Prince Harry may have been iced out of Buckingham Palace by more than just royal protocol.

The Duke of Sussex was reportedly blocked from staying at the palace during his recent London trip after furious staffers allegedly pushed back behind the scenes and made it clear they had no interest in waiting on him.

According to royal insider Rob Shuter, King Charles III faced an unexpected headache when palace employees reportedly balked at the idea of serving Harry after years of public attacks on the monarchy.

“Harry dithered over Buckingham Palace, and ultimately the invitation was revoked. Sources are telling me it’s much deeper than that,” Shuter said during an appearance on Maureen Callahan’s The Nerve podcast.

Harry was initially reported to have rejected the offer to stay at Buckingham Palace. He later appeared to change his mind less than 48 hours before arriving in London on July 6.

By that point, palace officials reportedly said they could no longer accommodate him because of the security and staffing arrangements required.

But Shuter claimed the real drama was happening behind palace doors.

“The king had pushback from the staff. They didn’t want to serve him. They didn’t want him there,” he said.

The alleged revolt paints a brutal picture of Harry’s standing inside the royal household. Once one of the monarchy’s most popular figures, he is now said to be viewed by some palace workers as an unwelcome guest.

“I’m told there was a staff rebellion, and staff went to their superiors — not to the king — but it ultimately got to the king,” Shuter claimed.

He said staffers were blunt about their feelings.

“They said, ‘We don’t want him here. We don’t want to have to cook him breakfast. We don’t want to have to make his bed. We do not want to have to clean up after him,’” Shuter alleged.

The reported backlash comes after years of tension between Harry and the royal family.

Since quitting royal duties in 2020 and moving to the United States with Meghan Markle, Harry has repeatedly spoken out about life inside the Firm. His bombshell interviews, Netflix series and memoir Spare all deepened the divide between the Sussexes and the palace.

Shuter said Buckingham Palace staffers have not forgotten.

The royal household, he explained, is filled with employees who are fiercely loyal to the crown. Many have spent years, or even decades, serving the monarchy.

“The people who work at Buckingham Palace, like any good job, love the institution they work for,” Shuter said.

He added that workers at every level take pride in being part of the palace operation.

“So the staff at Buckingham Palace — from the executives to the cleaners — they’re really proud of working there,” he said. “They’re really proud of being part of the British royal family institution.”

That loyalty reportedly made Harry’s possible return to palace life, even for a short stay, feel especially insulting.

“And to have him come into that, that is so rude to the staff,” Shuter said. “I’m told that was a big part of the invitation being revoked.”

In the end, Harry stayed elsewhere during the trip.

His visit to London had already started badly. On July 7, a judge dismissed his major phone-hacking lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail.

After the legal setback, Harry kept a low profile. His main public appearance was connected to the one-year countdown to the 2027 Birmingham Invictus Games.

Meghan, 44, reportedly pulled out of joining him at the last minute because of security concerns. But she later quietly arrived in England with their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5.

The family had a private meeting with King Charles and Queen Camilla at Highgrove House on July 10.

Buckingham Palace described the gathering only as a “private family occasion.” No photos were released, and the palace offered no further details about the closely watched one-hour meeting.

For Harry, the trip may have delivered a brief reunion with his father.

But the alleged staff revolt suggests something far colder behind the palace gates: the prince may still be family, but inside the institution he once called home, not everyone is ready to roll out the royal welcome mat.