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In an interview with GQ magazine, Prince Harry stated that he hopes to "turn the page" on conflicts with his family and build bridges with his father, King Charles III, who is battling cancer, and with his brother, William.
In the interview, recorded at the end of September in New York and published this Tuesday, Harry states that he feels "optimistic" after he, his wife, Meghan, and their two children returned to the United Kingdom in August, following six years living abroad.
"There are some battles that have been fought, but I hope we can all turn the page," he tells the magazine.
"With everything that is happening in the world, there are aspects of the past that I am sure all of us—myself, my family, and part of the British press—would like to leave behind and work for the common good," he adds.
Harry and Meghan returned to the United Kingdom after stepping back from their roles as working members of the royal family in 2020, a decision that caused a deep rift with his family.
Following their return, the couple enrolled their children, Prince Archie, seven, and Princess Lilibet, five, in a British school which, according to reports, is located in the Cotswolds area, in southwest England, near the residence they are said to have chosen to live in.
Harry notes that the family decided to return for the "opportunities" the country offers and adds that giving his children the chance to experience the British educational system "meant" a lot to him.
The prince also explains that he wanted to "be closer again" to his family and "return to the UK for longer than just a few days or a week here and there."
Harry insists that with his decision, he wanted things to "be fixed" with his 77-year-old father, who is receiving treatment for cancer of an undisclosed nature, and with his brother William, heir to the British throne.
"With everything that is going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile," he says, although he adds that "the scars remain forever."
Despite everything, the prince says he feels "optimistic" about his goal.
"I have hope. I'm not naive. I think a significant part of all this also has to do with respect," he explains.
Harry also reveals in the interview that he underwent therapy for years following the death of his mother, Diana, in a car accident in Paris in 1997, when he was 12 years old.
"One of my biggest regrets is that last phone call I had with her," he notes, explaining that on that occasion he just wanted to run off to play with his cousins.
"If I had known it was the last time I would talk to her, how different that conversation would have been!" he says.
"The guilt and all of that really stayed with me. It was like a very heavy burden," he emphasizes.
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