"🔥 ROYAL FAMILY EARTHQUAKE! — PRINCE HARRY BREAKS SILENCE WITH A RARE UPDATE ON KING CHARLES!"
He also opened up about their relationship.
has shared a rare update on his father, , amid his cancer battle. In a new for the prince opened up about whether he had felt “anticipatory grief” after his father’s diagnosis in 2024—and how his father was doing now.
“I have [felt anticipatory grief] and I think that that is perhaps helpful,” Harry said. “It’s the one thing that we’re all going to experience, which is the loss of a parent, both parents, and the loss of friends, that’s universal. It is universal.”
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Prince Harry for GQ.
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When asked if seeing his father go through an illness was “triggering” after the loss of his mother, Princess Diana, Harry replied, “Yes, but he’s getting better.”
“I think there’s a big difference between losing one parent and losing two,” Harry continued, mentioning friends who have lost both parents and refer to themselves as “orphans” even “if you’re in your 40s or 50s.” Harry previously shared an update on Charles in July, revealing that his
Harry also touched on his strained relationship with his father as well as his brother Prince William.
As he explained, he often finds that people relate to his fractured family relationships. “I think from a family perspective—again, another massively relatable issue for so many people—sibling disagreements, broken relationships between kids and their parents, kids and one parent,” he said. “That continues to come up with me the whole time with people that I speak to, so I know how relatable it is. People maybe look at us and go, ‘How are you gonna work it out? Maybe that will help me work my stuff out.’”
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King Charles and Prince Harry in 2022.
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However, Harry went on to explain that while “some people don’t want it to work out” with their estranged family members, he does “want it to work out.”
“With everything else that’s going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile—that’s the key point,” he said.
He added, “There’s enough drama in the world and enough drama in people’s lives than to continue with issues with family.”
Harry and his family returned to the U.K. in August. Although rumors of a tense relationship with his father have floated around, the on the phone since his return. The prince previously in July in a private meeting.
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Meanwhile, are believed not to be on speaking terms.
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