Harry's Tears For Diana I Was Close To Breaking Point

The prince revisits his past grief.

- Sophie Neville

 For generations, maintaining a stiff upper lip has been seen as a particularly British virtue, epitomised by the royal family’s stoic approach to life. But Prince Harry has broken the trend by making a brave confession about his mental health, revealing he sought counselling after enduring two years of “total chaos” in his 20s as he struggled to deal with the loss of his mother.

In a candid podcast, the prince admits he “shut down all his emotions” for almost two decades after Princess Diana’s 1997 death, when he was just 12. He admits, “My way of dealing with it was sticking my head in the sand, refusing to ever think about my mum – because why would that help? I thought, ‘It’s only going to make you sad – it’s not going to bring her back.’”

Healing his heart