Harry and Meghan chose to leave the royal family and had a complete showdown, and they also won the understanding and tolerance of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
The queen felt sorry for her grandchildren and gave them a one-year transition period, allowing the two to gradually break away from royal obligations and live freely.
However, Harry and Meghan not only did not value this opportunity to be cautious in their words and actions, but began to publicly criticize the royal family.
The interview endlessly accused the royal family of "racism" and "inhumanity" and signed book publishing contracts to further "whistleblow".
Their behavior was not only rude and unscrupulous, but also completely failed the Queen's well-intentioned expectations.
Now that Charles III has taken the throne, he is determined to correct Harry's mistakes and no longer give Harry and his wife room to turn back.
Whether Harry can regain the trust of the royal family depends on his future performance.
But it is foreseeable that Prince William and other core members of the royal family will not easily believe this younger brother who has publicly "defected" in a short period of time.
Harry wants to re-establish his position in the royal family, and the road is long.
Today, Harry and Meghan have taken back all their privileges in the UK.
The Frogmore cottage where they lived has been repossessed by the royal family, and their security at public expense has been removed.
Even, Harry's honorific title of "His Highness" is no longer used.
Buckingham Palace issued an official statement that William decided that he would grant new ranks to several senior members of the royal family.
Most notably, Crown Prince William will replace his younger brother Harry as a colonel in the Army Air Corps.
This new rank not only highlights William's status as a future king, but also clearly shows the changing balance of power within the royal family.
As heir, William would receive a higher rank to reflect his status.
And Harry was not only deprived of the title of "His Highness", but now even the original military rank has been lost.
This is tantamount to directly expelling Harry from the royal inner circle, marking the rise of William and the era of Harry's fall.
A series of moves by the royal family show that Harry and Meghan have completely lost their trust.
Harry's stripping of his rank this time was the final sanction for the couple.
As a soldier who served for many years, Harry regarded the rank as an honor.
Now that this glory is also far away from him, it can be said that Harry has nothing in the royal family and the door is closed.
Although it is ostensibly said that Harry is no longer a senior member, everyone understands that it is punishment for Harry's "collaboration".
Harry and Meghan's actions have finally ruined them in the royal family, and the prospects are bleak.
It is even more difficult to rebuild trust.
Such punishment will undoubtedly make him reflect on what he has done.
This is also a warning to other members of the royal family, hoping that they will not follow in Harry's footsteps, otherwise they will also have nothing.
In the past, Prince Harry served in Afghanistan twice, and that military career was the most brilliant decade of his life.
As a prince, Harry could have avoided going to war, but he insisted on serving personally and practicing his passion and responsibility for national defense with practical actions.
This has also won widespread respect and praise from the British public.
Therefore, even when Harry withdrew from the front, the late Queen Elizabeth II kept his original military rank for him in recognition of his military spirit.
But now, Harry has not only turned his back on the royal family, but also failed to cherish the queen's award.
William's decision to strip Harry of his rank also reflects the royal family's punishment for Harry's dishonesty.
Harry's former glory is gone, and everything can only be blamed on himself.
After Harry and Meghan announced that they were "separated" from the active life of the royal family, the couple's various words and deeds began to cause widespread controversy.
In particular, their accusations and "complaints" against the royal family in interviews with the media caused an uproar in British society.
Meghan slammed the royal family for being "racist" and treating her inhumanely, while Harry also publicly criticised his father Charles' "failed" approach to education.
The couple's openness to the privacy of the royal family has undoubtedly seriously violated the basic obligations of the royal family members, and it has fully exposed their negative nature after leaving the royal family.
These self-exposing scandalous interviews have brought benefits to Meghan and Harry, but damaged the reputation of the royal family.
Today, the British public has long seen the true face of this fame-seeking couple.
Harry also completely lost the trust of the royal family, and his position in the family also declined.
With Prince Harry's successive miswords and deeds, Charles, as a father, finally saw the nature and personality of his youngest son.
He no longer harbors any illusions, realizing that it is no longer possible for Harry to return to being a conscientious royal.
In the process of this decision to strip Harry of his rank, it is conceivable that his second wife, Camilla, also provided Charles with a lot of advice.
She may have taken the opportunity to blow the wind to Charles from her pillow and make him realize that the royal family must be resolutely cleansed in order to preserve the reputation of the monarchy.
After all, the history of Camilla's feud with Diana dooms her son Harry to use royal stories at will and create disputes.
Now, Charles has also woken up and is determined to give up this father's weakness and firmly support William, so that the royal family will not continue to be attacked and smeared by the Harry couple.
Charles's determination also made Harry completely lose the last glimmer of hope of returning.
As king, he chose to think of royal interests rather than personal feelings, and resolutely eliminated hidden dangers.
Such a decisive approach fully demonstrates a monarch's determination to severely punish traitors, without the slightest mercy and nostalgia for his father.
It can be said that this is a heavy blow to Harry, whose position in the royal family has completely collapsed.
So why is King Charles so ruthless to his own son Harry? Harry's own words and actions alone could not have subjected him to such severe punishment.
In fact, there is a factor hidden in this that cannot be ignored, that is, Harry's stepmother, Charles' second wife Camilla.
It can be said that Camila's presence played a key role in this decision.
We know that there was a long-standing conflict and rivalry between Camilla and the late Diana, which also carried over to Diana's son Harry.
Camilla is likely to use her concubine's influence to rumor Charles from her pillow, portraying Harry's actions as a betrayal and threat to the royal family.
For her own sake, Camilla strongly advocated harnessing Harry to set an example.
This also led to Charles's sudden toughness in his attitude towards his son and chose to abandon this fatherly love.
We know that in previous history, Camilla had a feud with Diana.
Her appearance as Charles' mistress caused damage to Charles and Diana's marriage, hurt Diana, and plunged the entire royal family into scandal.
Today, the elderly Camilla is queen, and Diana's son Harry is against the royal family.
Therefore, some analysts believe that Camila is very likely to play a role in this dispute.
Out of both a long-standing resentment against Diana and the need to consolidate her position, she slandered and smeared Harry in front of Charles, leading to Harry's final severe punishment.
This also made Camilla once again involved in royal scandals and infighting.
Her role in this incident has made the outside world more suspicious of her, the former "demon concubine".
Although Camilla later married Charles, her position within the royal family was still controversial.
In Harry and Meghan's interview disclosures, they mentioned Camilla-related issues more than once, suggesting that she held power in the royal family and influenced Charles' decision-making.
The two even hinted that Camilla was involved in the unexpected death of the late Diana.
Such accusations have once again brought Camila into the spotlight.
Therefore, Charles' extreme sanctions against Harry in this case can also be understood as a kind of protection for his wife Camilla.
Harry's remarks have put Camilla in the vortex of public opinion again, so Charles needs to protect Camilla's reputation and status by decisively punishing Harry.
After all, Camilla was already the king's rightful concubine, and Charles needed to protect his wife's reputation.
This also made him tough on his attitude towards his son and no longer had any pity.
Harry's return to the royal family still seems to be full of resistance, and we wait and see.