11 December 2023 , 11:12
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Prince Harry had a surprising response when he was asked what he does during a recent interview.
Prince William 's younger brother and his wife Meghan Markle chose to step down as working royals in January 2020 and relocated to Montecito, California to set up home. Since then, he has made headlines with his now-infamous chat with Oprah Winfrey, his explosive memoir, Spare, a tell-all Netflix show and numerous interviews.
In August, the , his five-part docu-series , debuted on , following the organisers and athletes as they prepared to compete in last year's Invictus Games in the Netherlands, an organisation close to Prince Harry's heart after his years of military service.
Harry and Meghan stepped down as working royals in January 2020As part of the show, Harry can be seen sitting in front of the camera, with an interviewer asking: "What's your name?" prompting him to reply: "My name's Harry."
The conversation becomes a little awkward as Harry is then asked: "What do you do, Harry?" After a brief pause, he stumbles over his words, and repeats: "What do I do?...
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"Er… on any given day, I'm a dad of two under-three-year-olds. I've got a couple of . (I'm) A husband. I'm the founding patron of Invictus Games Foundation," he carefully added. "There's lots of hats that one wears, but I believe today is all about Invictus."
Harry, who is father to Archie, four, and Lilbet, two, was seen being supported by his wife during the docu-series, with the Duchess spotted taking part in a meeting ahead of the Invictus Games and calming Harry down ahead of an important speech in New York. His children were not featured in the show.
The couple share two children together (Getty Images)Elsewhere in the docu-series, Harry spoke in depth about the "trauma" he suffered following the loss of his mother, Princess Diana when he was just 12 years old. Talking about the importance of therapy for military veterans, the royal confessed he had "unravelled" after returning from a tour of , and said he had no support.
"Look, I can only speak for my personal experience, my tour of Afghanistan in 2012 flying Apaches, somewhere after that there was an unravelling and the trigger for me was actually returning from Afghanistan," he explained. "But the stuff that was coming up was from 1997, from the age of 12, losing my mum at such a young age, the trauma that I had I was never really aware of, it was never discussed."
Harry further added that mental illness and mental health were seen as "dirty words" in the military, and he wanted to take away the "stigma" for veterans and serving members of the military, to help their wellbeing, as he received no help until he reached rock bottom.
"I didn't have that support structure, that network or that expert advice to identify actually what was going on with me," he said. "Unfortunately, like most of us, the first time you consider therapy is when you are lying on the floor in the foetal position probably wishing you had dealt with some of this stuff previously."
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