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Prince Harry doesn’t feel sorry for himself.
“I certainly don’t see myself as a victim,” the Duke of Sussex, 38, said during an online chat with Dr. Gabor Maté on Saturday to discuss his recently released memoir, “Spare.“
Harry added, in fact, that by writing his book, he feels he is performing a public service.
“I’m really grateful to be able to share my story in the hopes that it will help, empower, encourage others and, hopefully, let people understand — again back to the human experience — [that] we are in some shape and form all connected, especially through trauma,” the California-based royal told the Hungarian-Canadian physician.
Harry said that when he first embarked on the journey of writing his memoir, he told his publishing team that he wanted it to “be an act of service.”
“I know how important it is to share these stories; how you can save a life and improve lives because you’re almost giving people permission to talk about their own stuff and be themselves,” he added.
Despite what “South Park” might think, the duke claimed he has never looked for compassion from others, noting, “I do not and have never looked for sympathy in this.”
Harry said that due to his life experiences — throughout childhood, his 38 years of life and the work he’s done around mental health — he’s felt that his story will “help someone or some people out there.”
The British prince also pointed out that while he may have “lost a lot” from quitting the royal alongside his wife, Meghan Markle, in 2020, at the same time, he’s “gained a lot.”
“To see my kids growing up here, the way that they are, I just can’t imagine how that would have been possible back in that environment,” Harry said.
“The way that I understand it is you can try your best everyday to not hand on any traumas that you have as a parent, but if you’re still stuck within the same environment, it kind of feels self defeating.”
The 90-minute interview dove deeper into Harry’s past experience with therapy, and he admitted that he was hesitant to unpack the trauma surrounding his mother Princess Diana’s death at age 12.
The father of two revealed he thought going to a therapist would cause him to lose whatever he “had left” of his mother, but he was relieved to find that wasn’t true.
“It turns out that wasn’t the case — it was the opposite,” Harry explained, adding he learned Diana “wanted me to be happy and that was a huge weight off my chest.”
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