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Britain’s Prince Harry is speaking out about his mental health struggles in a new documentary series he created with media mogul Oprah Winfrey.
According to People magazine, in “The Me You Can’t See,” which debuted on Apple TV+ on Thursday night, the 36-year-old royal said he developed “a fear of losing” after his mother, Princess Diana, died in 1997. His wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, inspired him to start seeing a therapist early into their relationship, which began in 2016, he said.
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“I knew that if I didn’t do therapy and fix myself, that I was going to lose this woman who I could see spending the rest of my life with,” Harry said of the duchess, who was known as Meghan Markle before the pair wed in May 2018.
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The series’ release comes more than two months after Meghan, 39, and Harry opened up about the difficulties of royal life in a televised interview with Winfrey. In the two-hour special, the pair discussed their decision to step back as senior members of the royal family and move to California with their now 2-year-old son, Archie, last year. They also spoke about racism, feeling…
