>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO,
WELCOME BACK, EVERYBODY. MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A HUSBAND,
FATHER, MILITARY VETERAN, AND ACTIVIST.
HE HAS THREE DOGS, TWO KIDS, LIVES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
AND IS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX. PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE
SHOW," PRINCE HARRY! ♪
(APPLAUSE) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) HARRY, HARRY, HARRY, HARRY.
♪. >> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IN THE
CROWD. >> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR BEING HERE. AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, YOU
MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT BUT BUT HARRY SAID IS THIS THE CHAIR AND
THE SPARE OVER THERE. WELL DONE, WELL PLAYED, SIR.
NOW IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON AND TALKING ABOUT YOUR NEW BOOK.
WHAT SHOULD YOU CALL ME. >> CALL ME ANYTHING YOU WANT AT
THIS POINT. I'M STUCK HERE TALKING.
>> Stephen: IN THE BOOK I FIND YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
NAMES, YOUR BIRTHDAY SNAIM HENRY, YOUR FATHER AND BROTHER
KAWF ENCALL YOU HAROLD, FRIENDS H, WHAT IS HAZ, SHORT FOR
HAZARDOUS. >> MY WIFE CALLS ME HAZ.
>> Stephen: IS HARRY OKAY. >> YEAH, HARRY, HAZ, BAZ, BAZZA
SPIKE, BAZAROONEY STRKS ALL THERE.
>> Stephen: BAZAROONEY. PRINCE BAZAROONEY.
>> PRINCE DOESN'T COME BEFORE THAT.
>> Stephen: IT IS ITS OWN TIGHT NELL AND OF ITSELF.
WELL, YOU HAVE WRITTEN THIS VERY INTIMATE MEMOIR WHICH I HAVE
READ. AND IT'S FASCINATING.
ITS AES A VERY GOOD READ. ITSELF.
(APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: THAT IS AVAILABLE
TODAY. A LOT OF SENSATIONAL LEAKS IN
THE DAYS COMING UP WITH THIS. I KNOW THAT YOU YOURSELF ARE A
VERY PRIVATE PERSON FOR BEING A PUBLIC FIGURE.
YOU ARE REVEALING A LOT OF THINGS IN HERE.
YOU MUST BE ON A CERTAIN LEVEL KIND OF NERVE-RACKING TO BE OUT
THERE TO PUBLICLY, PHYSICALLY REPRESENT THE BOOK.
WOULD YOU LIKE A COCKTAIL BEFORE WE BEGIN?
(LAUGHTER) >> YES, PLEASE.
(APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: I HEAR YOU LIKE
TEQUILA. >> DOES HE EVER MAKE YOU GUYS A
DRINK OR NOT? EVERYONE WANTS A DRINK,
EVERYBODY WA.TS A DRINK. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: THEY'RE ALREADY ON YOUR SIDE, MAN, YOU DON'T HAVE
TO GET THEM DRUNK. ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU GLAD NOW TO
BE OUT HERE, PEOPLE CAN SEE THIS BOOK, AFTER ALL THESE LEAKS, SO
THEY CAN SEE THE CONTEXT OF THESE REMARKS?
>> YES, CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING, AS WE KNOW.
WRITING THIS BOOK HAS BEEN A CATH ARTIC EXPERIENCE.
HARD TIMES AND HAPPY TIMES. BRINGING UP MEMORIES THAT I
DIDN'T THINK I HAD. BUT YES, CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING.
AND UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THOSE LEAKS, THE BRITISH PRESS, WHICH
ARE CENTRAL TO SO MUCH OF MY STORY IN MY 38 YEARS UP TO THIS
POINT, AND AFTER SPENDING TWO YEARS FOCUSED ON CONTEXT AND
WHAT I AM GOES TO SHARE, HOW I AM GOING TO SHARE IT, AND BEING
ABLE TO PIECE IT ALL TOGETHER, THEY INTENTIONALLY CHOSE TO
STRIP AWAY THE CONTEXT AND TAKE OUT INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS OF MY
LIFE, MY STORY AND JUST TO MAKE A HEADLINE, WHICH IS SOME WHAT
TYPICAL. >> Stephen: RIGHT, ESPECIALLY
IF YOU READ THIS BOOK, YOU FIND OUT HOW TYPICAL THAT IS.
>> YES. >> Stephen: THERE IS A LOT OF
FAULTS IN THE AMERICAN PRESS. AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT IN THE
AMERICAN PRESS. BUT THE BRITISH PRESS WHAT IS
ODD TO ME, SORT OF BIZARRE HOW VICIOUS THEY CAN BE.
YOU DETAIL A LIFETIME OF DISHONORABLE BEHAVIOR LIKE THE
KIND YOU ARE DESCRIBING. AND NOT ONLY FROM THE PRESS BUT
FROM PALACE SOURCES, IN PALACE INSIDERS WHO WOULD NOT ONLY NOT
DEFEND YOU BUT ALSO PLANT STORIES THAT WERE DEROGATORY
TOWARD YOU. AND PLACED YOU AND YOUR LOVED
ONES UNDER ATTACK. AND JUDGING THE LAST FEW DAYS,
THAT HASN'T CHANGED. DO YOU THINK THAT RIGHT NOW
THERE IS AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN BY THE FAMILY, BY THE ROYAL HOUSE,
AS IT WERE, TO UNDERMINE THIS BOOK AND YOU AS YOU SUPPORT IT.
>> OF COURSE. AND MAINLY BY THE BRITISH PRESS.
BECAUSE THEY-- . >> Stephen: BUT AIDED AND
ABETTED BY THE PALACE. >> AGAIN, OF COURSE.
BUT THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY, RIGHT.
AFTER 38 YEARS, THEY HAVE TOLD THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY.
THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY.
AND THERE IS A LOT IN HERE THAT, PERHAPS MAKES PEOPLE FEEL
UNCOMFORTABLE AND SCARED. I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK THERE
ARE SOME VETERANS IN THE HOUSE TONIGHT.
(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE) I THINK ONE OF THE MOST-- I'M
NOT GOING TO LIE. THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN
HURTFUL AND CHALLENGING AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT
THOSE THINGS YOU REFER TO. PERHAPS, WELL, NOT PLAPS,
WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE MOST DANGEROUS THING THEY TOLD IS
THAT I BOASTED ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE I KILLED IN
AFGHANISTAN. >> Stephen: I READ THAT
SECTION OF THE BOOK, WITHOUT READING THE ENTIRE THING RIGHT
HERE, IT IS, TO ME IT IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT
THAT KNOWLEDGE IS LIKE TO HAVE. AND WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS TO
KNOW THAT YOU HAD DONE THIS IN ORDER TO PROTECT WHAT YOU
BELIEVE IS GOOD IN THE WORLD FROM THOSE WHO WOULD WISH TO
DESTROY IT. THERE IS NOTHING BOASTFUL ABOUT
IT. AND NOT ONLY THAT.
>> BUT ALSO, I WOULD SAY THAT IF I HURT NIBBLES, IF I HURT ANYONE
BOASTING ABOUT THAT KIND OF THING, I WOULD BE ANGRY.
BUT IT IS A LIE. AND HOPEFULLY NOW THAT THE BOOK
IS OUT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE CONTEXT.
AND IT IS, IT IS REALLY TROUBLING AND VERY DISTURBING
THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY IT WITH IT, BECAUSE THEY HAD THE CONTEXT
IT WASN'T LIKE HERE IS JUST ONE LINE.
THEY HAD THE WHOLE SECTION. THEY RIPPED IT AWAY AND SAID
HERE IT. IS HE IS BOASTING ON.
THIS WHEN AS YOU SAY, YOU READ IT.
AND EVERYBODY ELSE WILL HOPEFULLY HAVE A CHANCE TO READ
IT. AND THAT IS DANGEROUS.
AND MY WORDS ARE NOT DANGEROUS. BUT THE SPIN OF MY WORDS, ARE
VERY DANGEROUS. >> Stephen: DANGEROUS BECAUSE
IT MAKES YOU AN INCREASED TARGET, AND THOSE AROUND YOU
THAT YOU LOVE. >> AND THAT IS A CHOICE THEY
MADE. >> Stephen: ANOTHER ODD THING
ABOUT IT IS THAT THIS IS NOTHING NEW.
HERE IS AN ARTICLE FROM I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM REUTERS
FROM TEN YEARS AGO DESCRIBING THAT YOU HAD KILLED AFGHAN, THE
TALIBAN IN SORTEES, SO THIS ISN'T NEW INFORMATION.
THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME.
>> ALMOST TEN YEARS TO THE DAY. MY FACE WAS SPLAT ERRED ALL OVER
THE PAGES BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED THE QUESTION WHEN I WAS STILL IN
AFGHANISTAN IF I HAD KILLED ANYBODY FROM AN ATTACK.
AND I SAID YES. AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
THING HERE IS NOT ONLY THE CONTEXT BUT THE REASON AS TO WHY
I DECIDED TO SHAIR THIS IN MY BOOK.
BECAUSE AGAIN, TO THE VETS HERE AND TO THE CIVILIANS HERE, WHICH
MAY SEEM, MAY FEEL AS THOUGH IT IS SLIGHTLY A WEIRD CONVERSATION
TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS SHOW OR SHOWS, BUT I MAID A CHOICE
BECAUSE HAVING SPENT NEARLY TWO DECADES WORKING WITH VETERANS
ALL AROUND THE WORLD, I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO
BE HONEST AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE SPACE TO OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO
SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITHOUT ANY SHAME.
AND MY WHOLE GOAL AND MY ATTEMPT WITH SHARING THAT DETAIL IS TO
REDUCE THE NUMBER F SUICIDES. (APPLAUSE).
>> Stephen: YOU TALK IN THE BOOK, HERE WE GO.
THERE YOU GO. (APPLAUSE)
YOU TALK IN THE BOOK ABOUT THOSE YEARS IN THE MILITARY AS HAVING
SAVED YOU. YOU SAY YOU CONTINUE TO WORK
WITH VETERANS, WOUNDED VETERANS. AND DO YOU THINK THE U.K. PRESS
IS USING THIS SPECIFICALLY TO HURT YOU IN AN AREA THAT IS
MEANINGFUL TO YOU? >> WITHOUT QUESTION.
IT IS NOT JUST AN AREA THAT THEY KNOW IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL, BUT
IT IS DEFINED MY LIFE. I SPENT TEN YEARS IN THE ARMY.
I ONLY JOINED ORIGINALLY FOR THREE.
COULDN'T RESIST STAYING. THEY KEPT DANGLING THE CARROT
WITH DIFFERENT JOBS FOR ME FOR MANY YEARS.
BUT I FOUND A REFUGE THERE. AND AS I TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK,
I FOUND MY PURPOSE. A PURPOSE GREATER THAN MYSELF
AND TO BE AMONGST COMRADS, NO LONGER BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, HAVING TO HIDEAWAY FROM THE
MEDIA FOCUS. FOR ME, THAT WAS AMAZING PLACE
TO BE AND AN AMAZING COMMUNITY. I STILL AM PART OF THAT
COMMUNITY. SO THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO TRY AND DISRUPT THAT. SO THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY
CAN TO TRY AND DISRUPT THAT. >> Stephen: I KNOW THIS MIGHT
BE A SIMPLE QUESTION OR THERE MIGHT BE A SIMPLE ANSWER HERE,
WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE SO FASCINATED WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND
THIS MOMENT, IN YOU. ASIDE FROM THIS BOOK, BECAUSE
THERE WAS ALSO A PRESS FASCINATION OR PUBLIC
FASCINATION WHEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE WERE BEING PRIVATE, ALL
DURING COVID OUT IN CALIFORNIA. WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE AN APPETITE?
>> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT MY FAMILY.
>> Stephen: YOUR FAMILY, WELL, HOW ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR
GREATER FAMILY. >> THE GREATER FAMILY, I
DON'T-- I GREW UP WITHIN IT I THINK THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
FASCINATION. I THINK MY MUM TOOK IT,
FASCINATION WITH HER TOOK IT TO A NEW LEVEL, DIANA'S BOYS, IS
HOW THIS TURNS OUT. I THINK THERE WAS A REAL SENSE
OF SOME PARTS ONLY A BIT, SOME PARTS, PARENTHOOD BY THE BRITISH
PUBLIC, THAT THEY HAD TO PARENT MY BROTHER THROUGH OUR TEENAGE
YEARS, AND WHEN HE GOT MARRIED, OKAY, GREAT, THERE IS ONE.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE OTHER ONE.
AND THEN I'M FALLING OUT OF CLUBS AND DRIPGING HEAVILY AND
ALL OF THAT, AGAIN T IS ALL THERE.
AND THAT WAS A PART. BUT WITH REGARD TO MY FAMILY,
YOU HIT ON A REALLY IMPORTANT PART IS WE WERE FORCED TO LEAVE.
WE LEFT IN 2020. WE MOVED OUT, WE FLED THE HOME
COUNTRY, MOVED TO CALIFORNIA AND FOR 12 MONTHS DURING LOCKDOWN
WHERE WE SAID LITERALLY NOTHING, IT WAS RELENTLESS.
AND THAT WAS, THAT WAS A REAL EYE OPENER FOR ME.
I NEVER THOUGHT THAT THEY WOULD BE AWAY FROM IT COMPLETELY.
BUT I DID THINK THAT WE WOULD GET SOME FORM OF PEACE.
THAT IS WHEN I REALIZED THAT ACTUALLY OUR MERE EXISTENCE
OUTSIDE OF THAT INSTITUTIONAL CONTROL WAS MORE OF A THREAT.
AND A SIMILAR THING THAT HAPPENED TO MY MUM AS WELL.
AND LOOK, THEY ALWAYS KNEW THAT MY WIFE WAS GOING TO LEAVE
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY WERE REFUSING HER.
BUT THE MOST EMBARRASSING THING WAS I DECIDED TO GO WITH HER.
>> Stephen: DO YOU THINK THE INTENT WAS TO MAKE HER TO LEAVE
OR TO BREAK HER SPIRIT SO SHE WOULD BE EASIER TO CONTROL?
CUZ EITHER ONE WOULD DO. >> A LITTLE BIT OF THERAPY.
YOU DIDN'T KNOW, DID YOU. I HAVE DINNER RESERVATION WHAT
IS THAT. >> Stephen: LET'S FOLLOW THAT.
(LAUGHTER) >> I THINK BOTH.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LEVEL OF ABUSE AND HARASSMENT THAT I
WITNESSED WITH MY WIFE, OTHER THAN AS A FAMILY, THEY
EXPERIENCED DIFFERENT THINGS OF THAT.
BUT TO SEE IT HAPPEN THE WAY IT HAPPENED.
I WAS NAIVE GOES INTO IT AND REALIZED THE BRITISH PRESS WAS
SO BIGOTED AND EVEN IF I HAD I WOULDN'T HAVE SEND OR UNDERSTOOD
THAT THEY COULD GET AWAY WITH IT.
BUT HERE WE ARE, WE HAVE CREATED A FANTASTIC LIFE HERE IN
CALIFORNIA WHICH BY THE WAY IS BEAUTIFUL, AND AMERICA SAY GREAT
PLACE TO LIVE. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN THAT NAME,
THAT DESCRIPTION MADE SENSE TO YOU IN TERMS OF THE HIERARCHY OF
THE FAMILY. >> WHEN IT MADE SENSE.
>> Stephen: WHEN YOU REALIZED THAT SPARE MEANT YOU ARE EVEN
COME EDICALLY AS HE IS THE SAFETY CUSHION?
(LAUGHTER) >> I HEARD SOMEONE GO A-W-W.
>> Stephen: YOU SHOULD READ THE BOOK.
(LAUGHTER) >> WHO EVER THAT WAS THANK YOU,
I WILL GIVE YOU A HUG LATER. DID YOU HEAR THAT.
YEAH, I THINK FOR A PAWRLY AMERICAN AUDIENCE I I ASSUME THE
HEIR SPARE IS SOMETHING NEW, BUT IT IS LITERALLY, THAT YOU HAVE
THE HEIR, AND YOU HAVE THE SPARE, THE DISTRACTION.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL YOU CAN PLAY INTO THAT LIKE SOME
MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY V AND I FELL FOR THAT TRAP IN MY TEENAGE
YEARS. FIGURING OUT MY PURPOSE.
>> Stephen: THE THING THAT FIGURING OUT MY PURPOSE.
>> Stephen: THE THING THAT SEEMS-- WHEN YOU READ THE BOOK
AND HEAR THE INTERVIEWS, I GET THE SENSE THAT YOU ARE BEING
HONEST WHEN YOU SPEAK. FACTUALLY HONEST, AS YOU SAY,
THESE ARE YOUR STORIES, BUT ALSO EMOTIONALLY HONEST.
AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS EMOTIONALLY VERY EFFECTIVE TO
ME, AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T REALLY FOLLOW THE ROYAL FAMILY
AS MUCH, I A UP SOOD AFTER THE DEATH OF YOUR MOTHER THAT YOU
AND YOUR BROTHER FROM LOCK STEP, WERE YOU THESE SOLACES FOR EACH
OTHER THAT WENT THROUGH THE EXPERIENCE TOGETHER AND REALLY
THE REST OF YOUR LIVERS SHOULDER TO SHOULDER AS THE ONLY TWO THAT
COULD POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. ARE YOU SURPRISED, PEOPLE ARE
SURPRISED? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SURPRISEED.
>> ARE YOU SURPRISED? >> YES.
>> BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN THE NARRATIVE.
I MEAN LOOK, THERE ARE TWO PARTS TO.
THIS ONE IS I THINK ANYONE WHO SUFFERS FROM TRAUMA, SHOCK,
GRIEF, LOSS WHICH WE ALL HAVE, AND ALL WILL, THAT, YOU HAVE TO
PUT ON A BRAVE FACE. AND I THINK TO A LARGE EXTENT,
YOU KNOW, ME OUT THERE SMILING, MY BLOWER OUT THERE SMILING, US
WORKING ENGAGEMENTS TOGETHER, IT LOOKS A CERTAIN WAY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE BRITISH PRESS, THE ROYAL ROUTER, ALL OF
THE ROYAL FAMILY INFORMATION GOES THROUGH-- .
>> Stephen: LIKE A PRESS POOL. >> YEAH, A PRESS POOL.
>> Stephen: DO YOU HAVE TO SAY IT THAT WAY?
LEGALLY, IS IT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY IT THAT WAY.
>> I SIGNED A DISCLAIMER. >> Stephen: EXACTLY.
>> BUT FOR, YEAH, SO I CAN UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE WOULD
THINK THAT BUT I GUESS MORE RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST
SIX YEARS IT IS ALL THE FRACTURE OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ME
AND MY BROTHER, HAS VERY MUCH AFFECTED MY WIFE.
>> Stephen: THERE IS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE PHYSICAL FIGHT
THAT THE TWO OF YOU HAD, WHERE HE PUSHED YOU DOWN IN THE
KITCHEN AND BROKE THE DOUG BOWL, WHEN YOU FELL ON IT.
IT SAYS IT BROKE YOUR NECKLACE. WHAT NECKLACE WAS IT THAT HE
BROKE. >> THIS ONE.
I GOT-- MY KIDS HOBBIES, MY WIFE GAVE ME.
>> Stephen: OH S THE CARDIO GRAM ENGRAIFERRED.
>> AND MADE THIS ONE. >> Stephen: IF YOUR MOTH PRER
STILL ALIVE, DO YOU EVER THINK OF HOW SHE WOULD HANDLE THIS
MOMENT. >> WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOT TO THIS
POINT. >> Stephen: TALK TO ME ABOUT
THAT. >> WE WOULDN'T.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE I DON'T KNOW-- .
>> Stephen: THERE WAS ALREADY CRISIS IN YOUR FAMILY, ALREADY
DIVISIONS, SHE WAS ALREADY BEING HOUNDED.
SO. >> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHERE
WE WOULD BE NOW, WHERE THE RELATIONSHIP WOULD BE NOW.
BUT THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE DISTANCE BETWEEN MY BROTHER AND
I WOULD BE THE SAME. >> Stephen: DO YOU THINK OF
HOW, DO YOU SORT OF MENIALLY OR SPIRITUALLY ASK FOR HELP AS TO
WHAT CAN I DO TO FIX THERE? ANY ADVICE SHE MIGHT GIVE YOU?
>> I HAVE-- I WOULD SAY QUITE A LOT RECENTLY, IN THESE
INTERVIEWS I HAVE BEEN DOING, THAT I REALLY FELT THE PRESENCE
OF MY MUM, ESPECIALLY THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
I DETAIL IN THE BOOK MY BROTHER AND I TALKING AT HER GRAVE AND
HOW HE FELT AS THOUGH SHE HAD BEEN WITH HIM FOR A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME. AND HELP SET HIM UP WITH LIFE.
AND THAT HE FELT SHE WAS NOW MOVING TO ME.
AND I HAD FELT THE LOSS MORE IN THE LAST 2 YEARS THAN IN THE
LAST 30. >> Stephen: THE LAST TWO YEARS
IS INTERESTING, YOU WERE 38, AND SHE WAS 36 WHEN SHE DIED WHAT
IS IT LIKE, WHEN SOMEONE LOSES A PARCHGHTS WHEN YOU ARE OLDER
THAN THEY R WHEN YOU HAVE SEEN MORE OF LIFE THAN THEY HAVE,
SUCH AS IT S WHAT WAS THAT MOMENT LIKE FOR YOU, OR WAS IT
SIGNIFICANT AT ALL. >> SHE DIED AT 36.
AND I WAS 36 WHEN THIS ALL KICKED OFF.
AS IN JANUARY OF 2020 WAS WHEN MY WIFE AND I BASICALLY SAID
ENOUGH. WE CAN'T COPE.
WE CAN'T DEAL WITH THIS. WE CARVED OUT SOMETHING
DIFFERENT. SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING LAP
OF TIME. SO THAT WAS AN INTERESTING LAP
OF TIME. >> Stephen: YOU ENGAGE IN
SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS BRIEFLY, I LOST
SEVERAL MEMBERS OF MY FAMILY WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BIT YOUNGER
THAN YOU. AND I ENGAGED IN A LOT OF THINK
BEING IT, WHERE THEY WERE, AND PERHAPS THEY WEREN'T DEAD, AND
YOU TALK ABOUT THIS ALL THROUGH THIS BOOK.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WASES SO RES NANLT TO YOU, WAS THE BRIEF
THAT NO, MY MOTHER IS ALIVE. SHE'S OUT THERE SOME PLACE.
AND SOME DAY SHE WILL SHOIP. THAT IS A RECURRING THEME
THROUGHOUT THIS. DID YOU HAVE AN IMAGE IN YOUR
MIND OF WHERE SHE WAS AND WHAT SHE WAS DOING ALL THIS TIME FOR
THOSE YEARS. >> FOR MANY YEARS I HAD DREAMS I
WAS CONVINCED THAT SHE WAS STILL ALIVE.
AT 12 YEARS OLD. >> Stephen: DID YOU THINK YOU
SAW HER PLACES? >> ONLY A HANDFUL OF TIMES.
BUT I HAD TO BELIEVE THAT SHE WAS STILL A LIVMENT I COULD NOT
FACE THE REALITY THAT SHE WAS GONE.
>> Stephen: WHERE DID YOU IMAGINE SHE WAS.
>> HIDING. TAKING A BREAK, PLOTTING,
PLANNING, AND THEN COMING TO GET WILLIAM AND I TO GET US OUT OF
THERE. BECAUSE IT WAS UNBEARABLE FOR
HER. >> Stephen: HIDING, HIDING,
I'M NOT GOING TO-- MOVING YOURSELF, THIS FANTASY OF WHAT
YOUR MOTHER DID, IS WHAT YOU-- YOU REMOVED YOURSELF FROM
THE TOXIC SITUATION. >> YEAH, AND I'M GLARKSD BY THE
WAY-- (APPLAUSE)
>> BEFORE TRYING TO MAKE IT WORK.
>> Stephen: YES. >> WE TRIED.
AND I'M GLAD THAT THAT RESONATED FOR YOU.
BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, THROUGH OUR MENTAL HEALTH JOURNEY, THERE IS
POWER IN SHARING. BECAUSE YOU REALIZE ARE YOU NOT
ALONE. YOU REALIZE YOU WEREN'T CRAZY
THINKING THAT. >> Stephen: THAT IS HOW THAT
PERSON IS STILL ALIVE, IF YOU SHARE YOUR MEMORIES, THAT IS HOW
THAT PERSON REALLY, THAT IS NOT A IMAGINABLE THING, THAT PERSON
IS ALIVE. >> BUT SURE THERE IS THAT GRIEF
THAT SO MEAFN US, LIKE WITHIN SOCIETY AT LARGE, WE ARE NOT
EXACTLY ENCOURAGED TO GRIEVE. AND I THINK THAT'S A REAL
PROBLEM. >> Stephen: IT SEEMS A
WEAKNESS. >> IT SEEMS WEAKNESS.
BUT I THROUGH THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN THE MOST VULNERABLE I HAVE
EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE. AND HAVE I NEVER FELT STRONGER. AND HAVE I NEVER FELT STRONGER. YOU WRITE A LOT ABOUT YOUR BROTHER.
YOU WRITE ABOUT HIM WITH LOVE. YOU CALL HIM WILLY.
BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENT WILLY THAT ALSO GAVE YOU SOME PAIN AND
TROUBLE. YOU GOT FROST BITE, FROSTNIP.
>> FROST NIP. >> Stephen: ON A DELICATE PART
OF YOUR ANATOMY. YOU WRITE ABOUT THIS IN THE
BOOK. >> NOW THEY'RE INTERESTED.
>> Stephen: OKAY. CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW IT IS THAT
THE ROYAL STANDARDS GOT FROST NIPPED.
WALK US THROUGH T TAKE ALL THE TIME IN THE WORLD.
>> HOW LONG-- CAN HAVE I A DRINK.
>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO. >> HOW LONG YOU HAVE WAITED TO
ASK THAT QUESTION. >> Stephen: SINCE I READ THE
BOOK YESTERDAY. >> WE'VE TAKEN QUITE A LEAP FROM
GRIEF AND TRAUMA TO MY CODGER. >> Stephen: THAT SAY GENTS EL
WORD, SOUNDS LIKE A NICE NICKNAME, YOU KNOW MY FRIEND,
HIS WILLIE, HIS JOHN THOMAS. >> HANG ON, BUT IN-- .
>> Stephen: CARE FOR A GAME OF TALLY WACKER.
SO HOW DID. >>
>> Stephen: I KNOW HOW IT MADE IT INTO THE BOOK.
YOU HYPED IT. BUT HOW DID-- HOW DID IT GET
FROST NIPPED? WHY DID YOU NOT TAKE CARE OF THE
ROYAL JEWELS. >> IT IS REALLY HARD TO HAVE
THIS CONVERSATION BECAUSE THERE IS NO ONE IN THIS AUDIENCE THAT
HAS PROBABLY READ THE BOOK YET APART FROM YOU AND ME.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CONTEXT. >> Stephen: THE CONTEXT IS
THAT ARE YOU GOING TO THE NORTH POLE.
>> THANK YOU. >> Stephen: AND THINGS GOT
VERY COLD. AT WHAT POINT DID YOU REALIZE
THERE WAS A CRISIS AT THE SOUTH POLE.
(LAUGHTER) (APPLAUSE)
>> ONCE I GOT HOME. >> Stephen: REALLY?
>> YES. >> Stephen: ALL THE WAY HOME T
TOOK THAT LONG TO THA-W OUT? >> BECAUSE, HEY, THE PROBLEM WAS
FIRST OF ALL IT DIDN'T TURN INTO AN ICICLE.
IT WASN'T LIKE THAT. >> Stephen: NEVER?
>> WELL-- . >> Stephen: OKAY, SO IT SEEMS
OKAY. >> IT'S FINE NOW.
THANK YOU. BUT THE CONTEXT WAS THAT THESE
AMAZING VETERANS WERE DOING A WALK TO THE NORTH POLE.
THEY HAD ALL THE TRAINING. I HAD NONE.
AND I TURNED UP THINKING HOW BAD CAN THIS BE.
>> Stephen: IT IS ONLY THE NORTH POLE.
>> ST THE NORTH POLE, IT IS ONLY MINE US 35 DEGREES, HAVE I THIS,
THE JACKET, THE WARM STUFF IT I GOT ALL THE THINGS THAT I NEED.
WHAT I DIDN'T HAVE WAS WHAT I HAD WHEN I ACTUALLY WENT TO THE
SOUTH POLE WHICH WAS A [BLEEP], WHICH IF YOU--
(LAUGHTER). >> Stephen: NO ONE IN MY LIFE
WHEN I WAS A CHILD COULD EVER EXPLAIN TO ME THAT SOME DAY THE
DUKE OF SUSSEX WAS GOING TO SAY THE WORD [BLEEP] CUSHION TO ME
AND IT WOULD ALL MAKE SENSE. THE WORD [BLEEP] CUSHION TO ME
AND IT WOULD ALL MAKE SENSE. I WANT TO SHOW THIS LOVELY PHOTO RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S SO MUCH IN THIS BOOK THAT IS ACTUALLY VERY
HEARTWARMING. THE HUMAN CONNECTION YOU HAVE
WITH YOUR FAMILY, THE TIMES WHEN THEY HAVE BEEN THERE TO SUPPORT
YOU. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO OF
YOURSELF AND QUEEN ELIZABETH II AND THE WORLD MOURNED HER
PASSING LAST SEPTEMBER. YOU DIDN'T JUST LOSE A
SOVEREIGN, YOU LOST YOUR GRANDMOTHER.
AND THERE ARE MANY REALLY LOVELY INTERACTIONS BETWEEN YOU AND
YOUR GRANDMOTHER. WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER MOST
ABOUT HER? >> HER SHARP WIT.
HER SENSE OF HUMOR, HER ABILITY TO RESPOND TO ANYBODY WITH A
COMPLETELY STRAIGHT FACE BUT TOTALLY JOKING.
(LAUGHTER). >> Stephen: WOW.
THE ULTIMATED BRITISH DRY WIT. >> YEAH.
SHE WAS JUST-- SHE WAS, SHE WAS INCREDIBLY HUMOUROUS, BUT AGAIN
AS I SAID IN THE BOOK, I AM NOW AND I WAS THEN GENUINELY HAPPY
FOR HER. BECAUSE SHE FINISHED LIFE.
SHE HAD APP AMAZING LIFE, AN AMAZING CAREER.
AND SHE WAS BURIED WITH HER HUSBAND. AND BEARING IN MIND
THE GLOBAL SUFFERING THAT EVERYONE HAS EXPERIENCED OVER
THE LAST THREE YEARS, THERE WAS LESS SUFFERING FOR BOTH OF MY
GRANDPARENTS AND I'M REALLY, REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT.
>> Stephen: HERE IS ANOTHER LOVELY FAMILY PHOTO.
YOUR DAUGHTER LILLIBET, YOUR SON ARCHIE.
YOUR DAUGHTER IS NAMED IN HER HONOR.
HAVING CHIRP HELPS US REMEMBER THOSE THAT WE HAVE LOST.
DO YOU SEE YOUR MOTHER OR GRANDPARENTS IN THESE PHOTOS.
>> DEFINITELY MY MUM. THEIR SENSE OF DUTY IS VERY,
VERY STROPG. I THOUGHT IN MY RELATIONSHIP
YET, THERE IS NO WAY THEY WILL STAND UP TO MY WIFE BUT I WAS
WRONG. >> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU DO AT
HOME, DO YOU GUYS BINGE SHOWS? >> BINGE?
>> Stephen: YES, THE BINGE TV SHOWS.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. >> Stephen: YOU WATCHED THE
CROWN, RIGHT, YOU HAD TO HAVE WATCHED SOME OF THE CROWN,
RIGHT. >> PEOPLE LOVE IT.
YES, HAVE I ACTUALLY WATCHED THE CROWN.
>> Stephen: THE RECENT STUFF OR THE OLDER STUFF.
>> THE OLDER STUFF AND MORE RECENT STUFF.
>> Stephen: DO YOU FACT CHECK IT WHILE YOUWATCH IT?
>> YES, I DO, ACTUALLY. WHICH BY THE WAY, BY THE WAY,
ANOTHER REASON WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT HISTORY HAS IT
RIGHT. >> Stephen: HARRY, THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. REALLY ENJOYED THIS.
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS. SPARE IS AVAILABLE TODAY.
IT'S PRINCE HARRY, EVERYBODY. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
(APPLAUSE)