Prince Harry dropped F-bomb in emotional phone call that showed different side to him

In Prince Harry's Netflix series, Heart of Invictus, the former working royal made a comment about his military uniform ban in an emotional yet sweary call to the UK Invictus team

In the third episode of his documentary, Harry can be seen on a video call with the UK Invictus team - where he appears to make the dig about military uniform

Prince Harry made a pointed dig about "hanging up" military uniform before giving advice to former servicemen in his Netflix documentary.

The highly anticipated docu-series - Heart of Invictus - followed a group of athletes on their road to the Paralympic-style sporting competition the Invictus Games. Harry set up the sporting event in 2014 for injured and sick military personnel and veterans, with the most recent games taking place in Dussledorf, Germany.

The 2027 Invictus Games is set to take place in Birmingham UK - which may pose a dilemma for the Sussexes. As founder of the Games, it is more than likely that he will travel to the UK for the event in 2027. And since he started dating Meghan in 2017 she too has joined him at every event, with their Invictus Games appearances some of their most high-profile as a couple.

Prince Harry was upset at having to give up his military uniform

However, as the Games will be in the UK in three years time, it raises the question if Meghan will attend. That's because earlier this year, Harry lost a High Court battle over the loss of his UK police protection when he is in the country after quitting Britain for the United States. .

In the third episode of his documentary, Harry can be seen on a video call with the UK Invictus team - where he appears to make the dig about military uniform. Encouraging them ahead of the competition last year, he tells them: "You did it every day, wearing uniform and for one reason or another that uniform had to be hung up. That service that runs in your blood, our blood, never leaves the body. It is there."

The heartbroken comment comes after Harry was banned from donning military uniform after he and Meghan Markle quit their royal roles and Harry was forced to give up his military affiliations. At King Charles' Coronation earlier this year, he wore a morning suit - in contrast to other royals.

He also wore a suit for his beloved grandmother the late Queen's funeral last year - despite calls for him to be allowed to wear military dress. However, one exception was made when Harry wore uniform during a vigil around his grandmother's coffin in Westminster Hall. It was later claimed that Harry was left "devastated" at having to remove the "ER" symbol from his uniform, even though Prince William kept his. After the initials were not removed from William, a pal told The Sunday Times: "He [Harry] is heartbroken. To remove his grandmother's initials feels very intentional."

Reports suggested Harry nearly decided to wear the morning suit anyway to avoid "humiliation". On the same call, Harry could be heard dropping the F-bomb as he offered his advice to the competitors. He said: "So when you're out there kicking a**, trying to win a medal, or just having fun, making your family incredibly proud, when you feel that feeling in your throat and you feel like you might want to cry, then just f***ing cry. I mean that."

The series also captures Harry admitting ""no one around me could really help" due to a lack of support network following his return from war in Afghanistan. It ended up triggering the trauma of losing his mother Princess Diana - in another apparent sly dig at the Royal Family

In what appears to be yet another swipe at his royal relatives, Harry says: "Look, I can only speak for my personal experience, my tour of Afghanistan in 2012, flying Apaches, somewhere after that there was an unravelling and the trigger for me was actually returning from Afghanistan.

"But the stuff that was coming up was from 1997, from the age of 12, losing my mum at such a young age, the trauma that I had I was never really aware of, it was never discussed, I didn't really talk about it - and I suppressed it like most youngsters would have done but when it all came fizzing out I was bouncing off the walls, I was like what is going on here, I am now feeling everything as opposed to being numb.

"The biggest struggle for me is no-one around me could really help, I didn't have that support structure that network or that expert advice to identify what was actually going on with me. Unfortunately, like most of us the first time you really consider therapy is when you are lying on the floor in the foetal position probably wishing you had dealt with some of this stuff previously and that's what I really want to change."