Viewers seemed confused about Prince Harry's bizarre and 'insane' row with brother William about his beard. Harry told ITV's Tom Bradby that he wished to keep his beard for his own wedding and even had to ask the late Queen for permission - but that his brother was unhappy about it.
Asked what the disagreement was actually about by Bradby in Harry: The Interview on Sunday night (January 8), the Prince said that the Queen had previously told brother William that he had to shave his beard off.
He said: “I think a lot of it is to do with – I mean I refer to it as heir/spare but also older brother/younger brother – there’s a level of competition there. And again, writing this, I remembered that William had a beard himself and that granny and other people, the ones to tell – told him that he had to shave it off.
“The difference for me, if there was a difference, but the difference for me was, as I explained to my grandmother, that this beard – that I’m still wearing – felt to me at the time like the new Harry, right. As almost like a shield to my anxiety.
“I think William found it hard that other people told him to shave it off, and yet here I was on my wedding day wearing military uniform, no longer in the military, but believing as though I should shave it off before my wedding day. And I said ‘well I don’t believe that Meghan’s going to recognise me if she comes up the aisle and sees me beardless’.”
Viewers were stunned and confused by the news on Sunday, with @JIMINSBAAE writing: "Having to ask your Grandmother for permission to have a beard is insane. #HarryTheInterview."
@whiskywicz posted: "So the big tea so far is that Prince Harry wanted to keep his beard for his wedding and William wanted him to shave it off, ok #HarryTheInterview."
@Es_1983 added: "Imagine big conversation over this man shaving his beard for his own wedding. #madness" as @xo_SarahH_ox said: "The fact they argued over Harry’s beard is too much. #HarryTheInterview."
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