The Duke of Sussex feels ‘spiritually at home’ in California, his journalist friend Bryony Gordon said.
The mental health advocate and author was chosen by Prince Harry, 36, for his first interview about his own struggles in 2017.
The 40-year-old journalist recently wrote in The Telegraph that the duke has found a ‘sense of purpose’ after stepping down from his royal duties.
“He knows he has made mistakes – who among us hasn’t? But he now sees that the most efficient way to live is truthfully, and not just by the expectations of others,” Gordon, 40, expressed.
She also said that while others think the duke has been changed by his wife Meghan Markle, ‘those close to him’ are fully aware that he was always ‘open to the shift we now see.’
“The blinkers that are attached by necessity when you are born into the Royal family had always been badly fitted on him, a little bit wonky,” she continued.
Gordon noted that Harry ‘expects and accepts’ criticism due to the ‘very public stance’ he has made about the Royal family and the media.
“It is this acceptance that has set him free, in many ways. He is no longer living in fear of the repercussions of existing as himself, as he wants and needs to be,” the journalist added.
This comes as Harry warned the “majority of us carry some form of unresolved trauma, loss or grief” and stated ‘we are all human’ as he spoke ahead of his upcoming series on mental health.
Harry is the executive producer and co-creator on The Me You Can’t See, a new Apple TV+ series with Oprah Winfrey.
The series will also feature interviews with NBA basketball stars Langston Galloway and DeMar DeRozan, actress Glenn Close, and singer Lady Gaga that will ‘help lift the veil’ on emotional wellbeing and mental health.
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