Harry on how Meghan told him to seek therapy
He reveals ‘pain’ of upbringing – and that Meghan told him to get help
‘Some of the stuff was making me really angry’
He sparked a global frenzy in March, after sitting down with wife Meghan Markle and Oprah Winfrey for the ultimate tell-all. But evidently, Prince Harry was just getting started – and last week, he proved he had a lot more to say, as he made an explosive appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. In it, he said he wanted to “break the cycle” of the “pain and suffering” he had experienced in his own upbringing – and even suggested that Prince Charles had suffered the same pain as a result of his own parents. He also likened his life to “being in a zoo”, saying he’d stepped down as a senior royal and moved to LA to “put [his] family first and put [his] mental health first”. “I don’t think we should be pointing the finger or blaming anybody,” Harry told Dax, while promoting his and Oprah’s upcoming documentary series on mental health The Me You Can’t See. “But certainly when it comes to parenting, if I’ve experienced some form of pain or suffering because of the pain or suffering that perhaps my father or my parents had suffered, I’m going to make sure I break that cycle, so that I don’t pass it on. Suddenly, I started to piece it together and go, ‘OK, so this is where [Prince Charles] went to school, this is what happened, I know this about his life. I also know that is connected to his parents, so that means he’s treated me the way he was treated, so how can I change that for my own kids?’”
He also said that it was Meghan who had first encouraged him to get help and go for therapy. “She could tell that I was hurting, and that some of the stuff that was out of my control was making me really angry – it would make my blood boil,” he revealed.
According to palace sources, Harry’s comments have totally blindsided the royals, who have been shocked by his willingness to “stick the boot in” all over again, especially so soon after the death of Prince Philip. Our insider tells us, “Prince William is absolutely furious about it all, as is Charles. The big priority here is to try to shield the Queen from as much of the negativity as possible. He’s causing them even more aggravation and embarrassment, and this is being perceived as yet another two-fingered salute to his family from 6,000 miles away.” ■