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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
David Batty

Prince Harry’s revelations won’t help heal childhood traumas, say experts

Prince Harry during an interview with ITV's Tom Bradby.
Prince Harry during an interview with ITV's Tom Bradby. Experts have raised concerns that the duke’s memoir risked him re-enacting his traumas. Photograph: ITV/PA

Prince Harry’s revelations of his grievances against the royal family are counterproductive to their reconciliation and to healing his own childhood traumas, relationship experts have said.

In TV interviews, Harry has defended publishing his autobiography, Spare, as a measure of last resort, driven by the royal family’s failure to address his “incredibly hurtful” experiences, and that none of his revelations were intended to harm them.

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