Royal Family News: Prince Harry Plans To Break The Cycle He Was Born Into

British Royal family news Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex wants to raise his 2-year-old son Archie differently from how his father, Prince Charles, raised him. The Duke of Sussex, 36, revealed in an interview that his life as a prince was miserable and he had wished he wasn’t a prince in his 20s. Now as a father himself, he wants to protect his children from the same sad existence that he faced growing up.

Prince Harry Calls His Father Out for “Painful” Parenting

“Isn’t life about breaking the cycle?” the Duke of Sussex, who also served as a military pilot, explained on the Thursday, May 13, episode of Dax Shepard’s “Armchair Expert” podcast. “There’s no blame. I don’t think anyone should be pointing the finger and blaming anyone. Certainly, when it comes to parenting if I’ve experienced some form of pain and suffering because of the pain and suffering that perhaps my father or parents suffered. I’m gonna make sure I break that cycle so that I don’t pass it on.”

The royal, who recently decided to leave the Royal Family for a living an ocean away from home in America, noted that “a lot of genetic pain and suffering gets passed on anyway,” adding, “As parents, we should try and make sure we’re doing the most we can. Like, ‘That happened to me. I’m gonna make sure that doesn’t happen to you.’”

He also credited watching his father’s life as a guide in helping him to stray away from the “hard” childhood he endured.

“Suddenly, I started to piece it all together,” he told Shepard, 46, and his co-host, Monica Padman. “OK, so this is where he went to school. I know this about his life. I also know that it’s connected to his parents, so that means that he’s treating me the way that he was treated, which means how can we change that for my kids? Here I am. I now moved my whole family to the U.S. That wasn’t the plan. But sometimes you’ve got to make decisions and put your family first and mental health first.”

Prince Harry Advises People To Learn From Life

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced that they were stepping back as senior royals in January 2020, making their exit official in February the following year. After a brief stay in Canada, the couple later settled in Montecito, California with their now 2-year-old.

The Suits alum, Meghan Markle, is also pregnant with the couple’s first daughter, due to arrive this summer.

In March of this year, Harry and Meghan sat down with Oprah Winfrey, in an interview that revealed shocking details to the world, to discuss how life in the royal family drove them to leave, with Meghan citing that she faced periods of suicidal thoughts at the time.

Harry also encouraged the podcast listeners on Thursday to try and learn from life. “The universe is basically saying to you, ‘I’m gonna school you.’ What can you take from each of those moments?”