Prince Harry takes a swipe at the royals on Stephen Colbert's show with the help of Tom Hanks

Prince Harry did not spare any moment to throw shade at the royal family while appearing on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as he continued to tell his side of the story and promote his controversial memoir Spare.

Before Harry sipped tequila and made conversation with the audience, the Duke of Sussex took part in the show's 'cold-open' which definitely emphasised Harry's cold shoulder to the British institution.

The episode opened with Stephen Colbert standing between two guards wearing regal attire and holding trumpets, who started to play as Prince Harry entered the building on a red carpet.

Making fun of the British tradition, the two guards began to play fanfare to which Harry replied, "Woah, woah, woah, stop. Stephen, not needed, but thank you, I appreciated it."

The Late Show host pushed the Prince aside declaring the fanfare was meant for his other guest Tom Hanks who declared 'I'm back' as Prince Harry threw rose petals over the Academy Award winning actor.

Despite the cold open lasting for just two minutes, some are wondering if the mocking of the royal family has gone on for too long and has gone too far - especially in relation to Prince Harry's damning interviews with Tom Bradby and Anderson Cooper, as well as the leaked extracts from his newly-released book.

Following the royal swipe, Prince Harry opened up about the distance between him and his family in the sit-down interview, whilst also referencing his 'frozen todger', his sex life with Meghan Markle and his ongoing grief for his mother.

Crucially, Prince Harry detailed how his mother, the late Diana, would not have let the fighting get this far, specifically between him and his brother Prince William.

“We wouldn’t have got to this moment,” Prince Harry said, in addition to speaking about the way the British media has honed in on specific elements of his book such as his time in Afghanistan or the physical fight between Prince William and himself.

While Diana may have halted the row between the brothers earlier, it does beg the question whether the former Princess of Wales would have thought Prince Harry's tell-all escapades have gone too far too?

The Duke of Sussex’ book was released yesterday [January 10] and has become the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time.

But despite Harry’s story flying off the shelves, the Prince suggested that the institution struggled to understand what he was saying over the past two years in terms of wanting to not only heal, but also protect his immediate family and himself mainly from the British press.

The conversation turned to Prince Harry’s view on ‘the toxic relationship’ between the Palace and the press, stating that being a part of the institution is ‘terrifying’ as although papers may print, ‘the palace declined to comment’, multiple sources would speak about individuals in the royal family.

To combat this, Harry pinpointed his desire for a community and admitted that leaving his family behind was a hard decision to make.

However, Harry suggested that despite his continual efforts to try and guide his family to a path of healing, their emotional vocabulary had become very different.

Harry said: “One of the hardest bits [about leaving his family], which I realised pretty quickly was the moment I started doing therapy - it is like we started speaking a different language [to that of the royal family and I].

“Everyone has their own journey and I fully respect that but within the institution there is a mindset. And there’s a lot of people that are hired or brought in to ultimately manage that mindset, and I think it is really really damaging and dangerous.”

While Prince Harry is putting down his own words and speaking ‘his truth’ on both transatlantic television shows and his memoir, it begs the question, has this too been ‘damaging and dangerous?’