Prince Harry referred to himself as a 'prince' twice during a new interview with GQ, in which he discussed his experience of grief, his military service, his relationship with the press and his return to the UK.
The 42-year-old also used the interview to address his ongoing feud with his family, reiterating his desire to reconcile with his brother, Prince William.
Harry on Sympathy and Resources
Asked why he does not need sympathy, Harry replied: "I certainly don't want any sympathy. That's where we're way past that. Why? Because I'm a prince. I've got a support network around me, I've done different forms of therapy, and I put in the work. I wonder where I would be if I didn't — it could be a very different situation."
He then reflected on his age when his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, died, speaking about the resources available to him to cope with her death as a young child and about his position in the Royal Family.
He said: "And look, let’s not forget, I’m a prince, right? So all of the resources to me should have been available for the reasons that we’ve discussed. They weren’t always available, but could I afford it? Yes. Was it accessible? Yes."
Title and Return to the UK
Although Harry still openly uses his princely title, he is not allowed to use his HRH title since stepping down as a working royal. A statement released last month, weeks after his return, confirmed that Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, are no longer working royals despite now living back in Britain.
The interview was released on the same day the royals stepped out in Windsor for the historic state visit of Oman. King Charles, Queen Camilla and the Prince and Princess of Wales welcomed the Sultan of Oman to a rainy Windsor for his state visit to the UK.
Sultan Haitham bin Tarik Al Said was greeted by the monarch in the open air outside Windsor and Eton Riverside station amid autumn downpours. The pomp and pageantry continued later at a state banquet at Windsor Castle.
Reason for Return and Nottingham Visit
During the interview, Harry spoke of the reason for his return to the UK with Meghan and their children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. He said: "I think that certainly, our attitude has changed. I think once you've been through it, once you've been able to talk about it, and raise awareness of it, then people see it for what it is; it makes the environment slightly easier.
"It's not going to necessarily stop the behaviour, but I think the behaviour might—my hope that it will—change. What happened back then was then. What's happened over the last six years has been a continuation of that. Some battles that had been fought—and necessarily so. [...]"
The royal couple stepped out for a series of quasi-royal engagements in Nottingham last week, the city where they made their first post-engagement appearance in late 2017. Between 150 and 200 people welcomed them at the Community Recording Studio (CRS), a local community charity offering youth development programmes. The couple then visited the Himmah Hub, a community action group addressing food poverty, and finished at Epic Partners.
