I Almost Had A Complete Breakdown

The young royal reveals the depths of his pain.

- Trudie Mcconnochie

For two decades,Prince Harry appeared to be the fun-loving, happy-go-lucky royal every girl wanted to date and every guy wanted to be. But behind the scenes Harry was falling apart, his emotional state so precarious that he came agonisingly close to what he calls “a complete breakdown” several times.

The extraordinary extent of the 32-year-old’s suffering came to light last week in an unprecedented interview, where he opened up about years of suppressed grief over the death of his mother, Princess Diana, during which he revealed his fragile emotional state almost pushed him over the edge.

“I can safely say that losing my mum at the age of 12, and therefore shutting down all of my emotions for the last 20 years, has had a quite serious effect on not only my personal life but my work as well,” Harry says.

“I have probably been very close to a complete breakdown on numerous occasions, when all sorts of grief and lies and misconceptions are coming to you from every angle.”