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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan arrived in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, marking a fresh start in Britain after spending more than six years in the United States, British media reported. Their return came less than a week after the couple surprised the public with plans to move back to Britain. The BBC and Daily Telegraph reported that Harry and Meghan arrived at Birmingham International Airport around noon. Flight-tracking websites showed a private charter flight from Van Nuys, California, landing at the airport at 11:56 a.m. Their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, have already been enrolled in British schools and are expected to begin classes in September. The family plans to live at a private residence outside London. However, they have not disclosed the exact location. Harry and Meghan stepped back from their royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago, where they pursued commercial deals, including major contracts with Netflix and Spotify. Their relationship with the royal family soon became strained. The couple accused palace staff of failing to properly support Meghan over her mental health and also alleged racism and media manipulation within the royal establishment. Harry has recently shown interest in repairing ties with his family so he can spend more time with his father, King Charles III, who is undergoing treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. However, his relationship with his elder brother, Prince William, the heir to the British throne, remains strained.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are preparing to return to the United Kingdom from California within weeks, raising questions about whether Harry can repair his strained relationship with his elder brother, Prince William. The couple have already enrolled their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, in British schools for the autumn term. The unexpected decision has sparked debate over where the family will live, who will cover their security costs and whether Harry and Meghan could ever return to royal duties. The biggest challenge, however, may be Harry’s relationship with William, heir to the throne. Their ties have deteriorated following Harry and Meghan’s public criticism of the royal family, including allegations of mistreatment by palace staff, racism and problems within the monarchy. Royal experts also say there could be concerns about Harry and Meghan drawing attention away from William and his wife, Catherine, when they are again in Britain. Craig Prescott, an expert on the UK constitution and monarchy at Royal Holloway University of London, said the palace would have to consider how the couple’s return could affect the work of the royal family. Harry wants his children to grow up BritishHarry and Meghan are expected to live in a private home outside London and will not resume their royal duties, which they gave up after moving to California six years ago, British media reported. Their return comes as King Charles III, Harry’s 77-year-old father, continues cancer treatment. Harry has previously spoken about wanting his children to spend more time with their grandfather. Royal historian Ed Owens said several recent developments may have paved the way for the family’s return. Harry has spoken about reconciliation, while he, Meghan and their children reportedly had a positive meeting with Charles at his Highgrove estate in western England last month. Harry has also said he wants his children to grow up British. Owens noted that the UK may also appear safer to the family amid growing divisions in US society. Royal experts expect Charles to forgive HarryOwens said he expects Charles to forgive his younger son, partly because of his position as supreme governor of the Church of England and the Christian value placed on forgiveness. He said William may find it harder to forgive Harry, although he could eventually do so publicly. “Privately William never fully forgives his younger brother” may be possible, Owens told The Associated Press, but traditional Christian values could encourage a public reconciliation. Charles was informed about Harry and Meghan’s plans on Sunday. The issue was not discussed during their recent UK visit. Relations remain strainedHarry and Meghan’s relationship with the royal family has been tense since they stepped down from royal duties and moved to California in 2020 to become financially independent. The rift grew after the couple gave a series of interviews and Harry published his memoir, “Spare.” They said they left Britain because of the pressures of royal life and accused palace officials of failing to support Meghan’s mental health. They also alleged that a member of the royal family had made a racist comment about their unborn child. Meghan has described herself as biracial. In a widely watched 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Harry said the reasons for leaving Britain were “lack of support and lack of understanding.” Security and legal disputes remainHarry’s tensions with the UK media have also added to the difficulties. He has been involved in a long-running legal battle with British tabloid publishers, accusing them of illegally accessing his phone and invading his privacy. Harry and other plaintiffs lost a lawsuit against the publisher of the Daily Mail last month, leaving them facing potentially millions of pounds in legal costs. Associated Newspapers has said its costs were 34.5 million pounds ($47 million). Harry has also challenged a UK government decision not to provide him and his family with police protection whenever they visit Britain. Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Thursday that the couple’s security arrangements were a private matter for Harry and Meghan. Harry lost his legal challenge over the security decision in May 2025. At the time, he said he hoped to reconcile with his family but remained critical of those in Britain whom he believed had mistreated him and Meghan. Royal historian Owens said the focus could now shift from the family’s disputes to efforts to rebuild their relationships. “Time is a great healer,” he said, suggesting that reconciliation between Harry and his father could eventually lead to a possible reconciliation between the two brothers.

Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are planning to return to the United Kingdom with their children for an extended stay from this fall, but they will not resume their duties as working members of the royal family, The Associated Press learned Wednesday. Their children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, have enrolled at British schools and are expected to begin classes in September, according to a person close to the Sussexes who spoke on condition of anonymity. The family plans to live at a private residence outside London that is not linked to the royal family. They will keep their home in Montecito, California, as well as their holiday property in Portugal. The Daily Telegraph first reported the development. Asked about the report at an event with US veterans in Washington on Wednesday night, Harry said, "Nothing to say." Harry and Meghan stepped down from royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago. They later signed commercial deals, including with Netflix and Spotify. Their relationship with other members of the royal family has remained strained. However, Harry has recently spoken about wanting to rebuild ties with his father, King Charles III, who is undergoing treatment for an undisclosed type of cancer. Charles was informed about the couple's plans on Sunday. Harry and Meghan also visited the UK last month. Buckingham Palace generally does not comment on speculation involving non-working members of the royal family. A spokesperson for Harry and Meghan also declined to comment. According to a source close to the couple, Meghan will continue to run her company, As Ever, from the UK, while Harry will be able to spend more time working with his UK-based charities. Harry and Meghan's relationship with the royal family has been tense since they moved to a mansion in Montecito. In interviews and Harry's memoir, "Spare," the couple said they left Britain to escape the pressures and restrictions of royal life. They also accused palace officials of failing to properly support Meghan over her mental health and said a member of the royal family had raised concerns about the skin color of their first child before his birth. Meghan has described herself as biracial. Relations were further strained by Harry's legal battles with British tabloid newspapers. He has accused them of illegally accessing his phone and invading his privacy when he was younger. Harry has lost several lawsuits against media organizations, including a case against the publisher of the Daily Mail that ended last month. The latest case could leave Harry facing legal costs running into millions of pounds. The court ruled that he and other plaintiffs were responsible for the publisher's legal fees. Associated Newspapers said its legal costs amounted to 34.5 million pounds ($47 million). Harry has also been involved in a legal dispute with the British government over security arrangements for his family during visits to the UK. He argues that he and his family need armed police protection because of the risks associated with being members of the royal family, even though they are no longer working royals. After losing a court challenge over his security last year, Harry said he wanted to improve relations with his family. "I would love reconciliation with my family. There's no point in continuing to fight anymore," Harry told the BBC, adding that he did not know how much longer his father had. Harry returned to the UK last month for several charity engagements. Meghan and the children joined him for part of the trip, and they met King Charles at his Highgrove estate in western England. It was the first time Archie and Lilibet had seen their grandfather since Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in 2022. While Harry has recently spent time with his father, there has been little indication of improved relations with his elder brother, Prince William, heir to the throne. Peter Hunt, a former BBC royal correspondent, said the family's return would come as a surprise to William. "In the short term, Harry will be able to deepen his rapprochement with his father," Hunt told Britain's Press Association. "And his presence back home will make it harder for his brother to duck a reconciliation."

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has received a Daytime Emmy nomination for her Netflix lifestyle series With Love, Meghan. The former actor, who married Britain's Prince Harry in 2018, was nominated on Tuesday in the Outstanding Lifestyle Program category. Her show will compete with A Different Breed, George to the Rescue, The Motherhood and The Wizard of Paws. The winners of the 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be announced on Oct. 30 at the Hollywood Palladium. With Love, Meghan features cooking, entertaining and gardening segments, along with appearances by celebrities including Chrissy Teigen and Mindy Kaling. Prince Harry also made a guest appearance. The series ran for two seasons in 2025 and also released a holiday special. Before joining the British royal family, Meghan—then known as Meghan Markle—played Rachel Zane in the legal drama Suits from 2011 to 2018. She left the show before marrying Prince Harry. CBS led all networks with 48 Daytime Emmy nominations. The nominees for Daytime Drama Series are Beyond the Gates, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless. The nominees for Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series are Stacy Haiduk (Days of Our Lives), Karla Mosley (Beyond the Gates), Michelle Stafford (The Young and the Restless), Heather Tom (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Tamara Tunie (Beyond the Gates). For Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series, the nominees are Eric Braeden (The Young and the Restless), Steve Burton (General Hospital), Scott Clifton (The Bold and the Beautiful), Thorsten Kaye (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Christian Jules Le Blanc (The Young and the Restless). The nominees for Daytime Talk Series are 3rd Hour of Today, The Drew Barrymore Show, The Kelly Clarkson Show, Live with Kelly and Mark, TODAY with Jenna & Friends and The View. Kelly Clarkson was also nominated for Daytime Talk Series Host. Other nominees include Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin and Ana Navarro of The View, along with Tamron Hall, Jennifer Hudson and Sherri Shepherd. Clarkson is set to end her seven-season run this fall, while Sherri was canceled in May after four seasons. Meanwhile, ABC's The View is facing renewed scrutiny from federal regulators, who want to revisit whether the program should be subject to equal-time broadcasting rules.

Prince Harry's upcoming visit to the UK has sparked widespread media attention, with speculation focused less on his charity work and more on whether his wife Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, will join him. Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, is due to arrive in Britain on Monday for a series of charity events beginning Tuesday. However, British media have spent the past 10 days discussing whether Meghan and the children will travel with him and whether the youngsters will have a chance to spend time with their grandfather, King Charles. The uncertainty centres on security arrangements. Harry has been seeking government-funded police protection for his family, arguing that it would be unsafe for Meghan and the children to visit the UK without it. The ‘Times’ of London reported on Saturday that, with only days remaining before Harry's first public engagement, very little had been confirmed. The ‘Telegraph’ described the possible meeting between Archie, Lilibet and the King as a "now or never" moment. Harry, a former British Army officer who served in Afghanistan, planned the trip to mark one year before the next Invictus Games, the international sporting event he founded for wounded and injured military veterans. Alongside his charity engagements, Harry is also awaiting a High Court ruling in London on Tuesday in his privacy lawsuit against the publisher of the ‘Daily Mail’. The case, although not part of his official itinerary, has attracted significant media attention. According to British media reports citing unnamed sources, Harry's decision on whether Meghan and the children will join him depends on whether the UK government agrees to provide police protection. Security has remained a key issue during every visit Harry has made to Britain since he and Meghan stepped down from royal duties and moved to North America six years ago. British authorities maintain that Harry is no longer entitled to automatic state-funded security because he is no longer a working member of the royal family. Instead, security arrangements are considered on a case-by-case basis, similar to those for other public figures. Harry, however, argues that his family continues to face security risks because of their royal status and says his children should not travel to Britain without adequate protection. The decision lies with the Royal and VIP Executive Committee (RAVEC), the government body responsible for deciding who receives state-funded security. The issue comes at a sensitive time for the royal family, which has faced renewed scrutiny over past links between the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew, now known as Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor. Royal commentator Tina Brown wrote on X that both RAVEC and the royal family were concerned about possible public criticism if taxpayers were asked to pay for security for Harry and his family. Initial reports suggested Archie, 7, and Lilibet, 5, would accompany their parents to Britain. But those plans appeared uncertain after the ‘Daily Telegraph’ reported that RAVEC had again rejected Harry's request for security. The ‘Times’[ later reported that Harry was deeply upset by the decision and had told friends he would not allow his children to be pursued by paparazzi in London. By Sunday, reports indicated Meghan and the children would not accompany Harry when he arrives in London on Monday, although they could still join him later during the visit. Despite the ongoing disagreements, Harry has repeatedly said he hopes to repair his relationship with his 77-year-old father, who is undergoing treatment for an undisclosed form of cancer. He also wants Archie and Lilibet, who briefly met King Charles during Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee celebrations in 2022, to spend more time with their grandfather now that they are old enough to remember the experience. Relations between Harry and the royal family have remained strained since he and Meghan stepped back from royal duties and settled in California, where they pursued commercial media projects. The relationship deteriorated further after Harry published his memoir ‘Spare’, which included critical accounts of the royal family and allegations about the monarchy's relationship with the British media. In the book, Harry accused some members of the royal family of leaking information about relatives to gain favourable media coverage. He was particularly critical of Queen Camilla, alleging that she shared private conversations with the press to improve her public image after her long relationship with Charles before he became king. After losing a legal challenge over his security arrangements last year, Harry said he still hoped to reconcile with his family, while suggesting that he had been denied police protection because he chose to step away from royal duties. "I would love reconciliation with my family. There's no point in continuing to fight anymore," Harry told the BBC. "I don't know how much longer my father has."

Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, stick to a familiar script in a new Netflix series that chronicles the couple’s estrangement from the royal family, chastising Britain’s media and the societal racism they believe has fueled coverage of their relationship. The first three episodes of “Harry and Meghan,” released Thursday, dissect the symbiotic relationship between tabloid newspapers a nd the royal family and examine the history of racism across the British Empire, and how it persists. The storytelling relies on interviews with the couple, their friends, and experts on race and the media. The series does not include dissenting voices, and there is no response from any of the media organizations mentioned. “In this family sometimes, you know, you’re part of the problem rather than part of the solution,’’ Harry says in one of the episodes. “There is a huge level of unconscious bias. The thing with unconscious bias is that it is actually no one’s fault. But once it has been pointed out, or identified within yourself, you then need to make it right.” The media’s treatment of Meghan — and what the couple felt was a lack of sympathy from royal institutions about the coverage — were at the heart of their complaints when they walked away from royal life almost three years ago and moved to Southern California. Lucrative contracts with Netflix and Spotify have helped bankroll their new life in the wealthy enclave of Montecito. Promoted with two dramatically edited trailers that hinted at a “war against Meghan,” the Netflix show is the couple’s lat est effort to tell their stor y after a series of interviews with U.S. media organizations, most notably a two-hour sit down in 2021 with Oprah Winfrey. Read more: Royals tour US green tech incubator, meet at-risk youth The first three episodes break little new ground on royal intrigue, leading one British-based analyst to conclude that the main audience Harry and Meghan are trying to reach is in the United States. The series is an effort by Harry and Meghan to cement their place in American society, where fame and riches await, says David Haigh, chief executive of Brand Finance, which has analyzed the monarchy’s value to the UK economy. “They are trying to become the next Kardashian family. And they are using the fame and notoriety of the monarchy as their stepping stone to get there,” he said. “No one would take the remotest bit of interest in either of them if they weren’t strongly associated with the UK monarchy.” The series comes at a crucial moment for the monarchy. King Charles III is trying to show that the institution still has a role to play after the death of Queen Elizabeth II, whose personal popularity dampened criticism of the crown during her 70-year reign. Charles is making the case that the House of Windsor can help unite an increasingly diverse nation by using the early days of his reign to meet with many of the ethnic groups and faiths that make up modern Britain. Harry’s 2018 marriage to the former Meghan Markle, a biracial American actress, was once seen as a public relations coup for the royal family, boosting the monarchy’s effort to move into the 21st century by making it more representative of a multicultural nation. But the fairy tale, which began with a star-studded ceremony at Windsor Castle, soon soured amid British media reports that Meghan was self-centered and bullied her staff. The new series seeks to rebut that narrative in the three hour-long episodes released Thursday. Three more are due on Dec. 15. It opens with video diaries recorded by Meghan and Harry — apparently on their phones — in March 2020, amid the couple’s acrimonious split from the royal family. It’s “my duty to uncover the exploitation and bribery” that happens in British media, Harry says in one entry. “No one knows the full truth,” he adds. “We know the full truth.” The couple then tell the story of their courtship and the initial enthusiasm that greeted the relationship. But the tone shifts as Harry recounts the intense media scrutiny faced by Meghan, reminding him of the way his mother, Princess Diana, was treated before she died in a car crash while being trailed by photographers. “To see another woman in my life who I loved go through this feeding frenzy – that’s hard,” Harry says. Read more: Duchess of Sussex gets goofy on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show “It is basically the hunter versus the prey.” Harry and the series' other narrators say the palace is partly to blame for this treatment because it has granted privileged access to six newspapers that feel they are entitled to learn intimate details about members of the royal family since British taxpayers fund their lives. Harry and Meghan said they initially tried to follow palace advice to remain silent about the press coverage as other members of the royal family said it was a rite of passage. But the couple said they felt compelled to tell their story because there was something different about the way Meghan was treated. “The difference here is the race element,” Harry said. That bias has deep roots in the history of the British empire, which was enriched by the enslavement of Black people and the extraction of wealth from colonies in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean, said historian and author David Olusoga in the program. It is only since World War II that large numbers of Black and Asian people moved to Britain, changing the face of the nation. Those changes aren’t reflected in the British media. While Black people make up about 3.5% of Britain’s population, they account for just 0.2% of the journalists, Olusoga said. “We have to recognize that this is a white industry…,” he said. “So people who come up with these headlines, they are doing so in a newsroom that’s almost entirely white, and they get to decide whether something has crossed the line of being racist.” King Charles III was asked if he had watched the series as he carried out an engagement on Thursday in London. He did not reply. Race became a central issue for the monarchy following Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021. Meghan alleged that before their first child was born, a member of the royal family commented on how dark the baby’s skin might be. Prince William, the heir to the throne and Harry’s older brother, defended the royal family after the interview, telling reporters, “We’re very much not a racist family.” But Buckingham Palace faced renewed allegations of racism only last week when a Black advocate for survivors of domestic abuse said a senior member of the royal household interrogated her about her origins during a reception at the palace. Coverage of the issue filled British media, overshadowing William and his wife Kate’s much-anticipated visit to Boston, which the palace had hoped would highlight their environmental credentials.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has made her first speech in Britain since she and Prince Harry quit as working royals two years ago. Delivering a keynote speech to the One Young World summit on Monday, Meghan spoke of her self-doubt as “the girl from Suits” when she attended the same youth event in 2014 alongside world leaders and humanitarian activists. The duchess, formerly known as Meghan Markle, was best known for her acting role in the TV drama “Suits” before she married Harry. Also read: Meghan pays respect to Texas school shooting victims “I was allowed in, to pull up a seat at the table," Meghan told about 2,000 young people gathered in Manchester, England. “I was so overwhelmed by this experience, I think I even saved my little paper place-marker with my name on it." “Just proof — proof that I was there, proof that I belonged, because the truth was, I wasn’t sure that I belonged," she said. Meghan and Harry stepped down as senior royals and moved to the U.S. in 2020. They were in the U.K. for the first time since Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee in June, when the couple appeared briefly at a thanksgiving service. Also read: Meghan and Harry welcome second child, Lilibet ‘Lili’ Diana They travelled to the Manchester event by train from London. Their next stop is Germany, where they will attend an event Tuesday counting down to the Invictus Games 2023, before returning to London where Harry will deliver a speech at a charity ceremony on Thursday.

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, made a visit to a memorial site for the victims involved in the deadly elementary school shooting in Texas. Meghan placed white flowers tied with a purple ribbon at a memorial outside the Uvalde County Courthouse on Thursday. She paid her respects after a gunman killed 19 students and two teachers Tuesday at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde. Also Read: Texas elementary school shooting: What do we know so far? The Duchess of Sussex lives in California with her husband Prince Harry and their two children. She took the trip to Texas in a personal capacity as a mother to offer her condolences and support in person to a “community experiencing unimaginable grief,” according to her spokesperson. Meghan left the flowers at the memorial and stood with her arms crossed while she looked at the memorials.    

It was the Meghan hour Thursday on the talk show of her friend, Ellen DeGeneres, as the Duchess of Sussex helped welcome a special guest, hit the studio lot to prank vendors and said she'll be cooking Thanksgiving dinner herself. “I love to cook. We'll be home and just sort of relax and settle in,” Meghan said of her second Thanksgiving in California with Prince Harry and, now, their two kids. Meghan and DeGeneres, who met at a pet store more than a decade ago, chatted about Halloween (Archie was a dinosaur and baby Lili a skunk), and more serious issues like Meghan's work to push for federal paid family leave. And she said Harry has taken nicely to the California lifestyle in Montecito, where Ellen is one of their neighbors. Also read: William, Harry to unveil Diana statue as royal rift simmers “He loves it,” Meghan said. “We're just happy.” Meghan got Ellen-style goofy when she donned an earpiece so Ellen could tell her what to say and do as she perused the wares of three vendors on the studio lot. Meghan mewed in cat ears, devoured hot sauce on crackers like a chipmunk and held a huge crystal to her face — all after a pretend assistant told the trio of sellers to treat her just like everybody else. They could barely keep from laughing. “Let Mommy taste some. My boo loves hot sauce,” Meghan told one seller with a table full of hot sauces. “Mommy wants some heat.” Later on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Ellen and Meghan welcomed Brittany Starks, a Tennessee mother and hairdresser who gave back after being helped herself through hard times by braiding the hair of schoolchildren for free. Since, she has started a charity, A Twist of Greatness. Also read: Queen beams as she returns to Ascot after COVID-19 hiatus The show and philanthropy partner TisBest donated $20,000 to her cause. Meghan and Harry matched it with another $20,000. “We were so touched by your story,” Meghan told Starks, giving her hug.

For Harry, returning to London to attend Prince Philip’s funeral last month meant once more facing a place where he felt trapped and hunted by cameras. It would be a test of his ability to cope with the anxiety that was bubbling up again. “I was worried about it, I was afraid,” Harry told The Associated Press during a recent joint interview with Oprah Winfrey to promote a mental-health series they co-created and co-executive produced for Apple TV+. He was able to work through any trepidation using coping skills learned in therapy. Also read: Prince Harry thought about quitting royal life in his 20s “It definitely made it a lot easier, but the heart still pounds,” said Harry, the Duke of Sussex and grandson of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II and her late husband Philip. In “The Me You Can’t See,” which debuted Thursday night on Apple’s streaming service, Harry reveals that he first saw a therapist approximately four years ago at the encouragement of then-girlfriend Meghan. They’d had an argument and she recognized his anger seemed misplaced. The series is another chapter in the unprecedented openness that Harry has brought to his life and his royal family relationships since stepping away from his duties and moving with his wife to California. In March, he and Meghan gave a headline-making interview to Winfrey that elicited a rare public response from the palace. Harry’s self-work may be relatively recent but he and older brother William, The Duke of Cambridge, have long championed the importance of mental health. In 2016, Harry, William and his wife Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, launched Heads Together, an initiative to speak up and not be ashamed to ask for help when mental well-being is at stake. Their collective work led to interactions with people across the globe, from all walks of life, and they recognized a common thread. “Sharing your story in order to be able to save a life or help others is absolutely critical,” said Harry. Harry is practicing what he preaches and laying bare his own struggles with trauma and grief. He describes in “The Me You Can’t See,” the instances of feeling helpless as a young boy while riding in the car with his mother, Princess Diana, who cried as they were surrounded by paparazzi and she struggled to drive. Years later, Diana was killed in Paris after the car she and friend Dodi Fayed were riding in, crashed during a high-speed chase to flee cameras. Harry was 12 and suppressed his own feelings to meet the mourning public gathered outside Kensington Palace. Cameras rolled and snapped away as he walked behind her casket to Diana’s funeral, alongside William, father Prince Charles, Philip and Diana’s brother Charles Spencer. Harry’s revelations coincide with Queen Elizabeth’s official confirmation a few months ago that he and Meghan will not return to their senior royal positions within the family, following a one-year trial period. Also read: Royal funeral offers chance for William, Harry to reconcile The couple now lives about 90 minutes north of Los Angeles in an exclusive area near Santa Barbara called Montecito. They count Winfrey, Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom as neighbors. The paparazzi still lurks but it’s less intense than in Los Angeles. This new, outspoken prince who shares his emotions is a contrast to the “never complain, never explain,” “keep calm and carry on” mantras that are part of the prototypical British way. The British tabloids have had a field day picking apart his statements. Some royal commentators have also cried foul over a contradiction between seeking a private life yet granting interviews and revealing family strife. Harry appears to be cautious in choosing what he wants to speak about, and neither he nor Meghan seem interested in sharing their every move with the world. They do not operate a social media account. He is undeterred by naysayers, he says, because there’s a greater good in being honest about his struggles. “I see it as a responsibility. I don’t find it hard to open up,” he said. “Knowing the impacts and the positive reaction that it has for so many people that also suffer, I do believe it’s a responsibility.” Winfrey was already working with Apple to develop a series on mental health when a conversation with Harry sparked the idea to join forces.  “We were having a conversation and I asked him, ‘What are the two most important issues you think facing the world today?’ And he said immediately, ‘climate change and mental health.’ She mentioned the project and Winfrey recalls him later saying , ‘Oh, by the way, if you ever need any help with that … give me a call.’ And I went and turned around and said, ‘What’s your number?’” Winfrey’s existing partnership with Apple created a rare opportunity to reach the vast number of people who use the company’s devices, Harry said. “If that’s in a billion pockets on a billion screens, then maybe we can really start a global conversation about this,” he said. Winfrey recalls some of her own childhood traumas in “The Me You Can’t See.” In addition to her and Harry’s stories, the series also features accounts from both regular people and celebrities including Lady Gaga and Glenn Close, who speak candidly about their own experiences with mental illness. Winfrey said Harry pushed to present a global perspective. “This has got to be a world thing and not just a U.S. thing,’” she recounted him saying, adding: “I think we’ve accomplished that really well.” Harry jokes he’s “slowly catching up” to Winfrey’s decades of inner-work and encouragement of others to do the same whether on “The Oprah Winfrey Show” or her “Super Soul Sunday” interviews on OWN. Even Winfrey said she’s had a lot to learn. “I have dealt personally with one of the girls from my school (Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa), who had schizophrenia,” Winfrey said. “Only after hearing the doctor say that ‘it’s a diagnosis. It’s not your life, it’s not who you are,’ that I had my great awakening about it. ... ‘That is not you. You are a person who has a diagnosis of schizophrenia.’ That is powerful.”