The Royal Family's motto of 'never complain, never explain' has been blasted in the first of Prince Harry's tell-all TV interviews.
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The interviews in the United Kingdom and United States have been granted ahead of the Prince's upcoming memoir called Spare.
The ITV interview will be aired on Monday at 7.30pm in Australia on Channel 7 and 7plus. A separate interview, with 60 Minutes from the US, will be aired on Channel 10 at 6.30pm on Monday.
During the ITV interview, Harry said "there was a lot of complaining and there was a lot of explaining and it continues now", despite the family's motto.
"If it had stopped, by the point that I fled my home country with my wife and my son fearing for our lives, then maybe this would've turned out differently," he said during key claims.
He also accused some members of the Royal Family who "decided to get in the bed with the devil (tabloid press) ... to rehabilitate their image".
"But the moment that that rehabilitation comes at the detriment of others, me, other members of my family, then that's where I draw the line," he said.
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The prince claimed there was a "lot of stereotyping" when Prince William and wife Kate first met Meghan.
"American actress, right, and that was playing out in the British press. Some of the things that my brother and sister-in-law, some of the way that they were acting or behaving, definitely felt to me as though unfortunately that stereotyping was causing a bit of a barrier to them really ... introducing or welcoming her in," he said.
During the interview, Harry addressed claims in his book that William knocked him to the floor during a 2019 brawl, after William allegedly called Meghan "difficult", "rude" and "abrasive".
"Me and William, like I guess a lot of siblings, or maybe not, William and I used to fight all the time," he said.
"What was different here was this level of frustration and, you know, I talk about the red mist that I had for so many years, and I saw this red mist in him."
Harry, however, admits he would like to reunite with his father and brother.
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"Forgiveness is 100 per cent a possibility because I would like to get my father back. I would like to have my brother back. At the moment, I don't recognise them, as much as they probably don't recognise me," he said.
The TV interviews and book come following Harry and Meghan's six-part Netflix documentary that was released in December 2022.
Prince Harry's ITV interview will be followed by another on CBS. He has also been on Good Morning America and The Colbert Show, with those interviews to be broadcast on Monday and Tuesday.
Australian audiences can watch Harry: The Interview on Monday, January 9 at 7.30pm AEDT on Channel 7 and 7plus.
With Australian Associated Press
Nadine Morton
I report on crime, emergency services and police matters. Email me on nadine.morton@austcommunitymedia.com.au
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