Prince Harry has revealed that he suffers from graphic flashbacks from his days serving on the front line as a soldier in the course of which he killed people, and that the “images I’ve been unfortunate to see” can pop up in his head at times of stress like "a slide show’".
Harry was speaking to Sky News to promote the Invictus games – the Paralympic-style event for wounded soldiers that he champions –when he made the revelation about the unwelcome and vivid memories.
Harry, who served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, said, “I described it to someone ages ago as one of those slide shows that go through your mind.
“If you’ve got a good imagination as well, everything that you see, especially if it’s something that is quite powerful, then that slide is in there.” “It’s always in there, and if you have dark moments in your life those slides will pop up.”
It's been a good run. And, sure, the Invictus Games is a very good cause.
But the video Kensington Palace has just released involving the Obamas, the Queen and Prince Harry saying "boom"...
In the short Insta-vid, Harry's phone starts to ring (with a brilliantly Royal-sounding tune, can we just point out) and it's a video message from none other than Michelle Obama.
"Hey, Prince Harry, remember when you told us to bring it at the Invictus Games?" she says, with her arms firmly crossed like this First Lady means business. "Careful what you wish for," adds the President, before his servicemen and women 'drop the mic' in the best way ever.
The countdown to the second Invictus Games began today as Prince Harry toured the sporting centre that will see more than 500 injured veterans compete on Sunday. The royal, 31, inspected the competition venue and met members of the United Kingdom's team.
And wearing a black 'Invictus Games' T-shirt, he also posed for pictures with the former servicemen who are competing against wounded, sick or disabled former soldiers from 15 countries.
Prince Harry, aka your future boyfriend, is giving you many reasons to love him besides the fact that he's cute and royal and all that.
"If or when I do find a girlfriend, I will do my utmost to ensure that me and her can get to the point where we're actually comfortable with each other before the massive invasion that is inevitably going to happen into her privacy," he explained to The Sunday Times. "The other concern is that even if I talk to a girl, that person is then suddenly my wife, and people go knocking on her door."The royal, who understands what it's like to live entirely in the limelight, is hopeful he can protect her from the influx of paparazzi and tabloids and the general chaos that is the royal life. (Just ask our girl Duchess Kate.)
So sweet. Prince Harry said on Monday, May 9, that his late mother, Princess Diana, would have been "incredibly proud" of his Invictus Games, which kicked off on Sunday, May 8, in Orlando, Florida.
The British royal, 31, opened up to CBS This Morning about his passion project, a multisport event that aims to help wounded veterans on their road to recovery and rehabilitation.
The royal then thought about how his late mother would have reacted to the Invictus Games, which First Lady Michelle Obama and former president George W. Bush and his wife, Laura Bush, attended on opening night.
"I'd hope she'd be, you know, incredibly proud," Prince Harry said of his beloved mum, who died at age 36 in an August 1997 car crash. "I hope she'd be sitting up there having her own little party. And looking down thinking [about] what we've achieved, 'cause it's a massive team effort. What we've achieved is absolutely brilliant." He added: "I would love it if she was here, and I'm sure she would be running around causing chaos like I intend to."
