’60 Minutes’: Prince Harry to Sit Down With Anderson Cooper for Interview
Prince Harry is set for his first U.S. television interview to discuss his upcoming memoir Spare on CBS‘ 60 Minutes this Sunday, January 8, where he will talk to Anderson Cooper about his childhood, the loss of his mother, and life as the Duke of Sussex.
In a preview clip, courtesy of 60 Minutes, Harry opens up about moving to the U.S. with his wife, Meghan Markle, and leaving behind the royal family institution. Harry explains that he tried to make his exit a private matter but felt he had to make things public due to stories planted against him and his wife by Buckingham Palace.
“Every single time I’ve tried to do it privately, there have been briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife,” he tells Cooper in the video clip (watch below). “You know, the family motto is ‘never complain, never explain,’ but it’s just a motto.”
He continues, “They will feed or have a conversation with the correspondent. And that correspondent will literally be spoon-fed information and write the story. And at the bottom of [the article], they will say that they’ve reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment. But the whole story is Buckingham Palace commenting.”
Harry previously touched on the royal family’s relationship with the tabloid press in the recent Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan. When talking about how the press has spread lies about him and his wife, Harry said, “[The royal family] were happy to lie to protect my brother but weren’t willing to tell the truth to protect us.”
The Duke of Sussex expands on this in his 60 Minutes interview, telling Cooper, “So when we’re being told for the last six years, ‘We can’t put a statement out to protect you.’ But you do it for other members of the family. It becomes… there becomes a point when silence is betrayal.”
The upcoming interview comes as Harry releases his new memoir, Spare, which will be available on January 10.
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I admire Harry. He obviously loves his wife very much, and she has been the object of horrible gossip and slander. She’s done nothing to deserve all the criticism that has been leveled at her. But we always blame the woman, don’t we? I wish them all the best.
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Harry and Meghan love each other very much. I can see it. She is a beautiful woman and he is a good looking man and they both deserve happiness. I wish them the best always.
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Harry has grown up a lot over the years and has put the bad behaviour behind him. That should not be held against him. He is sponsoring a lot nonprofit organizations and his mother would be proud. It can’t be easy living in an environment where you’re not accepted and people were wondering how dark their baby would be. If you saw Harry’s wedding did you see Kate roll her eyes at Camilla and Camilla raise her eyebrows back when the black preacher gave his Sermon? To me, that said it all. Be careful, Kate. You never know when the camera is on you. CLeech
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LOL Harry has not grown up one bit. He keeps proving that. And, Kate wasn't rolling her eyes. God, you people are just as bad as Harry and Me gain. Lying about Kate isn't going to make Me gain look better. He's the last person who should be calling anyone racist, when he dressed up in a literal Nazi uniform and called members of his own military unit racial slurs. This is about promoting his stupid book "Spare." He wants publicity.
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LOL HE feels betrayed? Good Lord. That's rich. If anyone feels entitled here, it's him. Thank god he wasn't born first, because he's not fit to be king or even a working member of the royal family. This guy needed a lot of therapy after Princess Diana's death, and it doesn't seem like he got it. Partying naked and destroying hotel rooms in Vegas, dressing up as a Nazi, calling members of his own military unit racial slurs, etc. He needs to get off his high horse.
I thought Harry and Me gain wanted privacy. lol. Yet, all they've done is seek out publicity to whine about how "hard" their life is. This is all about his stupid book "Spare," which comes out next week. He claims to want his father and brother back, but accuses them of showing "no willingness to reconcile," and wanting to keep him and Me gain as "the villains" in the same breath. LOL He can't even genuinely say he wants to reconcile, without attacking them for something else, because they won't indulge his vicious behavior.
Why would Charles and William WANT to reconcile with Harry at this point, after everything he's done to his family? I wouldn't, either. Nobody is making Harry and Me gain "villains." They did that to themselves, but they're both so narcissistic, they think everyone's out to get them. lol
If the RF are such vile racists, like Harry and Me gain constantly claim, why does he want to reconcile at all? lol Maybe, because King Charles and Prince William hold all the $ now?
Gaslighters extraordinaire.
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He needs to crawl back under his rock and take Me gain with him. What a major disappointment he has turned out to be
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That's putting it mildly. Harry was a very damaged little boy after his mother's death, but that's no excuse for what he's done to his family. William lost his mother too, and somehow managed to avoid acting like an entitled, spoiled brat. Harry and Me gain are attention seekers. They claimed they wanted privacy, but have done nothing but seek publicity, lie about/trash his family and whine about how "hard" their life is. lol
This is all about promoting Harry's stupid book "Spare," which comes out next week. He claims to want his father and brother back, but accuses them of showing "no willingness to reconcile," and wanting to keep him and Me gain as "the villains" in the same breath. LOL He can't even genuinely say he wants to reconcile, without attacking them for something else at the same time.
Why would Charles and William WANT to reconcile with Harry at this point, after everything he's done to his family? I wouldn't, either. Nobody is making Harry and Me gain "villains." They did that to themselves, but they're both so narcissistic, they can't even take responsibility for that and just accuse everyone of being out to get them. lol
I thought the RF were evil racists, according to Harry and Me gain. That's what they've told everyone for years. Why does he want to reconcile now? Is it because Charles and William control the $?
These two are expert gaslighters.
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