During an appearance on the Late Late Show, which saw him touring Los Angeles with talkshow host and his friendJames Cordenon the open-air deck of a bus, Harry described the British press as “toxic.” “It was destroying my mental health,” he said, adding, “I did what any husband and what any father would do”—which was to put distance between his family and the life he had always known. The Duke of Sussex went on to give his opinion on The Crown, the Netflix series based on the lives of the royals. The fourth season, which was released last November, is mainly focused on his late mother Princess Diana and her struggle to conform within the House of Windsor. The show is “obviously fictional” Harry said, adding, “I’m way more comfortable with The Crown than I am seeing the stories written about my family or my wife or myself." He said that everyone understands that the series is “loosely based on the truth” but that stories about the Sussexes get “reported on as fact.” We also got a cute glimpse into Harry and Meghan Markle’s early days as a couple, a relationship that Harry described as going from “zero to 60” because they couldn’t go anywhere in public together. He said that the usual rituals of dating were “flipped upside-down” for them. “All the dates become dinners or watching the TV and chatting at home, then eventually once you become a couple, then you venture out for dinners, the cinema, and everything else…Everything was done back to front with us. So we got to spend an enormous amount of time just the two of us.” View this post on Instagram
A post shared by HELLO! Magazine (@hellomag) So how is family life now that Harry and Meghan have settled in Montecito, California, with their son Archie and another baby on the way? Well, Archie’s “singing songs” and putting words together—his first word was “crocodile” according to his proud dad, who pointed out that that’s a whole three syllables. He’s also mastered the word “waffle”, thanks to his Christmas present fromQueen Elizabeth II. Harry said, “My grandmother asked us what Archie wanted for Christmas and Meg said a waffle maker.” Now, he says, “Archie literally wakes up in the morning and says ‘waffle’.” (It’s also become Harry’s breakfast of choice.) An average evening for the Sussexes is giving Archie a bath, reading him a book, and then “Meg might cook a meal, we might order a takeaway, go upstairs, sit in bed, turn the TV on, watch some Jeopardy, maybe watch a little bit of Netflix.” Harry also revealed that they’ve Zoomed with the queen andPrince Philip, but that to wrap things up, his grandfather will always close the laptop rather than click ’leave meeting.’ While outside Harry and James even FaceTimed Meghan, who even within the confines of a phone screen looked radiant in a casual blue smocked dress and a pendant with a matching bluestone. It was a call in which we learned that Meghan’s nickname for Harry is ‘Haz’! The tour marked the first time that the duke has seen L.A. (and his first time ever on an open-deck bus), and he and James were outside the house that was used in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air when they called Meghan. James suggested that the Sussexes move there. “I think we’ve done enough moving,” she said wryly. It’s not clear whether the interview was filmed before or after the queen decided that Harry and Meghan’s chosen way of life is incompatible with that of working royals, requiring them to hand back their patronages. The couple’s response was widely seen as Harry and Meghan ‘clapping back’ at the monarch. “We can all live a life of service. Service is universal,” they said. It was this statement that Harry’s brother Prince Williamreportedly found “insulting and disrespectful”, according to sources close to the Duke of Cambridge. Meghan, who is thought to be about five months pregnant, has already filmed a wide-ranging interview with Oprah Winfrey, set to air on March 7. Next up, ‘Magic and Kind and Interested in Poetry’—Meghan and Harry Make Surprise Appearance in Zoom Poetry Class!
