Prince Harry Says He Worries About Prince William and Princess Kate’s Kids Becoming the ‘Spare’: ‘At Least 1 Will End Up Like Me’
usmagazine.comLooking toward the future. Prince Harry revealed he has concerns about Prince William and Princess Kate‘s kids potentially going through the same issues he had as part of the royal family.“As I know full well — within my family — if it’s not us [me and my brother] it’s going to be someone else,” the Duke of Sussex, 38, explained during an interview with The Telegraph, which was released on Friday, January 13.
After having to live life in his older brother’s shadow, Harry wondered how William, 40, and Kate’s kids would handle their dynamic.
The Prince and Princess of Wales, 41, share Prince George, 9, Princess Charlotte, 7, and Prince Louis, 4. (The couple’s eldest is second in line to the throne.)“And though William and I have talked about it once or twice, and he has made it very clear to me that his kids are not my responsibility, I still feel a responsibility knowing that out of those three children, at least one will end up like me, the spare,” Harry continued. “And that hurts, that worries me.”The BetterUp CIO has addressed the differences he faced with his older brother due to their line of succession to the throne.“Two years older than me, Willy was the Heir, whereas I was the Spare.
This wasn’t merely how the press referred to us — though it was definitely that. This was shorthand often used by Pa [King Charles III] and Mummy [Princess Diana] and Grandpa [Prince Philip].
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