Prince Harry's relationship with the rest of his family remains deeply fractured, according to a new interview with the father of two. Harry recently sat down with ITV's Tom Bradby to talk about his upcoming memoir, Spare, and revealed that things have become even chillier between him, Prince William, and King Charles.
Harry says his relationship with his family hasn't improved much since his Netflix docuseries debuted.
The Duke of Sussex chatted with Tom about his memoir, which is set to be released on January 10. During their talk, Harry appeared to hint that the royals hadn't reached out to reconnect and try to heal the family rift after Harry & Meghan premiered on the streaming giant in December, according to the Daily Mail.
"They feel as though it is better to keep us somehow as the villains," he said, seemingly referring to his family in a promo clip for the interview. "They have shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile."
It sounds like this has been difficult for Harry.
Though the clip from the upcoming interview doesn't give much context as to the questions that Tom was asking, based on Harry's responses, we think it is quite clear he is deeply hurt by the estrangement from his family. "It never needed to be this way," he insisted. "I want a family, not an institution."
Harry also spent some time talking to Anderson Cooper.
The 38-year-old prince also filmed a segment for 60 Minutes. A clip from the upcoming episode shows Anderson and Harry talking about Harry's choice to very publicly confront his family about what he believes they did wrong rather than trying to resolve his issues with them in private.
"Every single time I've tried to do it privately there have been briefings and leakings and plantings of stories against me and my wife," Harry explained.
Harry said the palace punished him and Meghan any time he tried to talk about what was going on.
"They [Buckingham Palace] will feed or have a conversation with a correspondent, and that correspondent will literally be spoon-fed information and write the story, and at the bottom of it, they will say they have reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment," he explained, before adding that the "whole story" was coming from the palace.
If true, we get why that would be frustrating.
The two interviews seem to paint a picture of what will appear in Harry's book.
Harry has proven in the past that he won't shy away from telling the truth — or at least his version of the truth — and it seems he plans on spilling a whole lot of royal tea in Spare.
Although we're eager to read Harry's side of the story when it comes to the falling-out between him and his father and brother, we fear that any further truths from the prince may close the door on a relationship between the trio for good.
