Good Morning Britain host Adil Ray has defended Prince Harry after he was criticised for talking about his mental health – with Susanna Reid accusing him of oversharing.
Adil pointed out Prince William, Harry’s brother, has also talked about his mental health before in the past, and did not receive such a backlash.
With regards to the criticism that Harry and wife Meghan Markle are “cashing in” on their Royal status, Adil pointed out other members of the monarchy have flogged products, and also have opened up about their mental health.
Amber Athey, Washington Editor of Spectator US, said: “I think Harry is putting fame before family.”
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Adil said: “You could argue that he is just putting his position to good use, and why shouldn’t him and his wife benefit?
“They have got to earn a living, and the Royal Family do it all the time, every other member of the Royal Family have either written books or they’ve got tea and biscuits out.
Susanna added: “I think this bit about the royal titles is a bit of a red herring, because he is going to be royal whether he is called a duke or a prince, everybody knows who he is, he is not going to become anonymous just because he renounces his titles.”
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Adil continued: “[Harry] said on Prince Charles, ‘Suddenly I started to piece it together, this is where he went to school, this is what happened, I know this about his life, I also know it’s connected to his parents, so he has treated me the way he was treated, so how can I change that for my own kids?'”
Adil said: “I think that about my own mother and father, we all do, we go through life thinking, what can we learn from our parents?
“If he is going to talk openly about mental health, can only be open and honest, like Princess Diana was,” Adil added, before reading out a similarly honest quote from Prince William talking about his mother’s “overwhelming” death, saying the Palace had not helped him, and he had not received such a backlash for it.
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“Why is it one rule for Harry and another for William or Diana? And when Charles was honest about his experiences at school in the past as well?” asked Adil.
Journalist and author Afua Adom said: “Prince Harry could walk into a room and say hello, 50% of that room would find a problem with it.
“It’s because he chose to do his own thing and go his own way, and people just cannot stand it.
“At this time, where Prince Harry is trying to do some good, talk about mental health issues and raise awareness in this documentary with lots of other stories in it, of course people are going to find something wrong with it, just because they can.”
* Good Morning Britain airs weekdays on ITV at 6am
Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/adil-ray-says-its-one-24130653