Prince Harry describes the moment he helped to bring his daughter into the world.
"When the doctor said it was a matter of minutes, I told Meg that I wanted mine to be the first face our little girl saw."
The Duke later added: "I slid my hands under the tiny back and neck. Gently, but firmly, as I'd seen in films, I pulled our precious daughter from that world into this, and cradled her just a moment, trying to smile at her, to see her, but honestly, I couldn't see anything.
I wanted to say: Hello. I wanted to say: Where have you come from?
I wanted to say: Is it better there? Is it peaceful? Are you frightened? Don't be, don’t be, all will be well. I'll keep you safe."
details from Harry’s memoir Spare that has absolutely blown my mind so far (incomplete because I’m only half way through)
Spoilers for those who want to read the book themselves
after his mother died harry went so far into shock and denial that he convinced himself for several years that she faked her death to start a new life
william and harrys relationship has always been rocky to where william told harry to “pretend to not know me” when they went to school together
harry and william would sometimes argue to the point where they once got into a physical fight in the back of charles’ car and had to be separated (typical brother stuff)
harry grew up being specifically aware since he was little that he was essentially created to be “spare parts” for william aka if william needed a new kidney or platelets or bone marrow harry would have to donate his own
harry smoked weed on the regular and tried cocaine once or twice but didn’t like it
charles and camilla’s team personally endorsed that 17 year old harry was a ~drug addict~ because it made them look better even though being called a drug addict by journalists was extremely traumatic for harry
once the press decided that harry was the “bad sibling” when he was a teenager it was almost impossible to escape that label.
example - one time an art teacher falsely accused him of cheating on an art project and even though this was easily proven false the press still ran with it and the royal family didn't let harry speak out in his own defense which just further endorsed to the press that he was the “bad kid”
harry was extremely traumatized by the press who constantly called him dumb and a failure when he was a teenager
the royal family are extremely disconnected from each other and queen elizabeth never hugged or touched her children unless absolutely necessary
harry talks about diana like she’s a saint and never got to properly grieve over losing her so suddenly
harry lost his virginity behind a pub in a field by an older woman