Harry suggests he wants disagreements with brother and King ‘to work out’
His comments were published as Charles, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales hosted a state visit.
The Duke of Sussex has said he wants his disagreements with his brother and the King to “work out”.
His comments were published as Charles, the Queen and the Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed the Sultan of Oman to Windsor for his state visit to the UK.
In an interview with GQ magazine about grief and family, recorded in New York in late September and shared on Tuesday, Harry was asked if he grieves his “complicated” relationship with his father and brother.
The Duke of Sussex said: “Yeah, yes, of course, from a family perspective, again another massively relatable issue for so many people.
“There’s sibling disagreements, there’s broken relationships between, you know, kids and their parents, kids and one parent.
“That continues to come up with me the whole time by people that I speak to, so I know how relatable it is.
“That’s partly probably why there’s so much fascination…,” he said, adding: “Then people maybe look at us and go, ‘how are you going to work it out?’.
“Then ‘maybe how I see you’re going to work it out, maybe that will help me work my stuff out’.
“Some people don’t want it to work out – I want it to work out.”
Harry added: “Of course I do.
“With everything else that’s going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile – that’s the key point.”
A Sussex spokesperson later confirmed his comments on others not wanting to work things out were “absolutely not intended as a swipe at his brother or any other member of his family.”
They added: “The comment was made in a general context and was not directed at his family in any way.”
Asked if he thinks he could repair “this wound”, the Duke of Sussex told GQ: “Yeah of course, I think every wound… look, scars stick around forever but… what your perception is and what your mindset is to these things that have happened, certainly letting go of the past, that’s something that I would encourage everybody to do.
“If there’s certain things from the past that’s still affecting your everyday, that’s harder to let go of.
“But yeah, for me, there’s enough drama in the world and enough drama in people’s lives than to continue with issues with family…”
The interviewer interjected “it’s not worth it?” and Harry said: “That’s hard to say to people when you’re in it.”
The Duke of Sussex was also quizzed on his return to the UK, telling the magazine he moved back for “opportunities, for the family, being able to put the kids in a British schools meant a lot to me”.
He added: “I didn’t know how important it was to me, I always thought it was going to be something I would try and do or that we would try and do, but now they’ve been in school for two weeks they’re loving it and it’s just giving them a whole different experience – don’t worry I’m not criticising American schools.”
The duke said it is “so important” for his children, Archie aged seven and Lilibet aged five, to have two “completely different cultural experiences”.
“It’s been nice to be close to friends, family, friends of friends and their children as well – to be able to have endless playdates to really help our kids settle in,” he added.
The Duke of Sussex later laughed when he said it is “good to be outside of the US for the next few months perhaps, and let things settle down for a bit”.
The Oman state visit is the first incoming state visit since the Duke and Duchess of Sussex returned to the UK, but Harry and Meghan, who are not working royals, do not take part in official royal engagements.