Prince Harry has once again sparked concern for his mental well-being following a series of emotional and personal setbacks that have reportedly left him “gutted” and “devastated.” The Duke of Sussex has faced a turbulent few weeks, most notably losing his high-profile security appeal in the UK earlier this month.
The legal defeat, which denied him the right to pay for police protection while visiting his home country, is said to have hit Harry hard, both personally and emotionally. The fallout from the legal battle comes amid continuing strain in his relationship with his father, King Charles.
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Tensions between the two have reportedly reached a new low, with Harry recently revealing in a BBC interview that his father is no longer speaking to him. Before this latest blow, a close friend of the Duke expressed concerns about his mental health, particularly after Harry stepped down from Sentebale, the charity he co-founded to support children affected by HIV in Lesotho and Botswana.
The friend emphasized that losing his connection to the charity was a heavy emotional loss for the prince. Prince Harry has been candid about his past mental health struggles. However, as royal biographer Tina Brown revealed in her book The Palace Papers, it wasn’t until his former girlfriend Cressida Bonas urged him to seek help that he began therapy.
“Cressida began to have serious worries about his mental health. It is not widely known that it was she who first persuaded Harry to see a therapist,” Brown wrote. A family friend told Brown that Bonas “forced Harry to accept he has problems and see a psychoanalyst.”
To maintain privacy, Harry reportedly sought out Princess Diana’s close friend Julia Samuel, an NHS bereavement counsellor with a background in advising MI6 staff, making her well-equipped to handle high-profile clients discreetly. A source close to Harry said he needed someone who could understand “what it’s like to have a public version of your life and a private version.”
Therapy is said to have played a crucial role in helping Harry come to terms with the traumatic death of his mother, Princess Diana, when he was just 12 years old. Now, as Harry navigates the heartbreak of estrangement from his cancer-stricken father and a growing sense of isolation, insiders believe he may once again be leaning on his UK therapist for support.
With mounting pressures and a deeply fractured royal relationship, concern is growing for the Duke’s emotional resilience in the face of such personal loss.