The Duke of Sussex, who shocked Britain when he and his wife, Meghan, strayed from royal duties, told American interviewer Oprah Winfrey that he feared history would repeat itself.
CBS released two short clips of the couple’s interview by Winfrey, which is due to air on March 7. It is the first TV interview they have given since making California their home last year.
“My biggest concern was history repeating itself,” said Harry, apparently referring to his mother, Diana, who died at the age of 36 in a car accident in Paris while being chased by paparazzi.
In Winfrey’s clips, Harry, 36, was sitting next to Meghan, 39, and holding her hand. The couple announced that they are expecting their second child.
“I’m very relieved and happy to have you sitting down talking to you with my wife by my side,” said Harry. “Because I can’t imagine what it must have been like for her [Diana], going through this process alone for so many years.
“It’s been incredibly difficult for both of us, but at least we had each other.”
In the clips, Winfrey said that no subject was off-limits and at one point tells the couple “you said some very shocking things here”, including that their situation had been “almost untenable”.
Before moving to California, the couple had complained about the treatment given to Meghan by the British tabloids – whose father is white and African American mother – some of whom, according to them, can be considered bullying or racism.
This month, Buckingham Palace announced that the couple would not return to their lives as working members of the royal family.
In an interview with James Corden for the American show The Late Late Show last week, Harry said that he cared about media intrusions into his family’s life far more than the miniseries The Crown, which was “obviously fiction”.
He said the British press created a “difficult environment” that was destroying his mental health, but insisted that he “did not stray” from the royal family. “It was backing up instead of resigning.”
He said: “So I did what any husband, what any father would do. It’s like, ‘I need to get my family out of here.’ But we never moved away. ”He added:“ I will never give up. I will always be contributing. “
With Reuters