Prince Harry says wearing Nazi fancy dress costume was ‘biggest mistake of my life’
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‘I felt so ashamed’: Prince Harry reveals in Netflix documentary that wearing a Nazi costume was the ‘biggest mistake of my life’ and that meeting the chief rabbi afterwards had a ‘profound impact’
- The Duke of Sussex was photographed in uniform at a costume party in 2005.
- Harry expressed his regret over the mistake in episode three of his Netflix series.
- He said he met with the Chief Rabbi and a Holocaust survivor to make amends.
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Prince Harry has said in his new Netflix series that dressing as a Nazi was one of the ‘biggest mistakes’ of his life.
The Duke of Sussex expressed contrition for his 2005 mistake, in which he went to a costume party wearing a mock uniform that featured the infamous Nazi swastika on his arm and the German Wehrmacht insignia on his neck.
The story made global headlines after a picture of Harry, then 20, in uniform, graced the front page of The Sun newspaper.
Speaking on the third episode of his and wife Meghan Markle’s new Netflix show, Harry expressed his regret, saying: “All I wanted to do was get it right.”
Prince Harry has said in his new Netflix series that dressing as a Nazi was one of the ‘biggest mistakes’ of his life
The Duke of Sussex expressed contrition for his 2005 mistake, in which he went to a costume party wearing a mock uniform that featured the infamous Nazi swastika on his arm and the German Wehrmacht insignia on his neck. The story made global headlines after an image of Harry in uniform appeared on the front page of The Sun newspaper.
He said he met with the Chief Rabbi and also spoke with a Holocaust survivor as part of efforts to repair the damage caused by the blunder.
At the time, the Chief Rabbi was Jonathan Sacks, who passed away in 2020.
The Duke of Sussex said: ‘It was one of the biggest mistakes of my life.
‘I felt so embarrassed afterwards.
‘All I wanted to do was get it right. I sat down and spoke with the Chief Rabbi in London, which had a profound impact on me.
I went to Berlin and spoke to a Holocaust survivor.
“I could have gone up and ignored and made the same mistakes over and over again in my life, but I learned from it.”
Harry (pictured in 2004) issued a humiliating apology shortly after the image was posted. He said: ‘I am very sorry if I have caused any offense or embarrassment to anyone. It was a bad wardrobe choice and I apologize.”
Harry issued a humiliating apology shortly after the image was posted.
He said: ‘I am very sorry if I have caused any offense or embarrassment to anyone. It was a poor wardrobe choice and I apologize.
The Duke of Sussex wore the Nazi uniform at a party hosted by Olympic jumper Richard Meade.
The theme of the event, held to mark the birthday of Mr. Meade’s son, Harry, was ‘native and colonial’.
Harry wore the desert uniform of General Erwin Rommel’s Afrika Korps.
Earlier in the evening he had worn a military-style jacket with a German flag on the arm.
Harry had arrived with his older brother, Prince William, who was reportedly wearing a skintight black leotard with a leopard-skin pattern and a matching leopard-skin tail and legs.
A guest told the Daily Mail afterwards: “If this was his idea of a joke, then he went down like a lead balloon.”