Prince Harry feared he
would become ‘irrelevant’ when Prince George turns 18, a source has
claimed.
The Duke of Sussex believed he
had only a limited time to make a difference until his nephew, who is now
second-in-line to the throne, became older.
A source said in Valentine
Low’s new book Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, as quoted in an
excerpt published by The Times: “He had this thing that he had a
shelf life. He was fixated [on] this.
“He would compare himself
with his uncle [Prince Andrew]. He would say, ‘I have this time to make this
impact. Because I can’.
“Until George turns 18,
was the way he was thinking about it. ‘Then I will be the also-ran.’ He was
genuinely thinking of it as, ‘I have this platform now, for a limited amount of
time. I want to move forward, move forward.’ ”
According to the same source,
Harry’s staff assured him he was a very different person to his uncle, Prince
Andrew.
The extract reads: “They
told him, ‘You can still have an impact in your forties, fifties, even longer.
So long as you set the right foundations now.’ But he never saw that.”
The Duke of Sussex has been
approached for comment.
