Prince Harry held his very first U.S. TV interview to talk about his upcoming memoir, "Spare," and dropped another set of bombshell revelations about the royal family. From the royal family's infamous motto to his desire to reconcile that wasn't reciprocated to the news leaks and more, the Duke of Sussex just made headlines once again after the release of their controversial Netflix docuseries, "Harry & Meghan."
In his sit-down interview with Anderson Cooper for "60 Minutes," Prince Harry revealed details about his rift with the royal family. In a clip released Monday, January 2, Meghan Markle's husband told the real reason behind their decision to step down as senior royals.
Cooper asked the fifth in line to the throne about the criticisms that targeted him and his wife after deciding to resign from their royal duties. However, he instead talked about the complaints that led to the move.
He revealed he tried to talk things down privately, but every time he did, there would be "briefings, leaking, and planting of stories" about him and the Duchess of Sussex. He then stressed that the family's motto of "never complain, never explain" is "just a motto."
Prince Harry continued his accusations and revealed they would feed or talk to the correspondents, who were "literally" spoon-fed with information about them and write the story. He added that at the bottom of every article, they would claim they had reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment, but the whole story was already them commenting.
So, when they were told that they couldn't release a statement to protect them for the past six years, the father of two felt betrayed that they could do it for other royal family members but not for them.
Despite all the complaints, Prince Harry wanted nothing but to have his family back. In his upcoming another TV interview with the British network ITV, he said he wanted to have a family, not an institution. However, they had shown no willingness to reconcile.
In the teaser of his talk with Tom Bradby, he told the journalist that he would like to get his father, King Charles III, and have his brother, Prince William, back. He explained that things never needed to be this way, and all he wanted was a family, but they were making them look like villains.
Both ITV and CBS interviews, where Prince Harry promotes his memoir "Spare," will air on Sunday, January 8.
