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Britain’s Prince Harry spoke on Wednesday of the struggles of early fatherhood, as he visited a Melbourne football club on the second day of his tour of Australia with wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.<\/p>\n
The couple is on a four-day trip to the country, with engagements covering sport, mental health and veterans’ affairs.<\/p>\n
At the training ground of the Western Bulldogs Australian rules football club, Harry gave a speech in which he spoke about feeling disconnected from his children, and using therapy to overcome past issues.<\/p>\n
“Certainly, I felt a disconnection because my wife was the one creating life, and I was there to witness it,” he said at the event, co-hosted by the Movember mental health charity.<\/p>\n
“From a therapy standpoint, you want to be the best version of yourself for your kids. And I knew that I had stuff from the past that I needed to deal with, and therefore prepare myself to basically cleanse myself of the past.”<\/p>\n
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have two children, Archie and Lilibet, who are not accompanying them on the trip.<\/p>\n
The couple stepped down as working members of the British royal family and moved to the U.S. in 2020, citing a desire to be financially independent and to escape what they characterised as media intrusion into their private lives.<\/p>\n
They last visited Australia in 2018 while still working royals, announcing Meghan’s first pregnancy hours after arriving in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Harry and Meghan have received a mixed reception in Australia, where Britain’s King Charles is the head of state, though a sizeable minority supports becoming a republic.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The couple were greeted by hundreds of children and parents at a children’s hospital in Melbourne on Tuesday, who said their presence had brought hope to young patients there.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But many other Australians have questioned their reasons for visiting the country.<\/p>\n
“This is no royal visit but a continuation of tone-deaf hawking by a couple estranged from reality,” an opinion piece in the Sydney Morning Herald said ahead of the visit.<\/p>\n
The couple’s travel is being privately funded, though local media reported some policing costs associated with the visit would be paid by Australian taxpayers, sparking a protest petition signed by more than 45,000 people.<\/p>\n
In contrast to their previous visit, the Sussexes will also undertake commercial activities while in Australia, with Meghan remaining in the country to host a wellness retreat at a luxury beachside hotel in Sydney over the weekend.<\/p>\n
Tickets for the event, which includes yoga, manifestation and sound healing, start at A$2,699 ($1,912) per person.<\/p>\n
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