Prince Harry has, recently, opened up about the key pieces of advice that he has received from his father over the years in a recent ITV interview. The younger brother of Prince William shocked the world after he revealed that Prince Charles constantly tells him that he is not normal.
Prince Harry said that his father has always reminded him that he could not be likened to any other person because he is not normal. However, this seemingly harsh statement was a fact that the prince had to discover on his own.
"I am not normal. Much as I'd like to be normal, I am not normal, and my father reminds me of that the whole time," Prince Harry said in the interview. He added that, while his brother and his situation was far different than any of their friends, it was made far more difficult by the fact that the media focuses a lot of attention on them.
It can be recalled that, during his teen years, Prince Harry was dubbed the "Party Prince" after his activities became public. The young royal often became the fodder for tabloid gossip because of his drinking and partying ways exaggerated to appear as if he was wild and out of control. Normally, his behavior would be considered normal had he not been part of the royal family.
However, Harry said that he tried to lie low in his 20s as he took on more responsibility. He enlisted in the military in a bid to deflect media attention and serve his country, Express UK reported.
Even though he was an outstanding soldier and worked hard to fight alongside his comrades in the frontlines in Iraq, he realized that things would never be normal for him as he had hoped.
It can be recalled that he was, initially, approved for deployment in Iraq by the Minister of Defense. However, this was rescinded after Harry was informed that his involvement with the unit would be dangerous for his fellow soldiers. A royal expert said that this decision shattered Harry's dreams for normalcy.
"He had been told he could go and fight, but at the eleventh hour, this had been ripped away from him for the very reason that he was anything but 'normal.' He wanted to prove himself, and the reality was he was very good at his job. His men respected him as an officer, not as a royal," royal author Duncan Larcombe said in an interview.
