Prince opens up

Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, rocked Britain’s monarchy with their shock announcement in January last year that they were stepping back from royal duties.

Prince Harry, who has blamed press intrusion for contributing to his mother Princess Diana’s death in 1997, has told US chat show host Oprah Winfrey he was worried about history repeating itself.

CBS released brief clips of an “intimate” interview with Winfrey about their lives which will air on Sunday.

Harry has long had a difficult relationship with Britain’s tabloids and blames press intrusion for contributing to Diana’s death.

The couple, who announced on Valentine’s Day they were expecting a second child, have launched several legal cases against British news outlets alleging invasion of privacy, including one that ended last month with a victory against Associated Newspapers.

In a rare interview, Harry last week revealed he left royal life because the British press was “destroying” his mental health.

“We all know what the British press can be like, and it was destroying my mental health,” he told The Late Late Show host James Corden.

“I was, like, this is toxic. So I did what any husband and father would do. I need to get my family out of here.”

Harry relocated to the United States with Markle last year.

Harry also said he was more comfortable with the portrayal of the royal family in the hit Netflix series The Crown than he was with newspaper stories written about him and his family.

In February, Buckingham Palace announced that the couple had permanently quit royal duties following a one-year review of the new arrangement.

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