Prince Harry agreed to do his bombshell Oprah interview with Meghan Markle less than 24 hours after being told he would be stripped of his military titles, according to reports.
The Duke of Sussex, 36, is said to have become 'angry' at losing a number of his military appointments in the wake of 'Megxit'.
The final deal for him to step back from front line royal duties - which included him being stripped of his titles - was announced in February.
A 'very cross' Prince Harry agreed to an interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey that weekend, a source told the Sun.
The source reportedly told the paper: 'Harry and Meghan were very cross before Oprah because the final Megxit separation had just been signed off which included Harry not keeping military roles.
'That was what made him so angry. He’s very emotional and his military roles were very important to him given that he served.'
It has previously been suggested that the decision to do the bombshell CBS interview came after the Duke and Duchess were reportedly told that their son Archie would not be made a prince under when Prince Charles becomes king.
The topic was brought up in the couple's jaw-dropping 90-minute talk with Oprah.
Prince Harry (pictured in his military uniform in 2019) agreed to do his bombshell Oprah interview with Meghan Markle less than 24 hours after being told he would be stripped of his military titles, according to reports
It has previously been suggested that the decision to the bombshell CBS interview came after the Duke and Duchess were reportedly told that their son Archie would not be made a prince under when Prince Charles becomes king
Prince Harry's titles were taken back by the Queen as part of the final deal for him to step back as a front line royal
Prince Harry was stripped of his role as Captain-General of the Royal Marines - handed down to him by his grandfather Prince Philip, as part of the final deal for him to step back as a front line royal.
It was reported prior to the announcement of the final 'Megxit' deal in February that Prince Harry, who twice toured Afghanistan with the Army, had hoped to keep the titles.
And he is said to have asked the Queen about the possibility, in what was described as a half-in-half-out role.
But such a plan was vetoed and the title was taken back, along with his role as Honorary Air Commandant of RAF Honington in Suffolk and Commodore-in-Chief Small Ships and Diving, Royal Naval Command.
The titles were initially returned to the Queen. The move to strip him of the titles 'devastated' Prince Harry, according to reports at the time.
Prince Harry later took part in his interview with Oprah, in which he and Meghan Markle made accusations of racism within the Royal Family.
The fresh reports come as The Mail on Sunday yesterday revealed how Prince Charles is to ensure that his two-year-old grandson Archie will never be a Prince.
The heir to the throne has made it clear that Harry and Meghan's son will have no place among frontline Royals as he plans a slimmed-down Monarchy after he becomes King.
The move has incensed the Sussexes and is thought to have prompted the series of bitter accusations the couple have levelled at Charles and the Royal Family from across the Atlantic.
A grandchild of the sovereign has long had the right to be a Prince, but Charles is determined to limit the number of key Royals, believing the public does not wish to pay for an ever-expanding Monarchy.
Charles has told the Sussexes that he will change key legal documents to ensure that Archie cannot get the title he would once have inherited by right, according to a source close to the couple.
The decision, which follows months of fraught discussion behind the scenes, has plunged relations between Harry and his relatives to a dangerous new low.
'Harry and Meghan were told Archie would never be a Prince, even when Charles became King,' confirmed the source.
Prince Charles is to change the monarchy to ensure that his two-year-old grandson Archie will never be a Prince
Charles has told the Sussexes that he will change key legal documents to ensure that Archie cannot get the title he would once have inherited by right
The revelation comes amid a series of explosive claims by respected Royal biographer Robert Lacey.
Meanwhile, The Mail on Sunday has learned that Harry demanded the right to approve at least one writer or journalist to work alongside the usual 'press pack' of Royal reporters at the unveiling of the statue to Princess Diana next month, so deep is his distrust of the British media.
The full details of Charles's plan for a slimmed-down Monarchy have never been revealed, but it has been speculated that only heirs to the throne and their immediate families will receive full titles, financial support from the public purse through the Sovereign Grant and police protection funded by the taxpayer.
Charles and his younger brother, the Duke of York, have already been at loggerheads about what security Andrew's daughters, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie should receive in future. Now Harry and Meghan have found themselves caught up, too.
Insiders suggest they hadn't seen the move coming, and were shocked to find that Charles will take the active step of changing legal instruments known as the Letters Patent in order to exclude Archie and others.
The loss will be all the more galling as the Sussexes havemade a point of refusing to use another, lesser title for their son,
