A priest who attended the funeral of and also spoke from the pulpit to Prince Harry at Eton College has urged him to shed the "role of victimhood". She has also warned Harry, 40, that his own actions have "worsened his alienation from his family".

Angela Tilby wrote a piece for the , titled 'A sermon that Prince Harry should heed'. In it, she wrote: "I grieve for that ginger-topped teenager I once preached to. I believe that he is a decent man. But, so far, he has found no way to switch off the trauma in his head."

Canon Tilby further added, as reported in the : "What he might have picked up from attending morning service in Eton chapel was that forgiveness involves not only making peace with the offender, but, eventually and at great cost, giving up the role of victimhood. The latter is far harder, far more demanding, and, in the end, far more important."

Angela Tilby, who is Canon Emeritus of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford and Honorary Chaplain at Portsmouth Cathedral, said she was invited to

Speaking to the BBC in America after on May 2, the Duke of Sussex said his father "won't speak to him" and that he doesn't know "how much longer he has left".

Canon Tilby aired harsh opinions on Harry's recent BBC interview following his devastating blow in court. She wrote: The repeated demand for police protection, and the insistence that his father could simply sort this out by ordering it, sounds as though it comes from the 12-year-old who was required to walk behind his mother's coffin."

She also wrote that she believes that some of the criticism he and Meghan have received has been "cruel". She wrote: "The sharp criticism of him and Meghan has been vulgar and cruel. He now feels that his future life is in California and he will never feel safe enough to bring his family to Britain, even though it is his homeland."

Referring to losing his legal challenge for taxpayer-funded security, the Prince also told the BBC: "I don't want history to repeat itself - from the disclosure process I've discovered that some people want history to repeat itself, which is pretty dark."

In the ruling, Sir Geoffrey Vos, Lord Justice Bean and Lord Justice Edis dismissed Harry's appeal. Sir Geoffrey Vos summarised the decision and told the court that while the Duke of Sussex's personal arguments were both "powerful and moving", he concluded that: "I could not say that the Duke's sense of grievance translated into a legal argument for the challenge to Ravec's decision."

Meanwhile, the Home Office called the UK Government's protective security system "rigorous and proportionate".

, Buckingham Palace released a blunt statement: "All of these issues have been examined repeatedly and meticulously by the courts, with the same conclusion reached on each occasion."