Katie Couric Didn’t Hold Back In Her New Memoir, And She Had Very Strong Words For Prince Harry
Back in 2012 Katie Couric interviewed a very distinguished guest: Prince Harry. But this was a different man to the one we know now. He was the “party prince,” and he was just months away from being at the center of a huge scandal that would make headlines all over the world. Couric, for her part, made some not-so-nice observations about the prince at the time, but she kept them secret until now.
The Jubilee Queen
This revealing interview was conducted during a game of polo, which took place over in Brazil. The chat was being filmed for use in a special dedicated to the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in May 2012. The show was called The Jubilee Queen With Katie Couric, and Harry actually had some very touching things to say about his grandma.
Grandma and grandson
The young prince told Couric, “In a small room with close members of the family, then she is just a normal grandmother. Very relaxed. She obviously takes a huge interest in what we all do, that’s her children as well as her grandchildren. She wants to know which charities we’re supporting, how life is going in our jobs, and such. So you know, she has a vested interest in what we do.”
Not a chance
Perhaps quite tellingly, considering later events, Harry also mentioned there was “not a chance” he’d have been able to deal with the same royal duties the Queen did. He said, “This tour itself has been a brief insight as to what she had to deal with at a very young age… what she’s achieved and what she’s done and at the age of 25… confronted with the world’s media.”
Moving with the times
Harry also sang the praises of his grandmother for being able to interact with that media. He told Couric, “She’s managed to get the family to move with the times, and I think that’s incredibly important. You can’t get stuck in a sort of an old-age situation when everything else around you is changing. So you have, you have to go with it.”
