![]() ![]() When asked whether he thought his family didn't understand his security concerns, or didn't care, Harry replied, "I think probably a little bit of both." "And maybe they didn't understand the concerns that I had. "I was stunned that my family would allow security to be taken away, especially at the most vulnerable point for us," said Harry, who was living with Meghan and their son Archie in Vancouver Island, Canada, at the time. When the proposal was brought to the royal family, Harry said there was "zero compromise." He added that an agreed-upon 12-month transition period completely fell apart when his own family's security was pulled. ![]() Harry describes how his and Meghan's hope for a different royal life collapsedĪccording to Harry, intense press coverage and security concerns played a large part in his and Meghan's quest to carve out different royal roles for themselves that would allow them to split their time between Canada and the U.K. We do not do that as a news organization as a matter of policy. Kensington Palace declined to comment.ĪBC News received a response from the law firm representing Buckingham Palace Monday saying that the palace needed to "consider exactly what is said in the interview and the context in which it appears," and asked that we supply them immediately with a copy of the entire interview. Neither Kensington Palace - William and Kate's office - nor Buckingham Palace, the office of Charles and Camilla, the Queen Consort, have commented on the claims Harry makes in "Spare."ĪBC News reached out to Kensington Palace and Buckingham palace for response to Harry's remarks in our interview. Prince William and Prince Harry look at a statue they commissioned of their mother Diana in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, on what would have been her 60th birthday, July 1, 2021, in London. "They pitched Kate and Meghan against each other." They always pitched us against each other," Harry said. " pitched the Waleses, which Kate and William are now, against the Sussexes, me and my wife. Harry writes in "Spare," and Meghan has said in a previous interview, that it was Kate who upset Meghan and later apologized. In one example, Harry claims palace officials failed to correct tabloid stories alleging Meghan made William's wife Kate, the Princess of Wales, cry in the run-up to the Sussexes' 2018 wedding. And again, I'm the one who's proving that that is true, right? Chose not to play the game, but they're trying to destroy me." Watch the special "Prince Harry: In His Own Words | Michael Strahan Reporting" at 8:30 p.m. "But again, within the family, it's hard because you are led to believe that if you don't play the game, that you will be destroyed. ![]() "The people that he employed broke that," Harry said of his self-described pact with William. Since then, the couple has moved to California, where they now live with their two children, and separated themselves almost completely from royal life, becoming financially independent and pursuing their own careers.Ĭatherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry leave after attending the Grenfell Tower National Memorial Service at St Paul's Cathedral on Dec. 10, nearly three years to the day that Harry and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, shocked the world announcing their plans to "step back" as senior members of Britain's royal family. "Spare" - a nod to Harry's birth order as the younger brother of William, heir to the throne - will be released on Jan. And if that doesn't happen, then that's very sad." "If we can get to the point of reconciliation, that will have a ripple effect across the world," Harry told "Good Morning America" co-anchor Michael Strahan in a new interview about his memoir "Spare." "I genuinely believe that, and that's kind of what is pushing me. Prince Harry is sharing new details about his fractured relationships with his father King Charles III and brother Prince William, and how his hope for a "reconciliation" has led him to speak out. With the release of his memoir "Spare," Prince Harry says he's speaking his truth about the royal institution to help protect his two children and the next generation of royals.
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