Prince Harry shared that he is ready to reconcile with the royal family after he and Meghan Markle made a shocking return to the United Kingdom in August.
In a GQ interview released Tuesday, Harry, 42, addressed the complicated relationship among him, his father King Charles, and his brother Prince William, whom he reportedly hasn’t spoken to since Queen Elizabeth’s funeral in 2022.
When asked whether he grieved the relationships, the Duke of Sussex said, “Yes, of course.”
“I think from a family perspective — again, another massively relatable issue for so many people — sibling disagreements, broken relationships between kids and their parents, kids and one parent. That continues to come up with me the whole time with people that I speak to, so I know how relatable it is,” Harry said.
“Some people don’t want it to work out,” he added. “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.”
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Harry acknowledged that “scars stick around forever,” but he hopes to let go of the past.
“But what your perception is, and what your mindset is to those things that have happened, letting go of the past,” he said. “That’s something that I would encourage everybody to do: If there’s certain things from the past that are still affecting you every day, that’s harder to let go of.”
“But for me, there’s enough drama in the world and enough drama in people’s lives to continue with issues with family,” Harry added.
Prince Harry has opened up about strained family relationships in a new interview with GQ magazine, following his recent return to the U.K. with his wife, Meghan, and their two children.
A spokesperson for Harry said his comments about strained family relationships were not intended as a swipe at William or any other member of the royal family.
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Harry’s confession comes after nearly a decade of strained relations, reportedly beginning after he married Markle. In 2020, the couple announced they wanted to “step back” from royal duties and relocated to California.
This summer, the couple announced they had moved back to the U.K. with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
Hugo Vickers, a royal biographer, told Page Six that Harry’s comments present a “challenge” to the royal family.
“Both the King and William have been very clever to say very little. They have not responded publicly, even when Prince Harry said that he wanted to put the past behind them. There is a hell of a lot of past to put behind them,” he said.
Vickers said the issues should be worked out in private, and that “making public appearances and giving interviews does not make the situation any easier.”
“And even if Harry does not intend his actions to be a challenge, they will inevitably be interpreted that way, and that is unfortunate,” he added.
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