Prince Harry ‘wants his father and brother back’
- Broadcasters ITV and CBS have released snippets of interviews with the Duke of Sussex, filmed in California where he and his American wife Meghan now live
- The prince also talks of Buckingham Palace ‘briefing’, ‘leaking’ and ‘planting’ stories; his memoir will be published on January 10
The Duke of Sussex has said he wants his father and brother back during an ITV interview due to be released this Sunday, two days before his memoir is published.
But in a separate interview with CBS News, set to air the same day, Harry also criticises Buckingham Palace over an alleged failure to defend him and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, before they stepped down as senior royals.
Both broadcasters have released snippets of the duke’s conversations ahead of the full interviews being televised.
In a series of clips from the duke’s ITV conversation, Harry tells presenter Tom Bradby: “It never needed to be this way,” and refers to “the leaking and the planting” before adding “I want a family, not an institution”.
He also says: “I would like to get my father back; I would like to have my brother back” and says “they feel as though it is better to keep us somehow as the villains” and “have shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile”, although it is unclear who he is referring to.
Filmed in California where the duke now lives, ITV said Harry: The Interview will go into “unprecedented depth and detail” about his life in and outside the royal family.