Prince Harry has used his first major interview since returning to the U.K. to say he wants to make peace with King Charles and Prince William. He said he wants to fix the long-running family rift and believes the feud should end.
That makes the interview a fresh marker in a dispute that has hovered over him since he and Meghan Markle moved away from the U.K. six years ago. Harry said he returned with his family earlier in the summer, and in August it was revealed that he had moved back alongside Meghan Markle and their two children.
In GQ, Harry said some people do not want reconciliation to happen, but he does. “Some people don’t want it to work out. I want it to work out. With everything else that’s going on in the world, the most important thing is to reconcile — that’s the key point,” he said. He added that “scars stick around forever,” while also saying the point is to let go of the past and stop carrying things that still affect people every day.
His comments land because they are not just about family; they also reflect how public the split has become. Harry has spent years fighting with the British press, and he said he has been “really criticized” for telling his story. He defended that choice by saying everyone else is allowed to tell their version of his life, while he is pushed back for telling the other side.
He also suggested the last six years have kept the same fight alive. “What happened back then was then,” he said, but added that what followed was “a continuation of that.” Harry said there have been battles that had to be fought, yet he still believes there is enough drama in the world without continuing conflict inside the family.
For now, the clearest fact is that Harry wants the break with his father and brother repaired, and he is saying so publicly at a moment when he is back in the U.K. and talking about the past in a new way. What is not clear is whether King Charles and Prince William are ready to meet him halfway.
