This conversation comes after the publication in January of his controversial Memoirs, The Substitute, in which he recounts his drug and alcohol-ridden teenage years and details the breakdown of his relationship with his father, King Charles III, and his brother. William.

“Throughout my life, my younger years, I felt slightly different from the rest of my family,” Prince Harry told Gabor Mate, according to multiple media reporting on the live-streamed interview.

“I felt strange” in this environment “and I know my mother felt the same,” referring to Princess Diana. He claimed to have been “saved” by his wife, Meghan, “an exceptional being […] from a different world [who] helped him out.”

During this interview, Gabor Mate – author of several books on trauma, addiction and illness – claimed that Harry suffers from attention deficit disorder. Summarizing the life of the prince, who notably lost his mother at the age of 12 and then served in the British armed forces in Afghanistan, the specialist estimated that he suffers from “a lot of trauma”.

Prince Harry, who moved to California after leaving Britain and the royal family with a bang in early 2020, spoke about how he educates his two children.

Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1. “I feel a huge responsibility not to pass on the traumas or negative experiences that I’ve been through,” he said. He added that together with Meghan they are trying to learn from their “past” and their “mistakes” in order to “break this cycle”.

In his Memoirs, the prince admits having, in the past, regularly used cannabis as well as cocaine when he was a teenager. He repeated to Gabor Mate that cocaine “didn’t do anything for [him]”, but that marijuana is “different”, “it really helped [him]”. The coronation of Charles, 74, will take place in May. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been invited to attend the King’s coronation, The Sunday Times reports on Sunday.

The couple have not yet announced whether they will be making the trip. According to a spokesperson for the couple quoted by the British daily, Prince Harry “recently received an email from Her Majesty’s office about the coronation” of Charles III, which is to be held on May 6. “An immediate decision on whether the Duke and Duchess will attend will not be communicated from our side at this stage,” the spokesperson said.