Watch: Prince Harry opens up in candid video about his choice to 'step back' from the Royal family
Prince Harry has opened up about the #Megxit drama in a candid new video.
The video shared to the official SussexRoyal Instagram shows the Duke of Sussex making an address to a dinner for the supporters of Sentebale in London.
In the nearly eight-minute long clip, Harry remarks that he wants people to "hear the truth from me".
"So, I want you to hear the truth from me, as much as I can share - not as a Prince, or a Duke, but as Harry, the same person that many of you have watched grow up over the last 35 years - but with a clearer perspective," Prince Harry said.
"The UK is my home and a place that I love. That will never change. I have grown up feeling support from so many of you, and I watched as you welcomed Meghan with open arms as you saw me find the love and happiness that I had hoped for all my life. Finally, the second son of Diana got hitched, hurray! I also know you’ve come to know me well enough over all these years to trust that the woman I chose as my wife upholds the same values as I do. And she does, and she’s the same woman I fell in love with. We both do everything we can to fly the flag and carry out our roles for this country with pride. Once Meghan and I were married, we were excited, we were hopeful, and we were here to serve."
And Prince Harry went on to admit the decision brought him "great sadness".
He added: "For those reasons, it brings me great sadness that it has come to this. The decision that I have made for my wife and I to step back, is not one I made lightly. It was so many months of talks after so many years of challenges. And I know I haven’t always gotten it right, but as far as this goes, there really was no other option. What I want to make clear is we’re not walking away, and we certainly aren’t walking away from you. Our hope was to continue serving the Queen, the commonwealth, and my military associations, but without public funding. Unfortunately, that wasn’t possible. When I lost my mum 23 years ago, you took me under your wing. You’ve looked out for me for so long, but the media is a powerful force, and my hope is one day our collective support for each other can be more powerful because this is so much bigger than just us."
This comes after it was announced from The Queen that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle will lose their royal HRH (His/Her Royal Highness).
- Bang Showbiz, additional reporting by The Hits.