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Prince Harry shocked the entire world when he moved to Canada in 2019. The Duke of Sussex left the country with his wife, Meghan Markle, and son, Archie. However, his time away from the royal family was not filled with joy. Instead, he slipped into depression and faced many challenges during that time. 

According to Radar Online, the Duke recently got candid about how he struggled after leaving the royal family. “Being in Canada, away from the stressful environment where presumably my body was just pumped full of adrenaline. Within two or three days, I experienced this adrenaline crash, something that I’d never experienced before,” Harry revealed. 

He continued to share that he needed stress to make his brain function with the help of adrenaline. The Duke revealed that he became “useless” around the house and eventually slipped into depression for about two weeks. Harry mentioned that he decided to move as he needed some space away with his family “just to be able to think.”

Months after their move, the Sussexes announced they were stepping down from their roles as senior working royals. Harry noted that for 15 to 20 years, the time he spent in the U.K. after his mother’s death, he was struggling. “When I was being asked, ‘Are you OK?’ My response was, ‘I’m fine.’ It was numbness, emotional shutdown,” he shared. However, at the time, it was adrenaline that was pushing him further. 

Harry and Markle moved to the U.S. in 2020 after leaving the royal family. Their move to California was followed by their bombshell interviews and claims, in which they shared how their lives in Europe were miserable. From their interview with Oprah to Harry’s tell-all memoir Spare, their claims effectively strained their relationship with members of their family in the U.K.

However, last year, Harry publicly expressed his wish to reconcile with his father, King Charles, and the rest of the family members. His wish came true during his visit to the U.K. earlier this year when he and his family had an hour-long meeting with the monarch. 

Eventually, after more than six years of Megxit, the Sussexes marked their return to the U.K. Upon their return, the palace clarified that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex will be treated as private citizens and not as working royals. The letter did not stop the couple from making public appearances as celebrities. 

While Harry is adamant about rebuilding bridges with his family, the latter may not feel the same. According to Page Six, royal biographer Hugo Vickers claimed that both Charles and Prince William have been clever not to address the Sussexes controversy. 

Vickers pointed out that the monarch and the future King have remained hush-hush about Harry even when the Duke himself said he wanted to put the past behind him. “These things should be worked out in private,” the expert suggested. Headed, “Making public appearances and giving interviews does not make the situation any easier.”

The author continued to note that Harry is the one to be blamed for the current dynamics of the royal family. “He has made the situation very difficult, and he has only himself to blame,” the author noted.

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