Harry’s Good Morning America LIVE interview: The Duke of Sussex says the split between him and the royal family ‘couldn’t be greater’

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The royal family faced more accusations from Prince Harry after the Duke of Sussex’s recent interview published his memoirs on Monday.

In the interview, which was published on ABC News on Monday morning, the Duke of Sussex also said the split between him and his family “could not be greater.”

When asked if he thought his book would bring his father and brother back to him or widen the division, the duke said, “I have thought about it long and hard, and as far as I can see the division cannot be greater before this book.”

Harry said that if the reconciliation does not happen, he will focus on his life and his family.

“I’m not angry anymore. There are things that will still make me angry, but I’m not angry anymore, because I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.”

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Harry also claimed that the Queen “sacrificed me on the altar of her PR”.

He attacked what he claimed were Camilla’s attempts to “rehabilitate” her image, after she was portrayed as the “third person” in his parents’ marriage, but he also sympathized with her, saying in the interview with Michael Strahan that she is not an “evil stepmother”.

This was the third of four interviews Harry gave this week to celebrate the official release of his book on Tuesday.

In an interview Sunday night with ITV’s Tom Bradby, the Duke attacked members close to the royal family for “getting into bed with the devil” in forging ties with the tabloid press to “rehabilitate their image”.

He also criticized “family members” for the “really horrible reaction” on the day the Queen died with allegations of “briefings”, “leaks” and “cultivation”.

But it appears that the most controversial comment was his denial of accusing the royal family of racism in his interview with Oprah.

In a second interview that came out overnight, he told CNN’s Harry Anderson Cooper that Camilla had been portrayed as “the villain” and claimed that her need to “rehabilitate her image” made her “dangerous because of the connections she was forming within the British press”.

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1673279918 WATCH: ‘I don’t think we can make peace with my family unless the truth is out there,’ Harry says.

There should be accountability for the chance of reconciliation, Prince Harry says in a Good Morning America interview

1673274670 Huge numbers tuned in to interview Harry on ITV…but more Watch Happy Valley

More viewers watched Happy Valley on the BBC than tuned in to ITV’s much-anticipated interview with the Duke of Sussex last night, according to overnight figures.

Harry: The Interview drew an average television audience of 4.1 million.

Prince Harry, during the interview with Tom Bradby on ITV

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ITV said the 90-minute programme, in which Harry is interviewed by Tom Bradby, achieved the channel’s highest ratings for a reality show for more than a year.

But the second episode of series three of BBC One’s Happy Valley, which started at the same time – 9pm on a Sunday – and lasted an hour, had an average audience of 5.3m viewers, according to overnight figures.

The crime drama, written and created by Sally Wainwright and starring Sarah Lancashire as Sergeant Catherine Caode, returns on New Year’s Day for its final series after it was last broadcast in 2016.

1673274015 The Queen ‘knows how hard it was’ for me but she wasn’t mad at Megxit – Harry

During his interview with GMA, the Duke of Sussex insisted his grandmother, the late Queen, was not angry or upset with him for wanting to step down as chief butler to the royal family.

He added that the king “knew how hard it was” for him, but was sad about how things had turned out.

Harry with the late Queen Elizabeth II at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2015

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Asked in an interview with Michael Strahan if the Queen had expressed displeasure with his decision to change his role, the Duke said: “No. My grandmother and I had a very good relationship. It was no surprise to anyone, least of all to her.”

Read more about what Harry has said about his relationship with his late grandmother here.

Harry says the rift in the royal family “couldn’t be greater” even before the memoirs

When asked if he thought his memoirs would help bring his father and brother back together or widen the gap, Harry told GMA: “I thought about it long and hard, and as far as I can see the divide has never been greater than in this book.”

He added that if the reconciliation does not take place, he will focus on his life and his family.

Charles, William and Harry

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“I’m not angry anymore. There are things that will still make me angry, but I’m not angry anymore, because I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be.”

During the interview, Harry said he was “born to serve,” adding, “It runs in my blood.”

Harry says the royal family has a place in the modern world but only if it changes

The Duke of Sussex says he “sincerely believes[s]“There is a place for ownership in the 21st century if it addresses unconscious bias.

Asked if the Royal Family needed to be modernized, and if so in any way, he said: “I think the same process I went through regarding my unconscious bias would be very beneficial to them.

“It is not racism, but unconscious prejudice. If it is not confronted, if it is not learned and developed, it can move into racism.”

“But there was a huge missed opportunity with my wife.”

During the interview, Harry also said: “I think my mum would have realized the missed opportunity with Meghan being part foundation, part ownership.”

Harry: I don’t think it will be possible to return as a royal agent

Asked by Michael Strahan if he could see his family return to the UK one day as royals, Prince Harry said: “I don’t think that will ever be possible.”

He added, “Even if there is an agreement or arrangement with me and my family, there is that third party who will do everything they can to make sure that is not possible.”

Harry, Meghan and Archie as a child

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“It doesn’t prevent us from actually going back, but making it unsalvageable.

“And it’s really sad, because this basically breaks the relationship between us.

“If there is something in the future where we can continue to support the Commonwealth, that is of course on the table.”

Harry says Diana would be “heartbroken” over his relationship with Prince William

Prince Harry says his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, will be “heartbroken” by the breakdown in his relationship with his older brother.

“I think she’s going to be sad,” he told Good Morning America.

Diana enjoys a day at Thorpe Park with Harry and William

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“I think she’s going to look at it in the long term, to know that there are certain things we need to go through to fix that relationship.

“I think she’d be sad because it ended where it did.

“I think she would be sad because William’s office, it was a part of these stories. And Liam and I made a pact, we made a deal that no matter what we wouldn’t let our offices fight each other.”

And when Michael Strahan was asked in an interview how he felt William had broken that agreement, Prince Harry replied: “The people he hired broke that agreement.”

Harry: ‘I agree that writing a book feeds the beast’

Asked about critics who say he sold out his family by writing his memoir Spear, Prince Harry said the only way he could protect his family was to right wrongs by writing the truth in one place.

“I totally accept that writing a book feeds the beast anyway,” he added during the “Good Morning America” ​​interview.

1673270053 The duke says he “could never get out” of the royal family

The Duke of Sussex told Good Morning America that he “could never get out” of the royal family.

He said there was no compromise on his half-hybrid plan to move to Canada, but also still serve the Queen during the so-called ‘Megxit’ crisis in 2020.

Interviewer Michael Strahan asked, “There was no compromise with the family?”

Harry replied, “No – which is really sad because to this day I still think it’s entirely possible.”

Mr Strahan asked: “There will be people who say ‘why don’t they go in or out, because if you go out there is no hypocrisy’.”

Harry said: “I could never walk out fully aware of my situation.

“I am so grateful for the life I have lived and continue to have.

“But there is no version of me ever being able to get out of this. I am stunned that my family would allow denial of security, especially at our most vulnerable points.”

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