The BBC has admitted to a misstep in editorial standards after failing to properly challenge claims made by Prince Harry during an interview last week. The British broadcaster said Radio 4’s Today show did not interrogate the Duke of Sussex’s claim that removing his UK security was "an establishment stitch-up.

The BBC has issued a clarification over Radio 4’s “Today” show concerning its coverage of the broadcaster’s recent Prince Harry interview. In the bombshell conversation, which aired on Friday after the prince lost his appeal for higher security protections in the U.

Prince Harry is fully aware of the "consequences of continuing to do interviews" and "speaking out", the journalist who sat down with him last week said. The Duke of Sussex spoke to the BBC on Friday after losing a court battle in which he had sought to overturn a downgrading of his security while in the UK.