Royal Family LIVE: Prince Harry warned before 40th birthday as he 'wants one thing badly'

Prince Harry needs to get "a stronger foothold" on his philanthropic endeavours and do more to make it big, a royal expert has claimed, as he prepares to celebrate his 40th birthday on Sunday.

The Duke of Sussex will hit a major milestone this weekend but according to royal author Ingrid Seward, he has no other successes to his name other than the Invictus Games - an international multi-sport event taking place annually for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans.

Some of Harry's other projects, like his explosive memoir Spare and bombshell Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, as well as his and the Duchess of Sussex's axed Spotify deal have been met with controversy.

Now Ms Seward told The Sun: "I think in the back of Harry's mind probably he's thinking 'I've got to get on with it, I've got to really go for it now'. He has the success of the Invictus Games, which we all know, but we can't really name anything else.

"There were lots of other philanthropic things but just off the top of my head I only think Invictus. So I think Harry needs to, kind of get a stronger foothold into that world that he says he wants to promote so badly."

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