In an interview six years ago, Prince Harry said none of the royals want to be King or Queen - but would accept the "duties" when the time comes.
Harry made the bombshell revelation during an interview with journalist and author Angela Levin when speaking about his own struggles within the monarchy..
The then 32-year-old said he struggled to find a meaningful role for himself, reports the Mirror.
Five years before the Queen's death, The Duke of Sussex said the monarchy would have to change after his grandmother's passing.
During the chat in 2017, he also astonishingly claimed that "no one in the Royal Family wants to be King or Queen".
"We want to make sure the monarchy lasts and are passionate about what it stands for," the DailyMail reports Harry as having told Ms Levin.
"We feel that the British public and the whole world needs institutions like this, but it can't go on as it has done under the Queen. There will be changes and pressure to get them right.
"Things are moving so fast, especially because of social media, so we are involved in modernising the monarchy."
However, he added that he believed no one in his family really wanted to step up and become the monarch.
He said: "Is there any one of the Royal Family who wants to be King or Queen? I don't think so, but we will carry out our duties at the right time."
Yet back in June 2017 the indications were already there that Harry wanted to carve out his own path.
The interview took place just a year after he was introduced to Meghan Markle, whom he married in 2018.
Just two years after that, the royal couple turned their backs on the Royal Family and moved across the pond in March 2020.
The pair moved to Montecito in Santa Barbara, a wealthy seaside community in Los Angeles.
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