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Prince Harry is the centre of attention around the world over his recurrent ‘defying’ decisions in the face of British monarchy, especially since he tied the knot to Meghan Markle.
Experts are now arguing that the Duke of Sussex’s ‘nonconformist’ nature may be stemming from the loss he felt after the death of his mother Princess Diana.
Tina Brown, author of The Diana Chronicles, in an interview with The New York Times said that Harry seems to be deeply affected after parting with his mother at a considerably young age.
“I think the deep wounds of his mother’s death have never healed. And his sense of his role as the second son, the fact that he loved his military career but then left and didn’t have that sense of purpose,” she said during the interview.
“All of that came together to make him a very unhappy man,” she added. This comes following the Sussex pair’s first public appearance after splitting with the British royal family.
The two had been in Miami last week at a JP Morgan event where Harry opened up about his own mental health as well as an insider quoted him as saying, “he has been in therapy for the past few years to try to overcome the trauma of losing his mother.”
And Tina believes the royal family have a difficult task in keeping the public on their side in modern times.
According to the author, they’re treading a fine line between ‘preserving their mystique and being ‘Instagram royals’, and the nation will suffer an ‘enormous identity crisis’ when the Queen dies.
Tina’s insight comes after the royal family suffered another blow, after the Queen’s eldest grandson Peter Phillips announced his separation from Autumn Phillips after 12 years of marriage.
Peter, 42, the son of Princess Anne and her first husband Captain Mark Phillips, is said to be ‘devastated’ and in ‘total shock’ that his wife wants to split after 12 years of marriage.
Friends of the couple told the Sun that Peter thought that he was ‘happily married’ and has been blindsided the breakdown in their relationship.
There has been speculation that Autumn will now want to return to her native Canada with their daughters, Savannah, nine and Isla, seven, who have dual citizenship.
There is also suggestion her decision might have been hastened by the recent departure of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who are now living in Canada with son Archie after quitting their roles as senior royals.—AP
