While reflecting on late Princess Diana‘s infamous Panorama interview, Prince Harry showed his support for his mother’s honesty about life in the royal family.“She felt compelled to talk about it.
Especially in that Panorama interview,” Harry, 38, explained during the first episode of his Netflix docuseries with Meghan Markle, which started streaming on Thursday, December 8. “I think we all now know that she was deceived into giving the interview, but at the same time she spoke the truth of her experience.”The Duke of Sussex opened up about watching his mom live her life in the public eye.“My mum was harassed throughout her life with my dad [King Charles III] but after they separated, the harassment went to new levels,” he detailed. “I saw things, I experienced things.
I learned things. The pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution. I remember thinking, ‘How can I ever find someone who is willing and capable to withstand all the baggage that comes with being with me?'”According to Harry, he still doesn’t fully recall his time with Princess Diana before her death. “My childhood I remember was filled with laughter, filled with happiness and filled with adventure,” he continued. “I don’t have many early memories of my mum.
It was almost like, internally, I sort of blocked them out.”He added: “But I always remember her laugh, her cheeky laugh. Her always saying to me, ‘You can get in trouble, just don’t get caught’ and I’ll always be that cheeky person inside.”The BetterUp CIO’s insight on Diana’s controversial 1995 interview with BBC comes more than two decades after it first aired.
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