The Duke of Sussex has said he wants to repair his complicated relationships with his father and brother, in an interview with GQ magazine in New York.
“Some people don't want it to work out. I want it to work out. With everything else that's going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile – that's the key point,” Prince Harry told the magazine.
“Scars stick around forever. But what your perception is, and what your mindset is to those things that have happened, letting go of the past, that's something that I would encourage everybody to do,” he said.
The interview was conducted last month and released as the Royal Family were welcoming the Sultan of Oman at Windsor for a state visit. A spokesman for the Sussexes said the interview was recorded in late September and that the timing was the publishers’ decision, adding that nothing should be read into it. The spokesman also said the reference to “some people don't want it to work out” was not a swipe at Prince William or any other family member.
Prince Harry and Meghan returned to the UK in the summer and last week carried out their first public engagement together since coming back. He told GQ that being back on UK soil for longer periods and putting his children Archie and Lilibet in a British school had been important to him.
“They are loving it, and it's just giving them a whole different experience,” he said.
The Duke also reflected on the King’s health, following his treatment for cancer, saying: “He's getting better.” He spoke of carrying the memory of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, without being held down by grief, and rejected any desire for public sympathy, saying he had a support network and had “put in the work” through therapy.
Despite the physical return to the UK, the article noted there has not seemed to be any more emotional closeness with his brother Prince William. Harry acknowledged that the public fascination with the family rift was “massively relatable”, citing sibling disagreements and broken relationships between parents and children.