Prince Harry wants kids when time is right
LONDON: Britain’s Prince Harry, one of the world’s most eligible bachelors, said yesterday he would love to have children, but is waiting to find the right woman to share the pressure.
Harry, 30, slipped to fifth in line to the throne with the birth of elder brother William’s second child, Princess Charlotte, two weeks ago.
He admitted the royal addition had made him keen to start his own family.
“I would love to have kids right now but there’s a process that one has to go through,” a relaxed-looking prince said in an interview with Sky News.
“It would be great to have someone else next to me to share the pressure. (The) time will come, and whatever happens happens.”
Harry’s love life, like that of all the royal family, has always attracted huge media interest. Among those he has been linked with are Chelsy Davy, who he dated on and off for about five years.
Last year, he split from actress Cressida Bonas after a two-year relationship.
“There come times when you think now is the time to settle down or now is not, whatever the way it is, but I don’t think you can force these things – it will happen when it’s going to happen,” he said.
Harry, a captain in the British Army, is on tour in New Zealand, having completed a month-long secondment to the Australian Defence Force.
He said he had missed the coverage of his niece’s birth, but William had sent him photos. “I’m so looking forward to seeing her, to meeting her and to holding her. It’s fantastic news for both of them. So I’m thrilled.”
Harry announced in March that he would quit the army next month, saying he was at a crossroads in his life.
He told Sky most of those who joined the armed forces with him had since left, and by taking on more royal duties, he would not have the time to focus on his army job.
He said he wanted any future role to ensure he could “give something back”.
“This part of the role is fantastic, but I and William feel as though we need to have a wage as well, to work with normal people, to keep us sane, to keep us ticking along,” he said.
“If we want to make a big contribution or a valid contribution and be taken seriously, then we need to work alongside other people.” – Reuters