Princess Diana, a child of privilege herself, was determined to make sure her children understood life outside the palace walls.
recounts one morning when Diana brought the boys to Selfridges to see Santa. Even though they arrived at 9 a.m., there was already a line, and the boys waited with everyone else. Harry left the store with a giant teddy bear.reportedly compared to a friendly Labrador who liked everyone, sought out friendships with those outside the royal bubble.
Prince Harry has credited his mother with his ability to connect with people from all walks of life. “My mother took a huge part in showing me an ordinary life, including taking me and my brother to see homeless people. Thank goodness I’m not completely cut off from reality,” Prince Harry told Levin.
“To Harry, the modern British military was a democratic institution in the first place, where promotion was based on merit, and he was bunking with men from all social strata, all focused on the same mission,” Carroll says. “And it was vital to him to be just Harry Wales, one of the lads, comrades in arms, all in it together, in the same gritty circumstances eating the same shitty food. His Army ID number was WA 4673A and to the other pilots he was simply known as call sign ‘Widow Six Seven.
However, Harry’s royal status inevitably got in the way. During his first tour of Afghanistan in 2008, he was pulled out of the country when the media revealed his location. “I felt very resentful. Being in the army was the best escape I’ve ever had,” he remembered. “I felt as though I was really achieving something. I have a deep understanding of all sorts of people from different backgrounds and felt I was part of a team…I also wasn’t a prince. I was just Harry.
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