Prince Harry Seeks Reconciliation With King Charles, Prince William

The Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry, has expressed hope of repairing his strained relationships with his father, King Charles III, and elder brother, Prince William, saying reconciliation is particularly important amid wider global challenges.

Harry made the remarks in an interview with GQ magazine in New York, released on Tuesday, where he spoke about family disagreements, healing from past experiences and his desire to spend more time in the United Kingdom.

“Some people don’t want it to work out. I want it to work out. With everything else that’s going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile – that’s the key point,” he said.

The Duke also reflected on the importance of letting go of past hurts, encouraging people to reconsider how they respond to painful experiences and move forward rather than remain weighed down by them.

“Scars stick around forever. But what your perception is, and what your mindset is to those things that have happened, letting go of the past, that’s something that I would encourage everybody to do,” Harry said.

He described family disagreements and broken relationships between parents and children as experiences that many people could relate to, adding that such issues frequently arose in conversations with members of the public.

Harry also discussed his desire to spend longer periods in Britain, saying it would create opportunities for his family, particularly his children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. He said having the children experience British schooling had become more important to him than he had previously realised.

The Duke said he wanted to spend more time in his home country and be closer to his relatives. He also provided an update on King Charles’s health following the monarch’s cancer treatment, saying, “He’s getting better.”

Reflecting on the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, in 1997, Harry said he had found a way to honour her memory through his work without allowing grief to hold him back.

“I love the fact that I’m able to now sort of carry the memory of my mother with me, with my work, rather than it hold me down, pull me back, or wallow in that grief,” he said.

Harry also rejected the suggestion that he was seeking sympathy for his personal experiences, pointing to the support network and professional help he had received over the years.

The Duke and his wife, Meghan, moved to the United States in 2020 after stepping back from their roles as working members of the Royal Family. Harry’s 2023 memoir, Spare, detailed tensions within the family, particularly his relationship with William.

Although Harry has previously expressed a desire for reconciliation, including during a BBC interview in May 2025, there has been little public indication of a significant improvement in his relationship with his elder brother. His latest comments suggest he remains hopeful that the family rift can eventually be resolved.