Prince Harry has revealed he was bullied while growing up(Image: JOE MARLER WILL SEE YOU NOW PODCAST/SPOTIFY)
Prince Harry has revealed he was bullied as a child. The Duke of Sussex may be the son of the King, but as a schoolchild, he was still bullied by his peers despite his royal status.
Growing up, the 41-year-old attended the pre-preparatory school Wetherby School, then Ludgrove School in Berkshire, and eventually Eton College, close to his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth’s home at Windsor Castle.
The decision to send Harry to Eton broke tradition for the Royal Family, with children previously being sent to Gordonstoun in Scotland, but like his brother, Prince William, he followed the Spencer family tradition of Eton.
The Duke of Sussex told Joe Marler he wasn’t ginger(Image: JOE MARLER WILL SEE YOU NOW PODCAST/SPOTIFY)
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But Harry, like millions of children, found himself on the receiving end of cruel insults from fellow students over his appearance. Speaking on The Joe Marler Will See You Now podcast, the Duke was asked what people most often get wrong about him.
“Uh, that I’m not ginger,” the Duke said. Marler responded: “Hang on, hang on, hang on, people get that wrong?” Harry, who now resides in Montecito with his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and their two children, added: “Yeah, people think I’m ginger, but I’m more sort of like, um, sunset auburn. Yeah? I don’t know why that’s funny.”
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As Joe laughed, co-host Jake Bhardwaj said: “Can we not laugh at the Duke, please? Yeah.” Harry went on to add: “Unless you want to, unless you want to call me ginge. You know? I got bullied a lot at school, called carrot top, right? Sorry.”
Prince Harry attended pre-preparatory school, Wetherby School, as a child(Image: Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)
He later attended Eton College close to Windsor Castle(Image: Jonathan Buckmaster)
“I don’t know why they would, uh, I… Not funny. It’s not funny, you know,” said Joe, as the Duke joked: “I’m going to need therapy after this.” But when asked if he would swap lives for a day with Harry Styles, Harry Kane or Harry Potter, Prince Harry stated he would choose to be Kane “on a winning day,” explaining: “You don’t want to be Kane on a losing day, do you?”
And the Duke is adamant that Kane and his England teammates will win the World Cup ahead of their semi-final clash with Argentina on Wednesday. Harry said: “Who wouldn’t want to ride a broomstick? Like, but… And Harry Styles, great, you know, runs around on stage in a pair of tight shorts. What? So it’s, so it’s, it’s a tough, it’s a hard choice, but Kane for me.”
As part of his grooming routine, Harry explained that he simply chooses to “sh*t, shower and shave,” although not at the same time. During the episode, recorded during Harry’s trip to the UK last week ahead of next year’s Invictus Games, the Duke spoke about his mental health and how he manages to stay on top of it.
The episode was recorded during the Duke’s recent trip to the UK(Image: JOE MARLER WILL SEE YOU NOW PODCAST/SPOTIFY)
“Going to the gym is an absolute, that’s the one, I mean, any form of exercise is great, especially when you’re depressed,” he said. When asked his occupation, the Duke responded: “Uh, full-time dad, uh, British Army veteran, Prince of England, Duke. But, uh, for today, um, I don’t know, what do you want? Duke? We’ll go with the Duke, yeah. Yeah. Obviously, uh, for today as well, because of where we are.”
While in the UK last week, Harry, along with Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet, met with King Charles and his wife, Queen Camilla, for the first time in four years.
The royal meeting took place at Charles’ private residence, Highgrove in Gloucester, although no further details have been shared about the meeting. It was the first time Charles had seen his grandchildren since their last trip to the UK, when the nation celebrated the Platinum Jubilee of his late mother, the late Queen Elizabeth, in 2022, marking her 70th and final year on the throne.
In recent years, Harry had met with Charles privately during trips to the UK. It’s believed that Harry and Meghan also stayed with his uncle, Earl Spencer, on the Althorp Estate in Northampton, where his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, is buried. He didn’t meet with his brother William or his sister-in-law, Kate.
