Prince Harry wanted to leave royal family before marrying Meghan Markle: author

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Harry: A Biography of a Prince” writer had spoken to him about his desire for an “ordinary life” and she penned his thoughts for her Daily Mail column at the time.“I spent many years kicking my heels and I didn’t want to grow up,” Harry told the journalist.“I felt I wanted out but then decided to stay in and work out a role for myself,” he added.The now-father of two went on to say how he is “determined to have a relatively normal life” and hoped that he would be lucky enough to have children in the future.He then recounted what it was like to walk with his brother Prince William behind their mother Princess Diana’s coffin at her 1997 funeral when they were barely teens.“I don’t think any child should be asked to do that, under any circumstances.

It certainly wouldn’t happen today,” he recalled.Levin then wrote how she wouldn’t describe Harry as a “‘clown prince’ or a moaner, but a wounded prince.”Harry and Markle, 41, made the shocking decision to make the move to North America and took a step back as senior members of the royal family in 2020.The couple later did a lengthy interview with Oprah Winfrey a year later and also dropped their Netflix series “Harry & Meghan” this past December.

The Invictus Games founder also published his bombshell memoir “Spare” in January.These projects often highlighted their exit from the royal family and their yearning to walk away from the duties of being a Windsor.Harry and the former actress began dating in 2016 and tied the knot in 2018 at St.