“We all know what the British press can be like and it was destroying my mental health,” he said during the segment. “I was like, this is toxic. So I did what any husband and father would do.”
Since then, they have moved to Los Angeles and started creating new lives, increasing their public visibility and engaging with more sympathetic media figures.
During the segment with Corden, in which the pair travels around Los Angeles on an open bus, Harry revealed that he watched “The Crown” – the popular drama that investigates a series of reported fractures within the royal family. “I am much more comfortable with ‘The Crown’ than seeing the written stories about my family, my wife or myself,” he said.
“They don’t pretend to be news, it’s fictional,” added Harry of the show, about which his fellow royals generally kept their mouths shut. “But it’s loosely based on the truth. Of course it’s not strictly accurate, but … it gives you a rough idea of what that lifestyle is like, what the pressures are of putting duty and service above family and everything, what can come of that. “
Harry and Meghan are mired in a long war of words and lawsuits with much of the tabloid media, fighting various lawsuits against publications and photo agencies that have published details of their private lives.
Harry: We magnified the Queen a few times
Harry told Corden that his life with Meghan in LA will be “a slightly different version, but a continuation, of what we were doing in the UK”.
Their statement at the time, which insisted that “service is universal”, was read by many as a rejection of the Queen’s framework on her departure.
“He was never leaving. He was taking a step back instead of going down. It was a really tough environment,” said Harry, adding that he would never “go away” regardless of “whatever decisions are made on that side.”
But he told Corden that they had called the Queen and Prince Philip since their move. “We zoomed them in a few times, they saw Archie running around,” he said.
Harry also discussed his relationship with Meghan and his son Archie, revealing that the child’s first word was “crocodile” and that the Queen sent him a waffle maker at Christmas, at Meghan’s request.
Turning to the couple’s early romance, he said, “Dating with me, or with any member of the royal family, I think, is kind of turned upside down. All the meetings turned to dinner or watching TV or talking at home. . you become a couple, then you venture out to dinner, to the cinema and everything. “
During the segment, the duo visits the home used in Will Smith’s 90s series “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, with Harry revealing – during a rather strange rap session – that he knows the lyrics to the famous music show theme, before entering to go to the bathroom.
Corden then makes a video call to Meghan on Harry’s phone to playfully suggest that the pair move out. “I think we’ve moved around enough,” she said, abandoning her husband’s nickname – “Haz.
Interest in the couple’s new lives is likely to intensify after they sit down for a long interview with Winfrey, who is expected to address the nature of their departure from real life.