Prince Harry: “I used alcohol and drugs to avoid thinking about the death of mother Diana”

Alcohol, drugs, panic attacks. From 28 to 32 years old Harry of England lived through the darkest period of his life after death of mother Diana. A nightmare the prince recounts in detail in the mental health series (created and produced with Oprah Winfrey) The Me You Can’t See, aired this evening on Apple TV: «Friday or Saturday I drank as much alcohol as you drink in a week. I drank and took drugs not because I was having fun but to feel less. I tried to hide the pain ».

Harry was only 12 when his mother died. But his funeral they are branded in his memory: «What I remember most clearly is the sound of the horses’ hooves. It was as if I had come out of my body, as if I was walking along doing what was expected of me. I showed a tenth of the emotions that everyone showed: this was my mother, you never even met her».

Slowly Harry began to descend into the abyss to hit bottom between the ages of 28 and 32, the darkest period of his life. At the time, the royal family and the tabloids believed he was experiencing a period of rebellion. He, on the other hand, led a wild life, amidst scandals, alcohol and drugs, “to feel less”. Also because when he asked for help from his family, in response he obtained “only silence”.

Pope Carlo, then, according to Harry, it was of no help. When he and William they asked the father of the frost of the royal family, the Prince of Wales replied: “Well, it was like that for me and so it will be for you too“. Harry can’t understand this: “It doesn’t make sense. Just because you have suffered does not mean that your children have to suffer».

The prince later admitted that without Meghan Markle he wouldn’t have made it. She was the one who prompted him to go to therapy: «One day he said to me: ‘I think you must see someone.’ A real quarrel ensued, it was as if I was back to being the twelve-year-old Harry … ». But in the end he allowed himself to be persuaded: «I knew that if I didn’t go to therapy I would have lost the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with».

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