Prince Harry kicked off the press tour for his new memoir, Spare, on Monday, while trailers for two dueling interviews were released next Sunday.
The Duke of Sussex sat down with 60 Minutes’ Anderson Cooper and ITV’s Tom Bradby for separate interviews broadcast on January 8, three years to the day Harry and his wife Meghan Markle announced they would step down as active members . of the royal family.
In excerpts from Bradby’s 90-minute interview with the Duke, Harry says he wants “a family, not an institution” and says they have “shown absolutely no desire to reconcile”.
He also talks about King Charles and Prince William. “I wish I had my father back,” she says. “I’d like to have my brother back.”
The trailer for Cooper’s interview with Harry was also released on Monday morning.
In that trailer, the Duke says he and Meghan have tried to escape the public eye, but “every time I’ve tried to do it in private, there have been briefings, leaks and stories against me and my . wife.”
He also gives an insight into the royal family’s relationship with the press, saying that royal correspondents “feed information and write history”.
“They will basically say they have contacted Buckingham Palace for comment. But the whole story is commenting on Buckingham Palace,” said Harry. “So when we’ve been told for the last six years, ‘We can’t make a statement to protect you,’ but you can for other family members. It becomes a moment when silence is betrayal.
Both interviews will air two days before “Spare” is released on January 10.
“I’ve worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that by telling my story — ups and downs, mistakes, lessons learned — I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think,” Harry said in a press release announcing his new memoir.
He added that he was “delighted that people are reading a direct, accurate and completely truthful account of my life.”
