"He stopped taking my calls": Harry says he is "disappointed" by his father Prince Charles
In the long interview given to Oprah Winfrey this Sunday evening, the grandson of the Queen of England reiterated all the respect he had for his grandmother. As for his father, that's another matter ...
He was very disappointed with his father's behavior. In the long interview given to Oprah Winfrey this Sunday evening on CBS, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took the opportunity to settle their scores with the British royal family. While Archie's mother, pregnant with their second child, revealed that she had had suicidal thoughts, her husband returned to the relationship he now has with his father, Prince Charles.
"I felt really disappointed because he went through something similar. He knows what pain looks like," Harry explained of his father who lost his wife Diana, who died on August 31, 1997 in an accident. car in Paris as she was pursued by a horde of paparazzi. The youngest son of Charles and Lady Di would have liked his father to support him more during "the smear campaign" which targeted his wife.
Harry says he has "compassion" for his father and brother
He also revealed that he had three phone conversations with Prince Charles before the latter stopped answering him. Asked by Oprah Winfrey about the reasons for this radio silence, Harry explains that it is because he has decided to take matters into his own hands. "I thought I had to do this for my family. It's no surprise to anyone. It's really sad that it has happened to this point, but I had to do something for my own sanity, for my woman, because I saw too well where we were heading, "detailed the 36-year-old grandson of the queen.
"Obviously, I will always love him", tempered Harry who admits to having "a lot of compassion" for his father, but also for his older brother William, who are according to him "prisoners" of the system. "They cannot leave him," he lamented. He also said he has a very good relationship with his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, whom he did not "take by surprise" when he announced his retirement from the royal family. "My grandmother and I have a very good relationship and an understanding. And I have deep respect for her. She is my Colonel-in-Chief. She will remain so."
