Prince Harry has been a polarising figure since leaving the Royal Family in 2020, and a commentator has claimed that one of his previous predictions has ‘come true’.

Harry’s prediction about his future seemingly “came true” (Image: (Image: Getty))

Prince Harry has come under fire after a past prediction about his future seemingly “came true”. The Duke of Sussex, who has been estranged from the Royal Family since 2020 following his decision to step back from duties with wife Meghan Markle and relocate to the US, has had a strained relationship with his family and the media ever since.

A royal commentator recently revisited an interview Harry gave in 2016, prior to meeting Meghan, where he appeared to “accidentally manifested” his current path. In a Sunday Times interview in May 2016, ahead of that year’s Invictus Games in Florida, Harry discussed his struggle to balance his royal role with work and personal life.

Expert Daniela Elser highlighted a quote from the interview she deemed “spooky”. Harry said: “There’s nothing worse than going through a period in your life where you’re making a massive difference and then suddenly, for whatever reason it is – whether it’s media or the public perception of you – you drop off. You want to make a difference but no one’s listening to you.”

Additionally, the duke stated: “I’m in this privileged position and I will use it for as long as I can, or until I become boring, or until George ends up becoming more interesting.”

The royals haven’t had a good relationship for years (Image: (Image: Getty))

Elser suggested that Harry’s fear of “dropping off”, expressed in 2016, seems to have materialised by 2024, reports the Express.

She penned for news.com. au: “Talk about accidentally manifesting something. Harry, circa 2024, is a man who has ‘dropped off’.

“Call it irony or a cruel twist of fate or proof we really are ‘the stars’s tennis balls’ but the one thing that Harry clearly feared back then has ended up coming true, only it was not George or his inevitable slide down the line of succession that caused it. This was his own handiwork.”

The writer lambasted the duke, arguing he hasn’t managed to launch “any large-scale, meaty projects that can equal the sort of work he was doing under the palace umbrella” since his royal departure.

She continued, pointing out that apart from the Invictus Games, Harry’s accomplishments in America “have tended to be far less large-scale and high-profile”.

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She stated: Let the record show, all of this work is absolutely valuable and laudable. The sticking point here is scale and impact.

“In terms of non-Invictus work, does 2024 Harry still matter as much as 2016 Harry? Does his voice still carry the same sway and reach as far?”.

Ms Elser went on: “It’s hard to look at the 39-year-old father-of-two now and to not think that the very concern he explained to Nikkhah back in 2016 has ended up coming true..

“Back in 2016, the duke foretold and foresaw that a day would come when he no longer mattered in the same way and to the same degree. If only he knew how right he would accidentally turn out to be.”