Prince Harry has said he remains determined to reconcile with his father, King Charles III, and brother, Prince William, despite continuing tensions within the British Royal Family.
The Duke of Sussex, speaking in an interview with GQ magazine in New York published on Tuesday, said repairing the family relationships was important to him, particularly against the backdrop of wider global challenges.
“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,” Harry said.
He also urged people to move beyond past grievances, acknowledging that painful experiences could leave lasting scars but arguing that a change in mindset could help people cope with 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,” he said.
Harry said his experience of family disagreements had also helped him connect with people dealing with similar difficulties, including strained relationships between siblings and between parents and their children.
“Sibling disagreements, broken relationships between kids and their parents, kids and one parent – that continues to come up with me the whole time with people that I speak to,” he said.
The prince further spoke about his wish to spend longer periods in Britain, saying it would benefit his family and give his children, Archie and Lilibet, opportunities to experience life in their father's home country.
Harry said the prospect of having the children attend a British school had taken on greater significance for him.
“Opportunities for the family. Being able to put the kids in a British school has meant a lot to me. I didn’t know how important it was to me,” he said.
He added that the children were enjoying the experience and benefiting from exposure to a different environment.
“They [Archie and Lilibet] are loving it, and it’s just giving them a whole different experience,” he said.
Harry also spoke of his desire to reconnect with his roots and spend more time around his relatives, rather than making only brief visits to Britain.
“To be back, closer to my family, and to be back on UK soil for longer than a few days or a week here or there,” he said.
Asked about his father's health following his cancer treatment, Harry offered a brief but positive update.
“He’s getting better,” he said of the King.
The Duke also reflected on the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997. He said he had learnt to carry her memory through his work without allowing grief to dominate his life.
“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, who has spoken publicly about his mental health and the support he has received, said he was not seeking sympathy for his personal experiences.
“I certainly don’t want any sympathy. That’s where we’re way past that. Why? Because I’m a prince. I’ve got a support network around me, I’ve done different forms of therapy, and I put in the work. I wonder where I would be if I didn’t – it could be a very different situation,” he said.
Harry and his wife, Meghan, relocated to the United States in 2020 after stepping back from their roles as working royals. The decision deepened tensions with other members of the Royal Family and attracted sustained public attention.
In his 2023 memoir, Spare, Harry gave an account of his deteriorating relationships with members of the family, particularly William, bringing private disagreements into the public domain.
Despite his latest appeal for reconciliation, there has been little public evidence of a significant improvement in his relationship with his brother.
However, his comments indicate that he has not abandoned the prospect of rebuilding those relationships.
Harry made a similar appeal for reconciliation in a BBC interview in May 2025, while living in the United States.
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