Prince Harry's sad confession about 'not wanting royal job' after 'what it did to Princess Diana'
Harry opened up in a podcast interviewPrince Harry once opened up about wanting to quit royal life in his 20s after “what it did” to his late mother, Princess Diana.
The Duke of Sussex stepped back from his senior royal role in early 2020, alongside his wife, Meghan Markle. They now live in Montecito, California, with their son Prince Archie, six, and daughter Princess Lilibet, four.
However, in a 2021 podcast interview, Harry admitted he felt he “didn’t want the job” of a prince when he was younger and years before he met Meghan.
Prince Harry ‘didn’t want’ royal job
Speaking on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast, the Duke of Sussex, 40, was asked what it felt like to take trips around the Commonwealth where “people had more freedom” than him.
Harry said: “It’s the job right? Grin and bear it, get on with it. In my early 20s, it was a case of, I don’t want this job.
“I don’t want to be here, I don’t want to be doing this, look what it did to my mum.
“How am I ever going to settle down, have a wife and a family when I know, that it’s going to happen again?
“Because I know, I’ve seen behind the curtain. I’ve seen the business model, I know how this operation runs and how it works, and I don’t want to be a part of this.”
‘I plucked my head out of the sand’
Meanwhile, Harry also opened up about having therapy for his mental health.
He continued: “Once I started doing therapy suddenly it was like the bubble was burst. I plucked my head out of the sand, gave it a good shake off.”
In my early 20s, it was a case of, I don’t want this job.
The duke added: “I was like okay, you are in this position of privilege stop complaining, stop thinking as though you want something different, make this different.
“So how are you going to do this differently, how are you going to make your mum proud, how are you going to use this platform to really affect change and be able to give people that confidence to be able to change their own lives?”
Harry’s relationship with the royal family now
Prince Harry’s relationship with his family has been strained for some time, especially with his father, King Charles, and brother, Prince William.
However, this week, Harry and Charles, 76, met up in London for the first time in 19 months.
They have a “private tea” at Clarence House, the king’s London residence. It came during Harry’s four-day visit to the UK this week for a string of charity events.
Many are now seeing this as the first step toward a reconciliation between Harry and his family.
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