Prince Harry claims ‘no one in the royal family’ speaks ‘openly’ about mental health

Prince Harry has claimed that “no one in the royal family” talks “openly” about mental health in his new Netflix documentary.

In the second part of the explosive documentary, which was released today, the Duke and Duchess spoke about Meghan’s ITV interview with Tom Bradby, where she admitted she had been struggling with her mental health.

Harry explained: ‘Nobody in the family talks that openly. No one had, apart from one person. My mother.’

The documentary then goes on to show footage from Martin Bashir’s controversial interview, in which Diana said she was “at the limit of her strength, desperate”.

In 2019’s ‘Harry & Meghan: An African Journey’, Meghan revealed that she was ‘existing, not living’, while Harry opened up about his struggles with mental health.

The couple opened up about struggling to cope with the intense scrutiny and Harry admitted that he and his brother, once inseparable, now have their “good days” and “bad days”.

The Duchess of Sussex’s voice cracked as she revealed she found it difficult to cope after getting married and giving birth, adding: “Not many people have asked me if I’m okay.”

On the show, Meghan recalled speaking to ITV’s Tom Bradby when he admitted he had been struggling.

She said: “I was really grateful that someone asked me something like I was a human being.”

When the ITV documentary aired and Meghan’s comments made headlines around the world, Meghan and Harry said they were surprised to see her words in the final cut.

They then discuss the trending topic #WeLoveYouMeghan.

Meanwhile, Harry claimed: “From an institutional perspective, there was something wrong with her, unlike this system we were a part of.”

The pair went on to show a clip of Diana discussing her mental health in Bashir’s controversial interview.

Prince William previously said the interview, which a damning report by Lord Dyson found had been obtained through Mr Bashir’s “deceptive behaviour”, “should never be broadcast again”.

The BBC has vowed to “never show the show again” or “license it in whole or in part to another broadcaster” and says the decision to air it in docuseries “is a matter for Netflix”.

Harry’s comments come despite the fact that he himself is very open publicly about his mental health issues.

In 2017, the Duke spoke to Bryony Gordon in his first interview about his mental health struggles for his Mad World podcast.

He, Kate and William launched their Heads Together campaign that same year.

The Sussexes’ six-part show, part of their multi-million dollar deal with Netflix, has become the streaming giant’s most watched documentary in a week of release, debuting with 81.55 million hours watched.

The opening installment covered the couple’s courtship and romance, but many were deeply unhappy with the show’s all-out assault on the late Queen’s Commonwealth legacy, with some saying it appeared the couple wanted to “overthrow the monarchy”.

Harry also dropped a number of sly hints at his family, particularly his father and brother, including the suggestion that they had married not for love but rather a woman who fit ‘the mold’.

The duke also said his family members questioned why Meghan needed more media protection than their wives had been afforded, but failed to understand the “racial element”.

Royal pundits were quick to declare the claims made in the trailer yesterday “nonsense”, while one commenter said the series was clearly a “form of revenge”.

In a clip, Meghan’s British privacy lawyer, Jenny Afia, insisted that she had seen evidence of the conspiracy against the Duchess before Lucy Fraser, whose real name is Lucy Meadmore, a former public relations manager who was a mysterious figure. until a week ago, he says, “Meg became the scapegoat.” for the Palace.

The Duchess herself also suggested that she was made a scapegoat, adding: “You’d see.” A story about someone in the family would come up for a minute and they’d say, ‘We’ve got to make that go away.

But the royal editor of the Daily Mail, Rebecca English, said last night that only someone “totally ignorant of the media” would suggest that she would steer clear of a story about a member of the royal family in exchange for a derogatory story about Meghan or Harry.

Writing in the Mail, he said he “never heard a negative word” about the Sussexes until “at least six months after their marriage, and then not from anyone within the palace walls.”

In fact, Mrs English believed that the assistants did their best to keep up appearances when it appeared that “all was not well” at the Sussexes’ home.

She added: ‘Staff, they insisted, were leaving for personal reasons or because they had an exciting new opportunity to take advantage of. Never for Meghan.

“Even when I personally witnessed his assault on a member of his team, leaving this individual crying in humiliation, I was told, with a straight face, that it had simply been a ‘security incident.’

“I had standing arguments with palace staff when I suggested they had saved money with the truth and my fact-checking calls about the stories I intended to publish were met with open sighs of frustration.”

He also said he opted to omit Harry’s “frankly rude and unprofessional behavior towards the press” from his copy, as the 38-year-old’s “impressive charity work deserved to be the star of the show”.

She added: “The truth is that the negative stories about Harry and Meghan only started to emerge when their behavior became so disgusting that it was impossible to hide it,” she wrote.

“And that’s not something I expect you to hear when today’s dramatic finale hits Netflix.”

There were mounting calls overnight to see evidence of the highly damaging claim, with a royal source declaring: “No one is taking any lessons in honesty from them.”

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams also called on the filmmakers to back up the claims made.

Responding to the trailer posted yesterday, Mr Fitzwilliams told MailOnline that it showed “what a huge coup for Netflix this docuseries is”.

He added: ‘The claim is that the Palace used Meghan as a ‘scapegoat’ so that other damaging stories about other royals would go away.

So the question is, for the benefit of which royals and who knew? What other members of the royal family were involved or did the courtiers report without their knowledge?

William was named in an earlier trailer by Harry. This will be catastrophic for the relationship between the once close brothers.

‘What exactly is the evidence to support your claim that Meghan was ‘fed to the wolves’?

“Essentially, the claim is that the institution was working against them and using the media to discredit them with a barrage of negative articles. His lawyer Jenny Afia says that she has seen evidence. However, what evidence will be shown to us?

He added: ‘This is certainly a form of revenge. It remains to be seen after tomorrow’s series airs, if the royals will respond, and if so, how.

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