PRINCE Harry is determined to criticise Prince Charles and “drum home” that he should have been a better dad, a body language expert has claimed.
In the doc The Me You Can’t See, the Duke of Sussex accused the Royal Family of showing “total neglect” for his mental health and claimed Prince Charles made him “suffer”.
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Speaking to Fabulous, body language expert Judi James claimed Prince Harry open up about his relationship with his father from a “place of safety” and appears to address Charles directly.
She said: “Sitting in a relaxed pose on a sofa with a couple of cushions propping his back to suggest extra therapist-style comfort and safety, Harry even speaks with his eyes looking off-camera, almost as though Charles is sitting opposite him.”
Commenting on how Harry replicates his stance from an old archive clip, she continued: “This impression is added to when we are shown footage of Harry sitting in a similar-looking setting beside his father as they did an interview when Harry was a young man.
“It looks as though Harry the man has returned to give advice and to criticise his own father.”
Commenting on Harry’s relaxed aura, Judi continued: “Harry props his left elbow onto the arm of the sofa in what looks like a bid to appear wise, adult and authoritative rather than similar to that angry young man.
“He begins with his fingers placed across his lips to suggest his words are going to be measured, reflective and wise, before launching the hand and throwing it out to behave like a conductor’s baton, conducting his own words as he speaks.
During the doc, Harry said: “My father used to say to me when I was younger, he used to say to both William and I, ‘Well, it was like that for me so it’s going to be like that for you.’
Analysing the change in Harry’s body language, Judi added: “His raised brows and widened eyes signal disbelief at his father’s behaviour.
“This disbelief is echoed in his words ‘It doesn’t make sense’.
“He performs a precision gesture with the hand as he drums home a message that seems aimed directly at his father ‘You make it right for your kids.'”
The Duke also revealed in the documentary that he feared he would lose Meghan if he didn’t confront his personal traumas head-on five years ago.
He continued: “[After] meeting and being with Meghan, 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.”
Prince Harry speaks about:
- Prince Charles not ‘making it right’ for him and brother Prince William after their mother’s car crash death in 1997
- Turning to drinking and drugs in his late 20s, admitting: ‘I would drink a week’s worth in one day’
- The public being allowed to mourn his mother Princess Diana, while he was not
- How he’s convinced the media ‘will not stop’ until wife Meghan Markle ‘dies’
- How Meghan resisted suicidal thoughts because she knew it would be ‘unfair’ for Harry to lose another woman in his life
- How some of Archie’s first words were “grandma Diana”
Opening up about how therapy has helped him over the past five years, Harry said: “I became aware that I’d been living in a bubble, within this family, within this institution.
“I was sort of almost trapped in a thought process or a mindset. For me, therapy has equipped me to be able to take on anything. That’s why I’m here now. That’s why my wife is here now.”
In a separate clip, the Duke added: “We chose to put our mental health first. That’s what we’re doing. And that’s what we will continue to do.”
