

"Now he’s had a few years doing it without them, I think he really misses being a prince because he was good at it."