Prince Harry defended by expert for speaking on 'trauma'

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The Duke of Sussex said he wanted to “break the cycle” of “pain and suffering” when raising his children. Harry implied the parenting of Charles and, through association, the Queen and Prince Philip as a root cause.

Speaking on the podcast Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, Harry said his father treated him “the way he was treated”.

The Royal Family were reportedly bewildered by the comments as aides told The Telegraph Harry had shown a “woeful lack of compassion”.

However, the paper added that sources close to the Sussexes highlighted how Harry’s comments were no different to Charles’ remarks about his unhappy childhood in the 1994 biography by Jonathan Dimbleby.

‘The Prince of Wales: A Biography’ described how Charles felt like an outsider within his family.

The 600-page book, authorised by Mr Dimbleby after extensive interviews with the prince, claimed that the Queen was physically and emotionally distant.

The biography also suggested Prince Philip was disappointed with his son and favoured is sister, Princess Anne.

The book was largely interpreted as the Prince of Wales’ account of the breakdown of his marriage to Princess Diana.

The comparison comes amid the release of a new trailer of Harry and Oprah Winfrey’s upcoming Apple TV mental health series.

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The video suggested that the Duke will talk about his mother’s death and the experience of attending her funeral.

The five-part documentary series, titled ‘The Me You Can’t See’, is set to be released on Friday.

The trailer showed footage of 12-year-old Harry taking part in the procession before Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997.

During the short video, Harry told Oprah: “To make that decision to receive help is not a sign of weakness. In today’s world more than ever, it is a sign of strength.”

Meghan Markle also briefly featured in the trailer with her husband and wore a T-shirt printed with the slogan “Raising the Future”.

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