Prince Harry faces royal drama amid return home
USA TODAY’s royal reporter Jennifer Hassan shares the latest on Prince Harry’s return to London amid confusion over his Buckingham Palace stay.
Prince Harry knows how to poke a little fun at himself.
Appearing on former rugby star Joe Marler’s podcast “Joe Marler Will See You Now” on July 13, the duke was asked to answer a series of random quick-fire questions, during which the royal mocked his own hairstyle and also proclaimed to be “sunset auburn” and not, in fact, “ginger.”
When asked for his full name, he replied, Henry Charles Albert David, Duke of Sussex, though he noted the name is generally shortened to simply “Harry” or even “H.”
When asked his occupation, Harry, 41, replied, “full-time dad, British army veteran, Prince of England, duke.”
According to Spotify, host Marler uses his podcast “to get inside the mind of a different celebrity” using “unconventional” methods and Harry’s interview was no exception.
During the sit-down, Harry was asked to pick a famous Harry to swap lives with for a day. He had three choices: wizard Harry Potter, England national soccer team captain Harry Kane or musician Harry styles.
After some discussion, Prince Harry picked Kane, noting he would only want to be him “on a winning day.” The father-of-two also told Marler he believes England will win the World Cup. “It’s coming home,” he said, echoing a popular English soccer chant.
Harry was appearing on the podcast to speak about next year’s Invictus Games, of which he is a founder. Resilience is at the heart of the sporting event for injured and sick military personnel. The event will be held in Birmingham, where the prince visited during his short visit to the United Kingdom last week.
When asked about his own methods for dealing with hard times, the prince said it was important “to move the body” citing swimming, being in nature and boxing as effective coping mechanisms.
The podcast’s release came following Harry’s controversial week long visit to Britain, which brought a large dose of royal drama. Harry’s wife Meghan and their children did not join him in London as planned after a fallout over security arrangements for the family, though they did join him later in the week.
On July 10, Buckingham Palace told the BBC that Harry, Meghan and their children, Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, had met King Charles and Queen Camilla for a surprise reunion in Gloucestershire at Highgrove, a country retreat used by the royals.
The meeting, which came after Harry was denied accommodation at Buckingham Palace, marked the first time the king had met with his Sussex grandchildren in four years.
Cracks in the relationships between the Sussexes and the extended royal family deepened when Harry and Meghan stepped back from their roles as senior members of the royal family in 2020, relocating to California.
Harry and his brother, Prince William, have barely seen one another over the last six years and, despite their reunion with the king, there was no meeting between the two estranged brothers.
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