Nothing is ever easy when you are part of a royal family. Especially when her name is Windsor, when she lives in Buckingham Palace and the world has been watching her for decades. From marriages to divorces through death, but above all missteps and other breaches of protocol… The slightest deeds and gestures of members of the clan are watched, analyzed and very often criticized. An incredible fate that Netflix adapted in the hit series The Crown. Released in 2016, fiction conquered the world, but what do the main stakeholders think?
In an unprecedented interview with James Corden for the Late Late Show, broadcast on February 25, 2021 on CBS, Prince Harry has given his opinion … and it may not please Queen Elizabeth II. "It's fictional, but it's pretty much based on the truth", began by analyzing Meghan Markle's companion. Before adding: "Of course, this is not the strict truth, but it gives a rough idea of our lifestyle, of the pressure of the duties incumbent on us and which even come before the family, and all the rest". A statement that says a lot about what Prince William's brother thinks about life at Buckingham Palace.
Prince Harry will do anything to save his family from the tabloids
Archie's daddy continued with a tackle British tabloids who did not spare his mother Diana Spencer, but also his partner: "I'm much more comfortable with 'The Crown' than with these tabloid stories about my family, my wife or myself. It is the difference between what is obviously fiction, to each one to take it as he wants, and what is reported as facts by the newspapers ". During the interview with the British host, he reconsidered his decision to leave the royal family and settle in California with Meghan Markle and their first child.
"It was a very difficult environment, as a lot of people have seen, I believe. We all know how the British press behaves. And it was destroying my sanity. It was toxic. So I did what any husband and father would have done – took my family out of there", explained the one who is about to become a dad for the second time. However, he clarified that he had not fled: "I will always be of service to others – this is my life – so no matter where I am in the world, I will always do the same."
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