The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, has expressed hope of mending his strained relationships with his father, King Charles III, and elder brother, Prince William, saying reconciliation remains important despite the challenges surrounding the Royal Family.
Harry made the remarks in an interview with GQ magazine in New York, released on Tuesday, where he spoke about family disagreements, healing from past experiences and his desire to spend more time in the United Kingdom.
“Some people don’t want it to work out. I want it to work out. With everything else that’s going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile – that’s the key point,” he said.
The Duke also encouraged people dealing with painful experiences to change their perspectives and learn to move forward.
“Scars stick around forever. But what your perception is, and what your mindset is to those things that have happened, letting go of the past, that’s something that I would encourage everybody to do,” he said.
Harry noted that his family tensions had resonated with many people because of the common experience of strained relationships between siblings and parents.
“Sibling disagreements, broken relationships between kids and their parents, kids and one parent – that continues to come up with me the whole time with people that I speak to,” he added.
On his desire to spend longer periods in Britain, Harry said the move would provide opportunities for his family, particularly his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.
“Opportunities for the family. Being able to put the kids in a British school has meant a lot to me. I didn’t know how important it was to me,” he said.
He added that the children were enjoying the experience and benefiting from exposure to a different environment.
“They are loving it, and it’s just giving them a whole different experience,” Harry said.
He also expressed a desire to remain in his home country for longer periods and be closer to his relatives.
“To be back, closer to my family, and to be back on UK soil for longer than a few days or a week here or there,” he told the magazine.
Harry further provided an update on King Charles’s health following the monarch’s cancer treatment, saying, “He’s getting better.”
Reflecting on the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in 1997, the Duke said he had found a way to honour her memory through his work without allowing grief to overwhelm him.
“I love the fact that I’m able to now sort of carry the memory of my mother with me, with my work, rather than it hold me down, pull me back, or wallow in that grief,” he said.
He also dismissed suggestions that he was seeking sympathy over his personal struggles, citing the support system and professional assistance available to him.
“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,” he said.
Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, relocated to the United States in 2020 after stepping back from their duties as working members of the British Royal Family, a decision that heightened tensions within the family.
His 2023 memoir, Spare, offered detailed accounts of his troubled relationships with members of the Royal Family, particularly Prince William.
Although Harry has repeatedly indicated his willingness to rebuild family ties, his relationship with his elder brother has shown little public evidence of improvement.
He previously expressed a similar desire for reconciliation during a BBC interview in May 2025, maintaining hope that the family could overcome its differences.
