Prince Harrycompared royal life to the omnipresent cameras ofThe Truman Showin a wide-ranging interview with Dax Shepard that explored his early courtship with wifeMeghan Markle, mental health and why he wanted to leave the Firm years ago.
On the new episode of the popularArmchair Expertpodcast, the Duke of Sussex shared some never-before-heard stories with hosts Shepard and Monica Padman about his old life in London.
“The first time Meghan and I met up for her to come and stay with me, we met up in a supermarket in London, pretending we didn’t know each other, texting each other from the other side of the aisles,” Harry said. “There’s people looking at me, giving me all these weird looks, and coming up to me and saying ‘hi.’ "
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry in 2018.Tabatha Fireman/Getty
“I had baseball cap on, looking down at the floor, trying to stay incognito. It’s amazing how much chewing gum you see, it’s a mess!' " he added.
“It’s the job right? Grin and bear it. Get on with it. I was in my early 20s and I was thinking I don’t want this job, I don’t want to be here. I don’t want to be doing this,” he said. “Look what it did to my mum. How am I ever going to settle down and have a wife and family, when I know it’s going to happen again?”
“I’ve seen behind the curtain, I’ve seen the business model and seen how this whole thing works and I don’t want to be part of this,” Harry, 36, said.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.Chris Jackson/Getty
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Harry said Meghan, 39, encouraged him to go to therapy, which made all the difference.
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“And then once I started doing therapy it was like the bubble was burst. I plucked my head out of the sand and gave it a good shake off and I was like, You’re in this position of privilege, stop complaining and stop thinking you want something different — make this different — because you can’t get out. How are you going to do these things differently, how are you going to make your mum proud and use this platform to really affect change?”
source: people.com
