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

Prince Harry has claimed ‘no one in the royal family’ speaks ‘openly’ about mental health in his new Netflix documentary.

In the second part of the bombshell documentary, which was released earlier 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: ‘No one in the family speaks that openly. No one had done, apart from one person. My Mum.’

The documentary then goes on to show footage from the controversial Martin Bashir interview, in which Diana said she was ‘at the end of my tether, desperate’.

Prince Harry has claimed ‘no one in the royal family’ speaks ‘openly’ about mental health in his new Netflix documentary

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

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

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

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

The documentary then goes on to show footage from the controversial Martin Bashir interview, in which Diana said she was ‘at the end of my tether, desperate’

She said: ‘I was just really grateful that someone seemed to ask me something like I was a human being.’

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

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s mental health work 

2013: Prince Harry sees a ‘counsellor’ aged 28. This is revealed in a 2017 interview with Bryony Gordon at the Daily Telegraph

2016: Meets Meghan and starts therapy shortly afterwards on her suggestion. Revealed in 2021 he has been in therapy for ‘four, five years’

2017: Kate, Harry and William promote their Heads Together Campaign.

Harry shares he first saw a counsellor at 28 and is now in a ‘good place’.

Now believed this was due to Meghan’s influence.

2019: Meghan gives her interview in which she confesses she is ‘not okay’  

2021: Revealed Harry has been in therapy for ‘four, five’ years and has branched out to alternative therapies including EDMR because he had ‘done the work’

Meanwhile Meghan told Oprah she had suffered suicidal thoughts while in the royal family 

2022: Said he wants to bring therapy and coaching to the ‘masses’ at summit for business leaders in San Francisco

They then discuss the #WeLoveYouMeghan trending topic.

Meanwhile Harry claimed:  ‘From an institutional perspective, there was something wrong with her, as opposed to this system we were a part of.’

The couple went on to show a clip of Diana discussing her mental health in the controversial Bashir interview. 

Prince William has previously said the interview – which a damning report by Lord Dyson found to had been obtained through ‘deceitful behaviour’ by Mr Bashir – ‘should never be aired again.’

The BBC has vowed to ‘never show the programme again’ or ‘license it in whole or in part to other broadcaster’ and says the decision to air it in the docuseries ‘is a matter for Netflix.’ 

Harry’s comments come despite he himself being very open publicly about his mental health struggles.

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

He, Kate and William went on to launch their Heads Together campaign that same year. 

The Sussexes’ six-part show – which forms part of their multimillion-pound deal with Netflix – has become the streaming giant’s most-watched documentary in a premier week, debuting with 81.55 million hours viewed. 

The initial tranche covered the couple’s courtship and romance, but many were left deeply unhappy about the programme’s full-on assault on the late Queen’s Commonwealth legacy, with some saying it seemed as if the couple want to ‘bring down the monarchy’.

Harry also let rip with a string of sly digs at his family, particularly his father and brother, including the suggestion that they had married not for love but to a woman who fitted ‘the mould’.

The duke also said members of his family questioned why Meghan needed more protection from the media than their wives had been given, but that they failed to grasp the ‘race element’. 

The claims made in the trailer yesterday were quickly declared by royal experts as ‘nonsense’, while one commentator said the series was clearly a ‘form of revenge’. 

In one clip, Meghan’s British privacy lawyer Jenny Afia insisted she had seen evidence of the conspiracy against the Duchess before Lucy Fraser – real name Lucy Meadmore – a former PR manager who was a mystery figure until a week ago, says ‘Meg became this scapegoat for the Palace’. 

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

But Royal Editor for the Daily Mail Rebecca English said last night that only someone ‘utterly ignorant of the media’ would suggest that she would steer clear of a story about a royal family member in return for a disparaging tale about Meghan or Harry.

Writing in the Mail, she said she ‘never heard a negative word’ about the Sussexes until ‘at least six months after their marriage – and then not from anyone inside the palace walls.’ 

In fact, Ms English believed aides did all they could to keep up appearances when it appeared that ‘all was not well’ within the Sussex household. 

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

‘Even when I personally witnessed her round on a member of her team, leaving this individual in tears of humiliation, I was told – with a straight-face – that it had merely been a ”security incident”.

‘I had stand-up rows with palace staff when I suggested they had been economical with the truth and my fact-checking calls regarding stories I intended to publish were met with open sighs of frustration.’

She also said she chose to omit Harry’s ‘frankly rude and unprofessional behaviour towards the press’ from her copy, as the 38-year-old’s ‘impressive charity work deserved to be the star of the show.’ 

She added: ‘The truth is that negative stories about Harry and Meghan only began to eek out when their behaviour became so obnoxious that it was impossible to hide,’ she wrote.

‘And that’s not something I expect you will hear about when today’s dramatic finale lands on Netflix.’

There were mounting calls overnight to see the evidence for the highly damaging claim, with one royal source declaring: ‘No one is taking lessons in honesty from them.’ 

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

Responding to the trailer released yesterday, Mr Fitzwilliams told MailOnline it showed ‘how much of a coup for Netflix this docuseries is.’

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

‘So the question is, to benefit which royals and who knew about it? Which other members of the royal family were involved or were courtiers briefing 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 that backs up their 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. Her lawyer Jenny Afia says she has seen evidence. However what evidence will we be shown?’

He added: ‘This is undoubtedly 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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