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Harry was 12 when his mother, Princess Diana, was killed in a car crash in Paris. It was August 1997, and Harry was at Balmoral Castle in Scotland with other ...

"And at the same time, he was consuming a lot of the tabloid press, a lot of the stories. "Yeah, and at the time it hurt. We're now at the same school,'" Harry said. I landed on the dog bowl," Harry said. She was portrayed by the tabloids as "the villain," Harry told Cooper. "And the U.K. "For a long time, I just refused to accept that she was— she was gone," Harry said. How are you and Kate getting up there?' And then, a couple of hours later, you know, all of the family members that live within the Windsor and Ascot area were jumping on a plane together," Harry said. When in fact, all she wanted was for me to be happy." "I would never recommend people to do this recreationally," Harry said. "They showed you something," Cooper asked. "You write in the book," Cooper said, "'Pa didn't hug me.

Prince Harry appeared on CBS' '60 Minutes' for a sit-down with Anderson Cooper discussing his family drama ahead of the release of his memoir 'Spare.'

8, 2022](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/queen-elizabeth-ii-dead-obit-1311378/), he was in London and inquired how the family was planning to travel to visit her. Prince Harry also delves further into the time he spent in Afghanistan — where he says he killed 25 people during active duty — as well as the complicated interpersonal relationship between himself, Markle, William, and Kate Middleton. But nothing Prince Harry has shared on-screen has matched the intensity and candor of the stories he saved for Spare. During the candid interview, Prince Harry spoke of the devastating loss of his mother, Princess Diana, when he was 12 years old, and his inability to cry about it, or even accept she was dead until he was in his 20s. He grappled with acceptance by visiting the Paris tunnel where she died in the car crash, turned to drugs and drinking, and even psychedelics. [Prince Harry](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/prince-harry/)’s forthcoming memoir Spare has [no shortage of revelatory details ](https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/prince-harry-memoir-spare-biggest-revelations-1234656488/)about his complicated relationship with the [Royal Family](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/royal-family/), previously confined to keep up appearances.

Speaking with Anderson Cooper, Prince Harry offered insights into his strained relationships with his father and his marriage to Meghan Markle.

Because rather than getting drunk, falling out of clubs, taking drugs, I had now found the love of my life, and I now had the opportunity to start a family with her.” On holding out hope his mother wasn’t dead: “For a long time, I just refused to accept that she was gone. He noting that he hadn’t been in touch with his father in “quite a while.” When in fact, all she wanted was for me to be happy.” And accomplish some of the biggest challenges that I ever had. “That made her dangerous because of the connections that she was forging within the British press,” Harry said. Harry detailed a scuffle that he had with his brother over the family’s treatment of Meghan. Harry said his deeply emotional disclosures over the past two years have been part of an effort to defend Markle from the perception that she came between him and his family. “There has been a lot of pain between the two of us, especially the last six years. Harry connected the dots between the inescapable pressure and scrutiny on his mother to that which greeted his wife, American actor Meghan Markle, after their marriage in 2018. He spoke openly of how he and his older brother, Prince William, have great disdain for the British press as being a tormentor of their mother during her short life. But I resorted to drinking heavily,” Harry said.

Prince Harry fired shots at his brother Prince William right out of the gate. Anderson Cooper questioned Harry about how William didn't talk to him while they ...

“And I was defending my wife. He elaborated to Cooper that Willam shoved him and he landed on a dog bowl, cutting his back. Hell, I was probably bigoted before the relationship with with Meghan.” Although he wasn’t specific about the timeline of his drug use, he said that his destructive behavior changed because of Meghan Markle. And I would, you know, resort to drugs as well,” he said. “Proof that she was in the car. Harry said he did it in the years following his mother’s death, as a response. “Then that she would call us and that we would go and join her, yeah.” “I do remember one of the strangest parts to it was taking flowers from people and then placing those flowers with the rest of them,” Harry said, looking a tad squeamish. “There was never another time,” he said. When Cooper asked what he thinks when he watches the video footage now, Harry said, “I think it’s bizarre, because I see William and me smiling. “At the time it hurt,” said Harry.

Prince Harry on 60 Minutes to discuss his forthcoming memoir 'Spare,' on Jan 8., 2022. ... It's been a whirlwind week for Prince Harry and his upcoming memoir ...

It’s difficult to imagine that Harry and William will ever share the close bond they once had after the publication of Spare. The book details, among other things, a physical confrontation between the two brothers that ended in William grabbing Harry by the collar and shoving him to the ground before asking him to keep the incident a secret. And there was an openness on both sides to trade in information,” he said in the interview. “Every single time I’ve tried to do it privately, there have been briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife,” he said. He was in London last September in a charity event when the palace announced Queen Elizabeth II, his grandmother, was under medical supervision in Scotland at Balmoral Castle. “We thought it was going to cause more harm than good, and if he was now with his person, surely that was enough,” he told Cooper. Diana famously once said of Camilla, “There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded.” Harry argues that Camilla had to work to make herself more appealing to the British people after that revelation—and claims that she would trade secrets about other royals with the press to do so. Prince Harry said the row was a “very good example of the environment” within the Royal institution. But Harry was wary of Camilla in part because her reputation had been so tarnished in the British press. “I would never recommend people to do this recreationally, but doing it with the right people if you’re suffering from a huge amount of loss, grief, or trauma, then these things have a way of working as a medicine,” he said. He made the tragic realization while reviewing the photos that the last thing his mother saw before she passed away was the flash of a camera. Harry hammered home that message in another interview that same day with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, this time pointing a finger specifically at Queen Consort Camilla, who he claimed traded damning stories about other royals to the press to improve her image.

The Duke of Sussex discussed his memoir Spare with Anderson Cooper · Harry says there's been a 'lot of pain' between him and William · The Duke says he's used ...

He added that it had been "a while" since he last spoke to both William and his father, Charles. In his book, he also accused the Queen Consort and King Charles of using him or William to get better tabloid coverage for themselves. [went on sale five days early in Spain](https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20230106161113/spain-released-prince-harry-spare-early-details/). In his memoir, he writes that he and William asked their father not to marry Camilla. "For me, they cleared the windscreen, the windshield, the misery of loss," he said. And we saw how happy he was with her. We thought that it was gonna cause more harm than good and that if he was now with his person, that surely that's enough. [Spare](https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/20221028155431/prince-harry-book-spare-details-release-date/), aired in the US on Sunday night. She was the third person in their marriage. Speaking about his relationship with his older brother William, Harry told Anderson: "My brother and I love each other. But it does give a full picture of the situation as we were growing up, and also squashes this idea that somehow my wife was the one that destroyed the relationship. Harry replied: "I would never recommend people to do this recreationally.

Prince Harry spoke candidly to Anderson Cooper on '60 Minutes' in his first major U.S. television interview about his upcoming memoir 'Spare,' due out on ...