Prince Harry has
been open about his relationship with his dad, Prince Charles, the Prince of
Wales, in recent times.
In his
interview on Apple TV+ series in May, Prince Harry said: “My father used
to say to me when I was younger, he used to say to William and I, ‘Well, it was
like that for me, so it’s gonna be like that for you.’ That doesn’t make
sense. Just because you suffered,
it doesn’t mean that your kids have to suffer. In fact, quite the
opposite. If you suffered, do everything you can to make sure that whatever
experiences, negative experiences that you had, you can make it right for you
kids.”
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in 2016, Harry and his older brother, Prince William, took part in the ITV
documentary, When Ant And Dec Met The Prince: 40 Years Of The Prince’s
Trust. The brothers spoke about their father’s incredible charitable work
and how they can go to him for advice, with Harry saying: “The advice that he can give us, based
on the contacts that he has made over the years, is incredible. You can
actually ring him up and say, ‘I’m in a bit of a pickle here’ or even better,
you can offload stuff.”
In 2017,
Harry guest-edited BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, during which he interviewed
former US President Barack Obama and his own father, Prince Charles. During the
show, he was heard affectionately calling his father “pa”, and added: “I do end up picking your brains more
now than I ever have done.”
That same year, 2017, Harry said of Charles
in one BBC documentary: “One of the hardest things for a parent to have to
do is to tell your children that your other parent has died. How you deal with
that, I don’t know. But, you know, he was there for us. He was the one out of two left and he tried to do his best to make sure
that we were protected and looked after. But you know, he was going through the
same grieving process as well.”
When
Meghan’s father, Thomas Markle, was unable to attend her wedding to Harry in
2018, Charles stepped in to accompany the royal bride halfway down the aisle. Harry said: “I asked him to and I
think he knew it was coming, and he immediately said ‘yes, of course, I’ll do
whatever Meghan needs and I’m here to support you.’ For him that’s a fantastic opportunity to
step up and be that support, and you know he’s our father so of course, he’s
going to be there for us.”
Shortly
after Harry and Meghan’s royal wedding, they attended a garden party at
Buckingham Palace with the Prince of Wales. In a heartwarming speech, Harry
praised his father’s work over the years, saying: “His enthusiasm and energy are truly infectious; it has certainly
inspired William and me to get involved in issues we care passionately about and
to do whatever we can to make a difference. In fact, many of the issues
William and I now work on are subjects we were introduced to by our father
growing up.”
